A handful of cities and counties in New Mexico have passed restrictions – with help from Texans Mark Lee Dickson and attorney Jonathan Mitchell.
Emily Yount Swelgin
Emily Yount Swelgin was a user experience director for the Tribune. She worked on features to help readers engage with The Texas Tribune's journalism, including a tool for identifying newsletters that fit your interests and preferences. She previously worked at The Washington Post and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and Spanish from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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T-Squared
Introducing Teach Me How to Texas, a newsletter for Texas voters
Subscribers will learn interesting facts about Texas’ past and culture, how to spot a good poll from a bad one, how to decode their November ballots and more.
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Texas Elections 2018
We took young Texans’ questions straight to the candidates. Here’s what they said.
Voting today? We know there’s a lot to keep up with this election season, so we asked young Texans what issues matter most and crafted a survey for candidates to respond to in their own words. See how candidates in statewide and competitive U.S. House races responded to your questions.
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We asked Texas midterm candidates how to improve affordability. Here’s what they said.
Should the state or federal government increase the minimum wage? We asked Texas candidates running for office how to improve affordability with questions crowdsourced from young Texans.
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We asked Texas midterm candidates about immigration reform. Here’s what they said.
The immigration debate flared up again this summer after the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.” We asked the candidates running for office about immigration reform.
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Texas Elections 2018
We took young Texans’ questions to the candidates. Here’s what they said.
Find out where Texas midterm candidates stand on student debt, DACA, school gun violence and more.
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Texas Elections 2018
We asked Texas midterm candidates about voting rights. Here’s what they said.
Redistricting, voting by mail and same-day registration: We asked Texas candidates running for office about voting rights with questions crowdsourced from young Texans.
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How to know if you’re spending too much on housing in Texas
We analyzed housing data in hundreds of Texas ZIP codes to create a searchable tool so readers can see how affordable their neighborhood is.
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Politics
Ask the candidates: What questions do you want answered before the November 2018 election?
Ahead of November’s general election, The Texas Tribune is creating an election guide with a primary focus on young Texans — and we need your help.