Check out “God & Marriage” — part 4 of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ personal religious beliefs drove the same-sex marriage battle during the 2015 Texas legislative session.
Becca Aaronson
Becca Aaronson was the first product manager at the Tribune, where she worked from 2010 to 2018. As product manager, Becca managed the Tribune's website redesign, coordinates cross-departmental projects and conducted user research to improve reader experience. She previously worked on the Tribune's data visuals team as a developer and project manager, contributing to several award-winning investigative projects. She covered health care from 2012 to 2014, making waves with her coverage of women's health and the Wendy Davis abortion filibuster.
She has a bachelor’s degree in cultural theory from Scripps College in Claremont, Calif.
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God & Governing: Life
Check out “God & Life” — part 3 of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ personal faith guides the abortion fight in the Texas Legislature.
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God & Governing: Guns
Tune in to “God & Guns” — part 2 of our “God & Governing” documentary-style series — to see how lawmakers’ religious beliefs played into the gun rights debate during the 2015 Texas Legislature.
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God & Governing: How Legislators’ Faith Guides Their Lawmaking
In the 2015 Texas legislative session, state lawmakers weren’t shy about using their religious beliefs to defend their policymaking. Check out “God & Governing,” our documentary series on the role lawmakers’ personal faith played in their legislating.
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Read the Second Week of 31 Days, 31 Ways Stories
In the second week of the 31 Days, 31 Ways series, we explained the new rules on truancy penalties, showed the potential impact of the state’s decision to oust Planned Parenthood from a cancer screening program, and covered much more. Revisit the stories here.
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Read the First Week of 31 Days, 31 Ways Stories
In the first week of the Tribune’s 31 Days, 31 Ways series, we wrote about a new law to train law enforcement on dog encounters, mapped where more than 1 million Texans who purchased Obamacare health plans are, and covered much more. Revisit the first week’s stories here.
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Criminal Justice
Here’s a Look at What Happened With Straus’ and Patrick’s Priority Bills
Over the course of this year’s legislative session, House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made their priorities known by what bills got the lowest bill numbers. Take a look at how those proposals fared.
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Map: After SCOTUS Ruling, Find Texas’ Abortion Facilities
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to temporarily lift Texas’ strict regulations on abortion providers means at least 10 clinics that do not meet those standards may continue to perform the procedure.
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San Antonio, UT-Dallas, MD Anderson Added to Salary Explorer
The city of San Antonio, the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas at Dallas are the latest additions to the Tribune’s Government Salaries Explorer.
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See the Decline in Texas Abortion Clinics
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ strict abortion regulations on Tuesday. See how the number of licensed abortion facilities in Texas has fallen since those rules took effect.
