Elon Musk says he’ll move X and SpaceX to Texas
Musk said he decided to move his companies from California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several laws expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students. Full Story
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![Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.]()
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Beryl power outage updates: More than 98,000 Texas electricity customers remain without power a week after Beryl
Tens of thousands of households and businesses aren’t expected to have electricity for most of this week. Full Story
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Did FAFSA delays impact your decisions about college or housing? Share your story with us
The delayed rollout of the new FAFSA caused many students to experience setbacks in receiving financial aid packages. If these delays impacted your college choices, The Texas Tribune wants to hear your story. Full Story
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Border Patrol agents recorded the fewest monthly migrant apprehensions since 2021 on southern border
Migrant apprehensions in Texas decreased by nearly one-third in June, the first month of a new order by President Joe Biden that widely limited asylum claims. Full Story
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![Migrants walk through the mostly dry river bed of the Rio Grande to concertina wire guarded by Texas National Guard soldiers along the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on May 27, 2024. Migrants trying to cross into El Paso, must first make it through an area between concertina wire and the border wall, and not be caught by Texas National Guard soldiers, in order to turn themselves in to Border Patrol.]()
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Before he was Donald Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance was U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s staffer
Cornyn said Vance was “smart” and “well spoken,” praising former President Donald Trump for selecting him as a running mate. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is seen during a press conference with U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, (R-Ohio) calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to negotiate with Republicans in order to make a deal on raising the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on May 3, 2023.]()
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Help us understand your opinions on the use of AI in journalism
AI is being developed at a breakneck pace. We’re partnering with 10 other newsrooms to understand our audiences’ attitudes about the use of AI in news gathering. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott defends trip to East Asia during Hurricane Beryl
Abbott’s critics say he could have postponed the trip until the storm had passed, or at least cut it short once he saw the scale of the disaster. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott signs six bills relating to border security at the state Capitol in Austin on June 8, 2023. “Washington D.C. has failed to do its job to secure the border,” Abbott said “As a result, Texas has had to take unprecedented steps in responding to the crisis caused by the Biden administration on the border, and in response the Texas legislature has stepped up to make sure that we will be able to more robustly respond.”]()
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With new legislation, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn aim to pressure Mexico to send water to Texas
Mexico owes Texas 900,000 acre-feet of water. But a regional drought is complicating the binational agreement. Full Story
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![Large amounts of dry lakebed surround the shoreline of the Falcon International Reservoir in Starr County on May 15, 2024. Water levels at the reservoir are at historic lows. On the 15th of May the water level was at 8.8% full. The Falcon Reservoir straddles the border between Mexico and the USA in deep south Texas and is the primary source of water for the Rio Grande Valley which has an estimated population of 2.67 million. 1.3 million people south of the Rio Grande and 1.29 million north of the international border.]()
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Houston property insurance is already expensive. Hurricane Beryl will make it worse.
Insurance researchers and analysts expect insurers will continue raising already high premiums — and become more selective with what type of damage they cover. Full Story
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Allred outraises Cruz in latest quarter, but Cruz has more cash on hand
Cruz now has a cash advantage, with $12.1 million cash on hand compared to Allred’s $10.4 million. Full Story
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Abbott reprimands CenterPoint and calls for an investigation into the utility’s response to Beryl blackouts
Abbott demanded that the utility company produce a plan by the end of July outlining how it will improve power reliability ahead of future storms. Full Story
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![From left, front row: Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale hold a press conference at Gallery Furniture in Houston to address the restoration of power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, on Sunday, July 14, 2024.]()
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Texas judge orders sheriff, school district to release Uvalde school shooting records
A group of news organizations including The Texas Tribune had sued for access to the records. Full Story
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Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat, frustration and boredom
More than 200,000 CenterPoint Energy customers without power struggle with the heat one week after Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas. Full Story
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![From left, Olga Minez and Gabriel Leal grill burgers for dinner on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Aldine in Houston, Tx. In order to make the blackout more manageable, the couple and their five children have been using a generator left over from the previous year’s blackout.]()
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GOP-led states have pledged hundreds of troops and spent millions of dollars to help Texas secure the border this year
The federal government has deployed National Guard to the border for years, but more than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send even more personnel Full Story
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Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National Guard
Texas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass. Full Story
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“Get back up and go”: CenterPoint linemen take on a broken grid as Houstonians seethe
Beryl exposed how vulnerable the electric infrastructure is to failure, leaving residents angry and at risk. Full Story
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Biden postpones visit to Austin after Trump assassination attempt
The president was planning to visit Texas on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Full Story
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Texas U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson says his nephew was injured in shooting at Trump rally
Former President Donald Trump was injured in the shooting that is being investigated as an assassination attempt. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, listens to speakers during a press conference on border security with other House Republicans, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2023.]()
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“Horrible and scary”: Texas leaders express outrage and relief after attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, was at the rally. He said he was confident Trump would be fine and continue to Republican National Convention. Full Story
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“They need to fix something quick”: Texans without power for days are getting angry
Nearly a million Texans were still without power on Friday. And the utility company with the most outages was facing threats of violence. Full Story
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![Seby Godinho and Jack Souza run a convenience store without electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Oyster Creek, Texas, on July 9, 2024.]()
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