Listen to the top TribCasts of 2016
For those of us who look forward to the TribCast each week, 2016 was the ultimate gift. Catch up with the top five episodes of the year before we ring in a 2017 full of TribCast debauchery. Full Story
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![Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief Emily Ramshaw, left, hosts the TribCast on April 20, 2016. Joining her are Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, center, and political reporter Patrick Svitek, right.]()
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Abbott, on family vacation, meets with Australian prime minister
Gov. Greg Abbott paused a family vacation to Sydney this week to meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull show off hats they exchanged after their meeting Tuesday in Sydney. Abbott was vacationing with his family in the city.]()
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The 10 days that defined 2016 for the Texas congressional delegation
From U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's Republican National Convention speech to U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela's letter to Trump, 10 days in 2016 stand out for how they disrupted, empowered or otherwise messed with members of the Texas delegation. Full Story
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Catch up on our yearlong series on immigration, border security
In our "Bordering on Insecurity" series, the Tribune looked to get beyond the rhetoric and focus on the reality when it comes to the divisive issues of immigration and border security. See all of our coverage here. Full Story
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Biggest transportation battles of 2016 to continue in the new year
After Uber left Austin, state lawmakers are now poised to take up regulations of ride-hailing companies. They may also look at a high-speed rail developer's ability to use eminent domain for a Dallas-Houston bullet train. Full Story
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Dallas shooting changed the conversation about police in Texas
The July ambush of police officers in downtown Dallas was one of the highest-profile examples of the intense community-law enforcement divide in 2016. Full Story
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![Flanked by civic and religious leaders, Dallas Police Chief David Brown speaks to a crowd attending the vigil for five slain police officers, victims of a sniper attack, at Dallas’ Thanksgiving Square on July 8, 2016.]()
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Debut of Texas gun law intersected with UT Tower shooting anniversary
Texas' campus carry law took effect on Aug. 1, the 50th anniversary of the day a gunman atop the UT Tower killed more than a dozen people and wounded 30 others. Read our series looking back at the shooting and on the new law. Full Story
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![The granite memorial on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in memory of the victims of Charles Whitman’s murderous on-campus shooting spree. The 50th anniversary of the shooting is Aug. 1, 2016.]()
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Oil prices, pipeline protests top 2016 energy, environment news
From heated pipeline protests to stubbornly low oil prices, these are the top energy and environmental stories the Tribune covered in 2016. Full Story
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Revisit our series examining mental health policy and programs
In May, the Tribune partnered with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU on a series looking at mental health policy issues and some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing care. Use this page to catch up on our coverage. Full Story
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Rough Patch: How plunging oil prices reversed fortunes in Texas
Amid the recent plunge in oil prices, The Texas Tribune visited various parts of Texas to see how they were being impacted. Read stories from West Texas, South Texas and the Panhandle. Full Story
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![Cotulla Motel employee Jared Ramirez bags ice on April 7, 2016. Ramirez began working at the motel after work in the oil fields dried up.]()
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Can you tell real news from fake news? Take our quiz to find out
How good are you at telling real from fake news? Take our quiz and find out. Full Story
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Five stories that marked 2016 in Texas politics
It may have been the offseason for the Texas Legislature, but there was still ample news coming from state officials, much of which will reverberate through the legislative session starting in January. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott gave the opening speech at the state republican convention in Dallas, Texas on May 12, 2016.]()
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Five ways Texas shaped this year's wild presidential race
The reliably Republican state played host to an action-packed March 1 primary and gave the GOP primary field one of its last men standing, then grappled with Trump's nomination. Full Story
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Revisit our series on energy efficiency efforts
Take a look back at our series on global and local efforts to conserve energy and limit pollution through energy efficiency. Full Story
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![A wind farm generates electricity off the coast of Copenhagen. Wind energy accounted for 42 percent of Denmark's generation last year. Four decades ago, the country depended almost entirely on imported oil.]()
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Protests, politics and scandal defined 2016 for Texas universities
Colleges in Texas had a tense year, thanks to campus carry, racial incidents and the election. Full Story
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Explore thousands of Texas public schools
Use the Tribune's Texas Public Schools Explorer to find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,219 school districts and 8,646 public school campuses in Texas. Full Story
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Trump's F-35 tweets have Fort Worth on edge
President-elect Donald Trump's recent tweets criticizing a plane manufactured in Fort Worth has many in the city rattled. Full Story
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![Fort Worth residents posed for photos on Dec. 21, 2016, with a model of the F-35 fighter plane, which is manufactured at a Lockheed Martin plant in the city.]()
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The Brief: There's another potential Cabinet pick with Texas ties
As President-elect Donald Trump looks to fill the remaining holes in his planned Cabinet, another Texas connection has emerged. Full Story
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Texas Congressman on thin ice...on purpose
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth has tried everything from moving baggage on a runway to housekeeping at a Holiday Inn to better understand the lives of his constituents. This week, he helped out at a local ice skating rink. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, operates an ice-resurfacing machines at a Fort Worth ice skating rink on Dec. 21, 2016, as part of an ongoing effort to perform constituent jobs in his district.]()
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Use our database to learn more about prison units across Texas
Use the Tribune's Texas Prison Inmates database to learn more about Texas' prison units and the more than 143,000 inmates housed inside them. Full Story
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![The William G. McConnell Prison Unit in Beeville, Texas.]()
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