The city council is slated to discuss a new University of Texas at Austin study that identifies neighborhoods where redevelopment threatens to push out existing residents.
Brandon Formby
Brandon Formby works with The Texas Tribune’s beat editors and reporters to bring Texans the news, analysis and explanatory journalism they need to put pressing issues into perspective. Previously, as an editor on the news desk, he helped steer coverage of legislative sessions, natural disasters, prolonged power outages, mass shootings and the coronavirus pandemic. As a reporter, he covered urban affairs. Before joining the Tribune in 2016, he reported on transportation, politics and local government for The Dallas Morning News. Brandon grew up in Plano and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas Tech University. He is based in Austin.
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In Harvey's Wake
Nearly 10 percent of Texans displaced by Harvey still haven’t gone home, survey says
Meanwhile, 15 percent of homes damaged or destroyed by the storm are still unlivable. Yet FEMA and Texas officials aren’t keeping track of how many people remain displaced one year later.
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Transportation
Austin officials backing away from controversial rewrite of land-use regulations
Amid a fierce battle over the city’s attempts to improve traffic and combat housing unaffordability, Austin leaders are looking to drop CodeNEXT and start a new process.
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Families Divided
Feds remain mum on whether there is a plan to reunify parents and children who are seeking asylum
While officials on Tuesday provided more details on reuniting families who will be deported, it’s not clear how — or if — they plan to reunify thousands who came to the U.S. seeking a safe haven from violent situations back home.
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Demographics
Texas cities want millennials living downtown. So why does the state keep building highways to the suburbs?
As young, educated professionals push away old ideas about how to move around Texas cities, transportation planners’ vision for the future is still largely influenced by the past.
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Families Divided
Confusion, tension roil Texas-Mexico border as federal government attempts to reunify immigrant families
As an El Paso shelter prepared to take in undocumented immigrants separated from their children, President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for deportations without due process drew rebukes.
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Health care
Lawmakers to address neglect of medically vulnerable Texans following Dallas Morning News report
Following the newspaper’s investigation into failings and cutbacks in the state’s managed care program, three Texas House committees will meet this month to discuss ways to improve the program.
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In Harvey's Wake
State officials want to know how much damage remains from Hurricane Harvey
University of Texas researchers are conducting a new survey in affected areas as the General Land Office prepares to disburse billions in federal disaster recovery funds.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a 40-point plan for improving school safety. Here’s what it would do.
The plan includes new gun laws, training for school officials and an app.
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Criminal Justice
Gov. Greg Abbott announces school safety plan and proposed changes to gun laws after Santa Fe shooting
The governor’s announcement follows three days of roundtable discussions about school safety last week at the Capitol. He said he was open to a special session to implement some of his ideas.
