Some Texas cities are eyeing cuts to police department budgets to fund social services like housing assistance, mental health services and job training.
Clare Proctor
Clare Proctor was a reporting fellow in 2020. A graduate of Northwestern, she worked as the copy chief and assistant city editor at the student-run newspaper The Daily Northwestern. She has also worked as a metro reporting intern at the Columbus Dispatch and interned at Columbus Monthly, the city's arts, culture and dining magazine.
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Police brutality in Texas
Houston officials increase police budget as Dallas and Austin officials consider decreases in wake of police brutality protests
Some of Texas’ biggest cities appear headed in different directions with police budgets during nationwide calls to cut law enforcement funding.
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Politics
Conspiracy theories and racist memes: How a dozen Texas GOP county chairs caused turmoil within the party
On Friday morning, five GOP county chairs were facing backlash for sharing racist social media posts. The Texas Tribune identified seven other GOP county chairs across the state who shared similar posts.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texans still face obstacles to collecting unemployment benefits months into the coronavirus pandemic’s economic crisis
Last week, another 106,821 Texans filed for unemployment. Already, the agency has processed more than four typical years’ worth of unemployment claims since mid-March.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texans could receive up to a year of unemployment benefits under second extension of aid
The state triggered an extended benefits period, adding an additional 13 weeks of unemployment starting in July. It is the second benefits extension this year.
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Coronavirus in Texas
The coronavirus pandemic has strained the mental health of front-line health workers
Doctors, nurses and other health workers are increasingly reaching out for mental health support as they risk exposing themselves or their families to the novel coronavirus.
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Criminal Justice
Dallas mayor blamed “outsiders” for violence at protests. But almost everyone arrested was from North Texas.
Of the 185 people the Dallas Police Department arrested, 172 people live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, arrest records provided by Mayor Eric Johnson’s office showed.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Community colleges trying to help students who are losing jobs, child care
For Texas community college students, the pandemic upended delicate balances of work, family and financial survival. Schools are tapping into emergency funds and trying to connect students with needed services.
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Coronavirus in Texas
UT-Austin will resume classes this fall — but students won’t return to campus after Thanksgiving
After the November holiday, students will not return to campus in an effort to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt says Abbott’s actions to reopen Texas are divisive, scary and confusing
Abbott’s recent decisions to reopen the economy despite rising infection rates signal that something has “spooked” the governor, Eckhardt said at a Tribune event.