Michael Bloomberg revs up Texas campaign with big plans
The Democratic presidential candidate is staffing up in Texas and planning to open a Houston headquarters and 16 field offices. Full Story
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Analyzing 2019: The 86th Texas Legislature
Texas lawmakers, convinced that 2018’s voters were telling them to get some serious work done, steered (mostly) away from social and cultural issues to concentrate on “meat and potatoes” items voters demanded, starting with schools and property taxes. Full Story
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T-Squared: 2020 will keep us busy. Your support makes our important work possible.
In the coming year, all of us at The Texas Tribune will work harder than ever to search for the truth and tell you what we find, to watchdog people in power and institutions without regard to party or ideology, and to tee up the things important enough for you to stop and pay attention to. Full Story
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The best of the Tribune's storytelling with data and graphics in 2019
The Tribune's data visuals team published more than 100 graphics about Texas politics and policy this year. Here's a look back at some of our favorites. Full Story
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Revisit some of The Texas Tribune’s best stories of 2019
Our reporters crisscrossed the Texas Capitol and traveled to the Panhandle and East Texas — as well as the Netherlands and Honduras — to tell stories about the state's politics, people and places. From a story on a migrant's desperate journey to a look at how coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land, here is a selection of their best work of the year. Full Story
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Everything you need to know about homelessness in Texas
Elected officials have bickered over how to respond to Texans experiencing homelessness, and President Donald Trump tapped a man who founded a San Antonio shelter to coordinate the federal government's approach. Meanwhile, homeless Texans say they're often misunderstood. Full Story
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Analyzing 2019: The fall of a Texas House speaker
Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen went from his January election to hero of the legislative session to historical footnote in less than a year. Several of the year's columns analyzed the politics of a speaker quickly losing the trust of the House that elevated him in the first place. Full Story
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Congressional candidate's legal work attracts scrutiny in battleground Democratic primary
Shannon Hutcheson's opponents in the race for the Central Texas seat argue she has a history of representing corporations in cases against vulnerable people. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke unveils PAC with focus on boosting Texas Democrats in 2020
The group, Powered by People, comes less than two months after O'Rourke ended his presidential campaign. Full Story
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Texas House committee adopts report saying Dennis Bonnen "likely violated" law in meeting with hardline activist, closes investigation
The committee took no further action on the report, which stated that the information produced "militates against criminal prosecution" on retiring House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and state Rep. Dustin Burrows. Full Story
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Analysis: A 2020 holiday fantasy for Texas officeholders looking to 2022
Big election campaigns take years to mount. So some politicians aren't thinking about the 2020 elections. They're dreaming and planning for 2022. Full Story
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The Texas suburbs are slipping away from the GOP. These women for Trump want to win them back.
Texas Republicans need women on their side if they’re going to keep the state red in 2020, but recent polls suggest President Donald Trump’s support among women is plummeting. Full Story
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The number of migrant children in Texas shelters dropped dramatically in 2019
For the sixth month in a row, the number of migrant children in Texas shelters decreased in November. Full Story
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U.S. House passes replacement for North American Free Trade Agreement
Many Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the agreement's passage, due to the state's reliance on cross-border commerce with Mexico. Full Story
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Federal judge dismisses Houston ISD lawsuit seeking to avoid state takeover
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel rejected the district's argument that ousting the Houston school board would disenfranchise voters. Full Story
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Late entrant shakes up Democratic primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Shortly before the filing deadline last week, Sima Ladjevardian jumped in the race to unseat Crenshaw, scrambling Democrats' plans for the seat. Full Story
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How the Texas Legislature saved billionaire John Paul DeJoria $123 million
The Texas billionaire wanted U.S. courts to throw out a hefty judgment won against him in Morocco. The law wasn’t on DeJoria’s side. So Texas legislators changed it. Full Story
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No Texans cross party lines in votes to impeach President Trump
The U.S. House voted to impeach the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the third time in the nation's history the chamber took such action. Full Story
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Individual mandate is unconstitutional, federal appellate court rules in Texas-led Affordable Care Act lawsuit
A panel on the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent the lawsuit back to a district court in Texas to reassess how much of the Affordable Care Act can stand if the individual mandate must fall. Full Story
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![Jill Ramirez, the Director of Outreach for the Latino Healthcare Forum, passes out flyers and explains components of the American Care Act (ACA) to Jesse Zavala at a carshow and picnic at the Promiseland Church in Austin, Texas on Oct. 5, 2013.]()
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Sierra Club intervenes in open records lawsuit against Texas Attorney General
The environmental group is trying to obtain documents showing how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality arrived at a decision on increasing emissions limits for a toxic chemical. Full Story
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![Michael Honeycutt, director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's toxicology division, also serves as chair of the Science Advisory Board at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sierra Club has requested Honeycutt's emails and other communications related to a controversial rule change.]()
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