Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says
The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state’s trigger law goes into effect. Full Story
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![Attendees hold signs at a rally for abortion rights in East Austin on Jun. 26, 2022.]()
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Archbishop of San Antonio warns of “a culture of death”
In an interview with The Texas Tribune, the Roman Catholic prelate cited the school shooting in Uvalde, an intensified narcotics trade and the deaths of 53 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. He urged comprehensive immigration reform. Full Story
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![Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio Gustavo García-Siller, speaks to churchgoers during a memorial mass at San Fernando Cathedral on June 30, 2022, in San Antonio. Community members and local religious leaders gathered at the San Fernando Cathedral to honor the 53 people who died after being left in a truck trailer in a suspected human smuggling operation.]()
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TribCast: San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy, the end of Roe v. Wade and the Jan. 6 hearings
For this week’s episode, Patrick speaks with Tribune reporters about the latest Texas headlines on immigration, abortion and the Jan. 6 investigation. Full Story
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![Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio on June 27, 2022.]()
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Former UT-Brownsville President Juliet García to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
García served as the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville until it merged with the University of Texas-Pan American to become the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is the first Mexican American woman to lead a college or university in the United States. Full Story
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![Then-UT Brownsville President Juliet García attended the University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting Aug. 21, 2013.]()
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T-Squared: Pooja Salhotra will cover East Texas for The Texas Tribune
Pooja has worked at Chalkbeat, CNN and NPR. Based in Lufkin, she will report from a vast and diverse region that borders on three states. Full Story
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![Pooja Salhotra will be joining us as our first-ever East Texas reporter. She'll be based in Lufkin.]()
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At a New Mexico abortion clinic, calls flood in from Texas and wait time for appointments grows
The University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health is one of only three clinics in the state that perform abortion procedures. The clinic’s doctors say people from Texas make up more than 75% of their patients. Full Story
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![An ambulatory patient services coordinator, answers calls and helps schedule procedures at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday morning, June 30, 2022. Due to an influx of calls and the need for procedures, the clinic is booked four weeks out.]()
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Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips
There had been fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions, scores would not improve. Full Story
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Texas safety officials will begin “random intruder detection audits” of schools in September
Texas School Safety Center officials said they will alert districts and local law enforcement of the audits, where trained staff will try to find access points into school buildings. But school campuses will not be informed ahead of time. Full Story
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![Diagrams of doors used by the shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde are used during the testimony of DPS Director Steven McCraw before the Senate Committee to Protect all Texans at the Capitol on Jun. 21, 2022.]()
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Facing higher teen pregnancy and maternal mortality rates, Black women will largely bear the brunt of abortion limits
About 40% of women who get abortions in the U.S. are Black, and advocates say abortion bans like Texas’ will increase their health and financial risks. Full Story
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“Nobody’s giving us any answers”: Uvalde families demand details of shooting investigation at City Council meeting
Uvalde’s mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation. Pete Arredondo, the City Council member and school district police chief, was absent for the second straight meeting. Full Story
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Supreme Court rules Biden administration can end “remain in Mexico” policy, sending case back to a Texas court
The Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” in 2019 before the Biden administration canceled it in 2021. The ruling sends the case back to a Texas federal court. Full Story
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![A group of asylum seekers gather at the Paso Del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez. The group sought entry into the United States after learning that the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy was blocked by a federal court. Feb 28, 2020.]()
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State education board members push back on proposal to use “involuntary relocation” to describe slavery
The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer. Full Story
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A “cloned” 18-wheeler made it easy for smugglers to pass through the border, say state officials vowing to crack down
A federal agency estimates that about 75 trucks are reported nationally each year with copied or stolen state and federal ID numbers, which industry experts say is likely a significant undercount. 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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As many Texas colleges have seen declines in enrollment, Odessa education leaders say collaboration has helped them buck trend
During a Texas Tribune event at Odessa College, public education and higher education leaders said that having strong connections among all levels of education have helped students feel continuity and see great benefits in continuing their education. Full Story
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Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to protect abortion rights
All 50 Democratic U.S. senators would need to back a filibuster change, and it’s not clear whether they do. Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are among those who have said they do not want to pursue filibuster changes more generally. Full Story
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases
The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may be a “sensible” solution to the climate crisis, but that Congress did not give the Environmental Protection Agency the broad authority to make such requirements. Texas was one of 17 states that joined in the suit. Full Story
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Texas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face
Health workers caring for pregnant women now face a bewildering array of legal questions. Full Story
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More Texas schools are investing in online student surveillance. But does it work?
Uvalde’s school district is one of several statewide using online monitoring of student writing and messaging. But it’s not a perfect solution. Full Story
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![North Side Independent School District in San Antonio has implemented a pilot program to track students while on campus, having them wear radio frequency identification (RFID) chips on cards around their neck which are scanned by hidden cameras in the ceilings as well as used for lunch and library. Many students personalize their tags as in a music class at Jones Middle School in San Antonio, on September 14, 2012.]()
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Since 2005, Texas has lost more newspaper journalists per capita than all but two other states
Of Texas’ 254 counties, 27 no longer have a newspaper. Loss of local news coverage has been associated with higher levels of mistrust, misinformation and malfeasance. Only California and New Jersey have lost more newspaper journalists, relative to population. Full Story
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U.S. charges driver and 3 others in deaths of 53 migrants found in tractor-trailer
It was the single deadliest migrant smuggling case in U.S. history, according to a Homeland Security official. Citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were among the victims. Full Story
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![Mourners add a prayer candle to a memorial set up where migrants were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 28, 2022.]()
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