Loving children and beloved educators were killed at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
Brooke Park
Brooke Park is a junior at the University of Texas at Austin and was a spring 2022 reporting fellow until May 2022. She has worked at Community Impact Newspaper, Austin American-Statesman and held multiple positions at The Daily Texan, including news editor.
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Politics
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the target of a bar association complaint over his role in undermining the 2020 election results
A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud.
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Public Education
Texas librarians face harassment as they navigate book bans
As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.
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Higher Education
Carlos Hernandez tapped as Sul Ross State University interim president
After shifting from his role as Sam Houston State University’s chief financial officer, Hernandez will focus on student recruitment and bolstering academic programs at Sul Ross to combat declining enrollment.
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Politics
Residents sue Llano County officials, library director, board members to end book bans
A federal lawsuit claims Llano County public officials’ efforts to remove library books are a coordinated censorship campaign.
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Coronavirus in Texas
The stories behind the Texans lost to COVID-19
Since vaccines became widely available for Texans 12 and older last May, about 82% of Texas’ COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated.
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Transgender Texans
Texas sues to prevent losing federal funds over its investigations of trans children’s families
Texas is worried it could lose over a billion dollars in federal funding over Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive requiring medical professionals to report gender-affirming care for minors as child abuse.
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Public Education
Texas students push back against book bans for censoring LGBTQ, racial justice issues
Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes.
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Transgender Texans
Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals restraining order that blocked state agency from investigating trans teen’s family
A Texas judge was scheduled to consider a statewide injunction on investigations of parents over obtaining gender-affirming care. The appeal now puts the hearing on hold.
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Politics
Texas voters will decide whether to lower some property tax bills in May election
If two propositions pass, the state will increase school funding to make up for revenues lost from a decrease in property taxes.