Starting Monday, the campaign will have 24 paid staffers in the state of Texas, which holds its primary March 3.
2020
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Health care
Texas improperly picked winners for contracts worth $10 billion, health insurers argue
More than half a dozen health plans are appealing the contract decisions for STAR+PLUS, the state’s privatized insurance program for elderly, blind and disabled Texans.
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Demographics
T-Squared: The Texas Tribune’s 2020 diversity report
We’ve made progress, but there’s more work we can do to ensure our newsroom resembles Texas — and our journalism is as good as it can be.
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Politics
Royce West helped flip Dallas County for Democrats in 2006. Could he flip Texas in 2020?
In a crowded Democratic field to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the longtime state senator is betting on his decades of experience as a consensus builder.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Trump endorses in three competitive Texas congressional primary races
The president gave his backing to three candidates who have been leading their primary races but are trying to avoid runoffs in crowded fields.
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State Government
Leader of Texas’ health department leaving after a year for Louisiana job
Courtney Phillips is leaving the state Health and Human Services Commission to take a job as Louisiana’s new secretary of the Department of Health.
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TribCast
TribCast: Texas Democrats’ Beto O’Rourke dilemma and the road to Super Tuesday
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Ross and Alex about the questions facing Texas Democrats on how much of a role they want O’Rourke to play in their elections and the setup for Super Tuesday voting in the state.
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T-Squared: This is your 2020 Texas Tribune Festival save-the-date
Our 10th annual ideas weekend will be Sept. 24-26 — once again in downtown Austin, in the shadow of the Capitol. We’ll talk about the momentous election cycle; the coming legislative session; big issues like school finance, renewable energy and criminal justice reform; and so much more.
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Texas 2020 Elections
How are the top Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Texas different? We asked them 11 questions to find out.
To help voters make sense of the U.S. Senate race, we asked the top candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary a series of simple questions designed to help voters understand their political and policy-based differences.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Chris Bell has been running for office for decades. Is he the Democrat to take on John Cornyn?
Bell is the only candidate running in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary who has experience in Washington, D.C. But he has more experience running campaigns than winning them.
