Also, a new report points to a big boost in Hispanic voting in November.
Corrie MacLaggan
Corrie MacLaggan worked at The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2021, as a demographics reporter, news editor and then managing editor. Previously, the Austin native worked as a national correspondent for Reuters, writing and editing stories about Texas and nearby states and overseeing a network of freelance writers. Before joining Reuters, she covered Texas government and politics for the Austin American-Statesman, writing about everything from gubernatorial races to food stamp application backlogs. She spent her first year at the Statesman writing for the newspaper's weekly Spanish-language publication. She has also worked in Mexico City, where she wrote for publications including the Miami Herald's Mexico edition, Latin Trade magazine and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Her first reporting job was at the El Paso Times. Corrie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and Spanish.
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Report: 1.2 Million Texas Latinos Expected at Polls
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund is projecting a 20.4 percent increase in Latino voters in Texas in 2014 compared to 2010.
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Health care
Texas Considering No Longer Licensing X-Ray Technicians
Texas is considering doing away with the licensing of X-ray technicians and 11 other types of health professionals. Some say that would put patients at risk. A Sunset Commission hearing Wednesday is set to address the issue.
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Demographics
Cornyn Campaign Hopes Tea Party Strategy Will Help GOP Diversify
John Cornyn’s campaign is actively seeking to reach diverse communities that haven’t been traditional Republican supporters. And his team is trying to use Tea Party-style strategies to do it.
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Health care
Advocates for Disabled: End Texas’ “Institutional Bias”
On Monday, 15 years after a U.S. Supreme Court decision that paved the way for some people with disabilities to move out of institutions, advocates for Texans with disabilities called on state lawmakers to speed up that process.
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Late Annie’s List Director Called 2014 a Historic Year
In January we interviewed Annie’s List Executive Director Grace Garcia, who died in a car crash on Monday, for a story about the underrepresentation of women in the Legislature. Here are her previously unpublished remarks.
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Health care
Amid Recommendations, an Uncertain Future at Institutions for Disabled
A recommendation from the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission to shutter six of Texas’ 13 state-supported living centers has reopened a giant divide in the disability community that had seemed to narrow in recent years.
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Politics
Primary Roundup: Key County Races
It wasn’t just statewide elections that stole the show on Tuesday night. Here’s a look at down-ballot primary races that made headlines, too.
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Demographics
Report: Texas Lags in Hispanic Voter Turnout
Low voter turnout among Hispanics in Texas plays a key role in preventing the Republican-dominated state from being politically competitive, according to a new report.
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Energy
Fewer Women Farmers in U.S., but More in Texas
While the number of women farmers nationally is in decline, in Texas, their ranks are swelling, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture.
