Texas will plug 800 abandoned oil and gas wells, funded by $25 million federal infrastructure grant
The initial grant will allow Texas to plug a fraction of the state’s approximately 7,400 documented abandoned oil and gas wells. Full Story
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![Brackish water flows from an unplugged abandoned well outside Imperial in Pecos County — one of several in the area likely drilled for oil but later tapped for water.]()
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Republican effort to remove Libertarians from November ballot rejected by Texas Supreme Court
On Aug. 8, a group of Republican candidates asked the Supreme Court to remove 23 Libertarian opponents from the ballot, saying they did not meet eligibility requirements. The Republicans included Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others in congressional and state legislative races. Full Story
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![A voter casts their ballot at a polling station at the El Paso Fire Department Fire Station No. 3 on election day in El Paso. Nov. 3, 2020.]()
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As his district gets redder, Uvalde’s Republican congressman faces heat for votes on guns and gay marriage
Gonzales broke with his party to support sweeping gun safety legislation that passed after the city’s tragedy. He drew backlash from GOP activists again after he voted to protect same-sex marriage. Full Story
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![District 23 Rep. Tony Gonzales speaks with a reporter at a Starbucks in San Antonio on Aug. 24, 2022.]()
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How a little-known group convinced the Texas State Board of Education to reject lesson plans on consent
A Newsy investigation reveals a push by organized groups to stop schools from teaching skills that advocates say are critical to preventing sexual assault. Full Story
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“Thanks, and God bless you”: Asylum-seekers allowed to enter U.S. after “remain in Mexico” ends
Two weeks after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration to end the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols, U.S. judges are beginning to allow migrants to stay in the country as their asylum claims are pending. Full Story
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![Willian, a 46-year-old asylum-seeker from Ecuador, waits for a ride outside the Annunciation House after leaving immigration court on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in El Paso.]()
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T-Squared: Yuriko Schumacher joins The Texas Tribune’s data visuals team
Yuriko will work as a designer-developer to report and create engaging interactive stories about Texas. Full Story
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Former Edinburg mayor acquitted of illegal voting years after high-profile arrest by state’s election fraud unit
Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Richard Molina of participating in “an organized illegal voting scheme,” when he announced the arrest in 2019. Full Story
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“We’re not done”: Uvalde residents say the fight for accountability won’t stop with Pete Arredondo’s firing
Some parents and community members are calling for more school district employees to be fired and for the state to raise the minimum age for buying an assault rifle. Full Story
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![Uvalde CISD school board members pray before opening a meeting in Uvalde on August 24, 2022.]()
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Federal judge says Texas can’t ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who cited the Second Amendment in his decision, stayed the ruling pending appeal. Full Story
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T-Squared: Introducing our fall 2022 student fellows
These 14 students are from diverse backgrounds but share a desire to support the Tribune’s mission of informing and engaging Texans. Full Story
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![The 2022 fall fellows: From left: Sahana Sridharan, Azul Sordo, Allison P. Erickson, Emma Williams, Jillian Taylor, Marissa Greene, Jesus Vidales, Alishba Javaid, Jhair Romero and Juleanna Culilap. Not pictured: Trent Brown, Dan Hu, Jade Khatib and Shyla Sharma.]()
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Uvalde school board fires Chief Pete Arredondo over shooting response, after he calls vote a “public lynching”
Uvalde school officials have faced mounting pressure to fire Arredondo, who received much of the blame for the delay in confronting the shooter during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary. Full Story
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Beto O’Rourke intensifies campaign on abortion rights as trigger law goes into effect
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the “trigger law” last year, ensuring that Texas would automatically outlaw abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturned Roe v. Wade. That happened in June, mobilizing Democrats nationwide and giving O’Rourke’s campaign a burst of momentum. Full Story
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College-bound Uvalde students grapple with leaving a hometown in mourning
The students worry how the tragedy will define them in their new environments and struggle with guilt about the people they’re leaving behind. Full Story
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![From left: Jaime Cruz and Ariana Diaz stand under a live oak tree growing in the middle of the street in Uvalde on Aug. 18, 2022.]()
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Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine
Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield. Full Story
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Texas lawmakers discuss where Rio Grande Valley voters stand on abortion, gun rights and health care
The national Democratic Party needs to stop taking voters in the Valley for granted and better understand their values, Texas lawmakers said during a Texas Tribune event Wednesday. Full Story
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Paxton legal opinion giving public immediate access to ballots jeopardizes election security and invites lawsuits, experts say
Attorney general’s opinion invites lawsuits over long-established ballot security and sets up election officials for possible criminal charges. Full Story
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![Boxes of ballots from the 2020 GOP primary elections sit in the room where an election integrity group will recount the votes at the Tarrant County Elections Administration building in Fort Worth on July 22, 2022. Ballots become public records after 22 months, granting this group access to review the votes from this primary election, and eventually, the general.]()
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Texas bans local, state government entities from doing business with firms that “boycott” fossil fuels
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar singled out financial firms under a 2021 state law that prohibits most state entities from contracting with companies that have reduced or cut investments in the oil and gas industry. Full Story
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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could lower debt for more than half of Texas college graduates
People earning $125,000 or less will see $10,000 eliminated from their student loan debt. People in that group who received federal Pell Grants will see $20,000 in debt eliminated, a move intended to help low-income borrowers. Full Story
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![U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after the the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, at the White House in Washington, U.S., on June 24, 2022.]()
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Gov. Greg Abbott sends five more buses of migrants to New York, escalating feud with Mayor Eric Adams
The policy is an expansion of the governor’s plan to antagonize President Joe Biden over border security by busing migrants entering Texas to Washington, D.C., but research suggests the policy could allow more migrants to stay in the country even longer. Full Story
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T-Squared: We’re sunsetting our COVID-19 data tracker
After nearly two and a half years, we’re no longer tracking daily coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations in Texas. Full Story
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