Under Texas law, landlords cannot be punished for discriminating against families with federal housing vouchers. The impact is clear in Houston, where one in four families who receive housing assistance never gets to use it.
Edgar Walters
Edgar Walters worked at the Tribune from 2013 to 2020, most recently covering health and human services. Before that, he had a political reporting fellowship with the Berliner Zeitung, a daily newspaper in Berlin. He is a graduate of the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked as an editor for The Daily Texan. When not in the newsroom or at the Capitol, he could be found on the volleyball court, standing 6 feet, 7 inches tall.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas lawmakers punt on setting a spending cap for 2019 session
House Speaker Joe Straus said the unusual decision was meant to ensure lawmakers didn’t rush to a decision they might “regret.”
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrats flip at least two GOP-held congressional districts in Texas
Republicans still hold the majority of congressional seats in the state, but Democratic gains in Texas are helping the national party as it appears poised to gain control of the U.S. House.
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrat Lizzie Fletcher defeats Texas GOP Congressman John Culberson
The Houston-area race was among the most competitive U.S. House races in Texas.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas Democrat Colin Allred defeats GOP incumbent Pete Sessions in key U.S. House race
The Dallas-area district was considered one of the most competitive in the state.
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Texas Elections 2018
While Beto O’Rourke rakes in cash, big donors ignore the Democratic statewide ticket
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke has raised money hand over fist, but the rest of the statewide ticket has been left relatively empty-handed as many left-leaning megadonors have shifted — or sharply curtailed — their giving.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Democratic challenger Joi Chevalier on why they deserve your vote
In separate interviews, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, a Republican who’s running for re-election, and Joi Chevalier, his Democratic opponent, talked about the state’s looming pension crisis, whether lawmakers should cut taxes and what’s in store for the Rainy Day Fund.
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Health care
Federal appeals court finds Texas foster kids were endangered — but strikes down some attempts at reform
A 2011 lawsuit over Texas’ beleaguered child welfare system has ping-ponged back and forth between an appeals court in New Orleans and a district court in Corpus Christi.
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The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival
Nancy Pelosi: Democrats should focus on health care, working families — not abolishing ICE
The House minority leader also said U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lacked the “temperament” for a seat on the nation’s highest court.
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Families Divided
Number of migrant children in Texas shelters reaches new high despite end of “zero tolerance”
New data shows the number of migrant children held in privately run shelters in Texas reached a new high in September, even after the Trump administration said it would reunify families separated under the now-paused “zero tolerance” policy.
