What is harm reduction, the drug-treatment program that Sen. Ted Cruz has criticized?
A $30 million grant program aims to mitigate the fallout from drug addiction and overdoses. Officials say Cruz’s comments about it are misleading. Full Story
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Andrew Zhang is a junior at The University of Texas at Austin and the reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C., where he is living and studying as part of the UT System's Bill Archer Fellowship Program. He is returning to the Tribune after working last fall as an engagement fellow, a role in which he wrote a variety of newsletters and programmed social content. This spring, he will report on news in the capital through a Texas lens and author "The Blast," the Tribune's premium politics newsletter. A lifelong Texan, he grew up in College Station before moving to Austin to attend school. Before the Tribune, Andrew was an editor and reporter at The Daily Texan.
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Ted Cruz rides shotgun in “People’s Convoy” of truckers rallying for removal of COVID-19 mandates
The truckers arrived in Washington, D.C., recently after starting their journey in California last month. Full Story
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Democrat Lee Merritt suspends campaign for attorney general nine days after election day, clearing path for runoff
Merritt endorsed the top vote-getter, Rochelle Garza, who will face Joe Jaworski in the Democratic runoff for attorney general on May 24. Full Story
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Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid
Land Commissioner George P. Bush is in the middle of a fierce runoff in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general against incumbent Ken Paxton. During the race, several of Bush’s opponents have criticized his office’s work in distributing Hurricane Harvey relief funds. Full Story
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Greg Casar, Jessica Cisneros and Jasmine Crockett, young progressive candidates for Congress, want to push Texas leftward
Redistricting has empowered activists of both parties to push platforms further right or left. Progressives view three key Democrats’ advancements in the Texas primary election as a potential turning point for their movement. Full Story
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Cruz and Cornyn already voted against Ketanji Brown Jackson last year when she was confirmed to a lower court
President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning. If confirmed, she’d be the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the high court. Full Story
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Texas House candidate Justin Berry is among Austin officers indicted on excessive force charges, union president says
The Austin police officer is one of four Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for Texas House District 19, west of Austin. Full Story
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Historically Black college has a new twist on admissions: You can bring your family, too
Paul Quinn College hopes the new practice will better combat intergenerational poverty and remove the pressure on first-generation college students to financially lift up their entire families. Full Story
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Texas to receive $1.17 billion from pharmaceutical companies in opioid settlement
Texas and entities in the settlement will receive the money, which will principally go toward opioid overdose treatment, prevention and education, over the next 18 years. Full Story
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Republican incumbents hold big leads in statewide March primary races, UT poll says
The poll shows Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have a significant advantage over their primary opponents. Democratic respondents heavily support Beto O’Rourke for governor but don’t know enough about the party’s candidates in other races. Full Story
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