For months, Gov. Greg Abbott and the 2019 Texas Inaugural Committee fought to avoid disclosing how they spent a record-setting $5.3 million. The Texas Tribune sued and obtained the documents in an out-of-court settlement.
2020
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Courts
Texas leads lawsuit against Google, alleging anti-competitive advertising practices
Attorney General Ken Paxton, battling his own legal troubles, announced the long-anticipated federal lawsuit in a video posted on social media. Nine other states with Republican attorneys general are also plaintiffs in the case.
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TribCast
TribCast: The COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Texas
In this week’s podcast, Matthew speaks with Karen, Ross and Alex about the coronavirus vaccine and the Electoral College vote in Texas.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas A&M investigating “large scale” cheating case as universities see more academic misconduct in era of online classes
Universities across Texas and nationwide are seeing an increase in online cheating since the start of the pandemic, as students take more virtual courses and test remotely with less supervision.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas has $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funds left to spend. Advocacy groups are anxiously watching.
The deadline to use the funds is Dec. 30. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller asked the governor to support rural hospitals and food banks.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Analysis: When mapmaking Texas politicians are smiling and quiet, pay attention
Remaking the state’s political maps — redistricting — is important. One way to tell is that the lawmakers making the maps do their dead-level best to avoid saying anything that might signal their intent.
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Criminal Justice
Former Houston police captain accused of violent attempt to prove election conspiracy was hired by GOP activist’s group
Mark Aguirre is accused of running a man off the road and threatening him at gunpoint. The ex-cop was hired as a private investigator by a group whose CEO is GOP activist Steven Hotze.
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Coronavirus in Texas
As COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Texas’ hard-hit border areas, experts warn vaccinated people could still spread virus
Heavily Hispanic border regions have seen some of the highest death tolls from the virus. Health experts say people shouldn’t let their guard down as vaccinations begin.
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Higher Education
Two Texas universities that serve students of color receive multimillion-dollar donations from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
The gifts to Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M International University are the largest in history for each school.
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Texas 2020 Elections
More Texas Republicans in Congress are acknowledging Joe Biden’s victory, but many holdouts remain
Upon Biden securing 306 electoral votes during Monday’s meeting of the Electoral College, The Texas Tribune polled all Texans in Congress with the question: “With a majority of the Electoral College voting for Biden today, do you accept Joe Biden as the president-elect?”
