A little more than a year after catastrophic floods devastated Central Texas, another deluge hit the area. How are residents and the state responding to this new tragedy?
Eleanor Klibanoff
Eleanor Klibanoff is the law and politics reporter, based in Austin, where she covers the the Texas Legislature, the Office of the Attorney General, state and federal courts and politics writ large. She also co-hosts the weekly politics podcast, TribCast. Eleanor previously spent three years as the Tribune’s women’s health reporter, covering abortion, maternal health and LGBTQ issues. Before coming to Texas, Eleanor worked for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, where she reported, hosted and produced the Peabody-nominated podcast, “Dig.” Eleanor was born in Philadelphia and raised in Atlanta, and attended The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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State Government
Robert Howden, Abbott aide, to succeed Jane Nelson as Texas’ top election official
Howden’s appointment follows weeks of speculation over who would take over running Texas’ elections before the November midterms.
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2026 Texas Elections
How suing Biden more than 100 times fueled Ken Paxton’s rise and reshaped Texans’ lives
As attorney general, Paxton threw unprecedented resources into stopping Biden’s agenda. That record is his sword and shield as he runs for U.S. Senate.
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Courts
Aaron Reitz, former attorney general candidate, appointed U.S. attorney in Texas’ southern district
Reitz, a partisan firebrand who has vowed to “destroy the left,” previously served as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy.
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TribCast
TribCast: What’s the mood among Texas Democrats ahead of November?
Inside the Texas Democrats’ convention in a hopeful year for the party.
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2026 Texas Elections
Democratic land commissioner nominee diagnosed with cancer, announces he’s in remission
Benjamin Flores, who will face GOP incumbent Dawn Buckingham in November, said he would remain in the race.
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TribCast
TribCast: What a new secretary of state could mean for Texas elections
With the midterms fast approaching, Texas’ top elections administrator is out the door. Who will be next — and what awaits them in the role?
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Health care
Austin-area hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to Texas’ abortion ban, federal complaint alleges
Lynn Callaway says she was sent home from two hospitals, despite an infection, due to healthcare providers’ fear of the state’s abortion ban.
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TribCast
TribCast: Deep in the heart of the Texas GOP convention
From live elephants to Islam, TribCast recaps the biggest GOP event of the year with reporters Alejandro Serrano and Renzo Downey
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2026 Texas Elections
Former Lt. Gov. nominee Mike Collier sues over Texas’ onerous rules for independent candidates
Collier’s lawsuit calls the time limit and number of petition signatures required to get on the ballot “so burdensome” that no independent candidate for statewide office has ever qualified.
