Right-wing group is quietly conducting review of 300,000 Tarrant County ballots from 2020 primary
The March ballots are public records under Texas law, but the Tarrant review may just be a warmup for endlessly disputed elections. Full Story
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![Election Administrator Heider Garcia goes through boxes of ballots from the 2020 GOP primary elections that will be recounted by an election integrity group 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 election, and eventually, the general.]()
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Uvalde school board postpones meeting to discuss firing police Chief Pete Arredondo
The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set. Full Story
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![Cal Lambert sits on the Board of Trustees to hear from members of the Uvalde community during a board meeting at Uvalde High School on July 18, 2022.]()
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TribCast: Investigators spread the blame in Uvalde shooting
In this week’s TribCast, Matthew speaks with Dave about the Texas House committee report on the Uvalde shooting and with Eric about the Jan. 6 hearings. Full Story
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![Former state Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, of the Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting, listen to questions posed by the press during a conference in the Civic Center in Uvalde on July 17, 2022.]()
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Black and Latino residents’ complaints about illegal trash dumping in Houston lead to federal investigation
The U.S. Justice Department says it has launched a civil rights investigation to determine whether the city’s response to residents’ complaints about illegal dumping was discriminatory. Full Story
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Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws
The changing legal landscape is raising questions for public colleges about how to talk to students about reproductive health care options and creating hesitancy among students about whether they can trust their universities’ health centers. Full Story
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![Nikita Kakkad holds a box of emergency contraception supplies that she delivers to anonymous students on campus as requested. July 15, 2022.]()
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Monkeypox is spreading in Texas. Here’s what you need to know about causes, symptoms and treatment.
The virus isn’t airborne, so it isn’t as easy to contract as COVID-19. But experts say it shouldn’t be ignored. Full Story
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Demand for the monkeypox vaccine in Texas is outstripping supply as the nondeadly disease takes hold
The vaccine isn’t widely available yet and testing levels are low. That’s driving concern about a virus that is expected to keep spreading. Full Story
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![A person arrives to receive a monkeypox vaccine at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York on July 15, 2022.]()
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Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes
Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the gulf as the Biden administration tries to boost the country’s clean energy supply. Full Story
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![U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022.]()
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Eight pivotal moments in the police response to the Uvalde shooting, captured by officers’ body cameras
The new material further illustrates the lack of coordination among officers, the confusion over the chain of command and the delays in confronting the shooter. Full Story
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Supreme Court refuses to reinstate Biden policy limiting immigration arrests before it hears Texas challenge
The administration told immigration officers to prioritize the detention of recent border crossers and immigrants who pose a threat to national security and public safety. A Texas judge said the guidance violated federal laws. Full Story
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Republicans, bullish on South Texas, weigh how hard to compete for a state Senate seat there
Republicans are starting to pay more attention to Texas Senate District 27 — the only competitive Senate seat in November — but whether they will go all in remains an open question. Full Story
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![Adam Hinojosa, Texas Senate District 27 Republican Candidate, answers questions during a Futuro RGV candidate forum in Brownsville on Jan. 19, 2022.]()
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Texas Republicans in Congress vote against bill to protect right to contraception
The House passed the measure, but it will have a harder time getting through the evenly divided Senate. Full Story
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Search the newly updated Government Salaries Explorer
The Texas Tribune’s database of Texas state employees’ compensation is updated to represent salaries as of July 1. It includes detailed data for the 112 agencies in state government and positions at each of those agencies. Full Story
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A neighborhood’s new anti-Section 8 rules will push many Black residents out of a North Texas suburb
Landlords in Texas don’t have to accept renters who receive federal housing assistance, but a Denton County community is taking it a big step further: making most of the town off limits to Section 8 tenants. Full Story
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![Evora Sykes, left, and Evettet Townsend arrange Evora’s belongings on the front porch of her home in Providence Village on June 30, 2022.]()
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Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton
The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and an ally. Full Story
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![Attorney General Ken Paxton participates in an interview while in attendance at former President Donald Trump's Save America Rally in Conroe on Jan 29, 2022.]()
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Two men indicted in connection with deaths of 53 migrants who were found in tractor-trailer
The men could face life in prison or the death penalty. The gruesome crime scene and large number of people who died drew international outrage. Full Story
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![A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 46 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals on June 27, 2022, local officials in San Antonio said.]()
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UT-Dallas is investigating a professor’s homophobic tweet with misinformation about monkeypox
LGBTQ students want the university to take “substantive action” against the computer science professor for his tweet, which included misinformation about how the monkeypox virus spreads. Full Story
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![The UT Dallas Spirit Rock is painted in rainbow colors with a message reading "Here to Stay!" as UTD students use chalk to create messages and art in support of LGBTQ+ students, outside the Activity Center on campus, on July 18, 2022 in Richardson.]()
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Texas laws say treatments for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies remain legal but leave lots of space for confusion
Treatments for certain pregnancy complications are distinct from abortions under Texas laws, experts say, but confusion has already limited some patients’ access to life-saving procedures and medicines. Full Story
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Uvalde superintendent recommends firing police Chief Pete Arredondo
The school board plans to meet Saturday to vote on the proposal, days after a Texas House committee report highlighted widespread failures in the police response to the Robb Elementary shooting. Full Story
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![Adam Martinez brought a sign calling on the city council to fire UCISD police chief Pete Arredondo on June 21, 2022.]()
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Texas officials celebrated end of abortion rights after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension
Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers “necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,” but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth. Full Story
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![Connie Bunch with her 6-month-old son Aiden in her home in Austin, Texas, on July 6.]()
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