San Antonio celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2018. The history of the city — and of Texas — comes to life in the artwork, manuscripts and maps of a library that has recently found a new home.
Alex Arriaga
Alex Arriaga was a 2017-18 reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune after graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she studied journalism and Latin American studies. She previously worked as an editor at The Badger Herald, where she led the paper’s news and feature reporting. She also worked as an investigative intern at Wisconsin Watch where she won a Milwaukee Press Club Award for her reporting on gun regulations in Wisconsin. She also spent a few months in D.C. as an intern at The Chronicle of Higher Education before coming to Austin.
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Texas lawmakers battle with Land Office over transparency in Alamo restoration
Lawmakers who agreed earlier this year to dedicate tens of millions of dollars to update the Alamo are now asking for greater transparency about how the money is being spent.
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Health care
Texas falling behind in HPV vaccinations, study says
Texans are falling behind the rest of the country in getting vaccinated against the most common sexually transmitted infection, a new study says.
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State Government
New memorial on Capitol grounds will honor Texans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
225,000 Texan service members have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and more than 600 have sacrificed their lives. A monument to be installed Dec. 2 on Texas Capitol grounds will pay tribute to them and their families.
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Public Education
Texas’ homeless youth slip through cracks of disjointed support system, new report says
Homeless youth in Texas are inadequately supported due to a spotty system of programs and resources, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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Demographics
Counterprotesters say white supremacists, not Russian Facebook ads, drew them to rally
Counterprotesters at a rally in Houston last year say their presence wasn’t influenced by Russian Facebook ads but by the white supremacists who said they would attend.
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Environment
TCEQ toxicologist, who has questioned ozone risks, appointed to EPA advisory board
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it had appointed Michael Honeycutt, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s chief toxicologist, as chairman of the federal agency’s Science Advisory Board.
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Health care
Texas insurers to cover advanced breast cancer screenings
A new law will require insurance companies to cover 3-D mammograms for Texas patients. The advanced screening technology allows for early detection of cancer and reduces false positives.
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Criminal Justice
Texas death row inmate Duane Buck has sentence reduced to life after Supreme Court orders retrial
Duane Buck, whose death sentence in a 1995 double slaying was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after allegations of racist testimony from an expert witness, had his sentence reduced to life in prison Tuesday.
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In Harvey's Wake
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases Hurricane Harvey-related interim charges
As recovery efforts in southeast Texas continue after Hurricane Harvey, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday released a list of Harvey-related topics for Texas Senate committees to look into ahead of the next legislative session.