Several members of the new coalition are also part of a legal challenge to Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance.
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Emma Platoff was a reporter at the Tribune from 2017 to 2021, most recently covering the law and its intersection with politics. A graduate of Yale University, Emma is the former managing editor of the Yale Daily News.
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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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Politics
Julián Castro says he’s “inclined” to run for president in 2020
A rising star in the party, Castro has long been considered a likely contender in 2020.
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Texas Elections 2018
Campaign for congressional candidate Mike Siegel disputes account of worker’s arrest
A campaign field director was delivering a letter to county officials about voter registration problems at Prairie View A&M.
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Catholic dioceses in Texas to release names of clergy “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors
The list will be released by Jan. 31, 2019.
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Judge recommends new trial for Texas death row inmate Rigoberto Avila
The state’s highest criminal court will now weigh the recommendation.
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Politics
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Indian Child Welfare Act
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the law “elevates a child’s race over their best interest.”
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Health care
The hospital says she’s brain-dead. Her parents say she’s alive. Who decides when to take her off the ventilator?
A North Texas family is fighting to keep their 9-year-old daughter on a ventilator, though her doctors have said she is brain-dead. But a controversial, unusual Texas law gives doctors and hospitals broad decision-making power.
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The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Brett Kavanaugh is “not the person for the Supreme Court”
At an interview Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Minnesota Democrat talked about the Supreme Court and the Mueller probe — and carefully skirted questions about her own presidential ambitions.
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The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival
John Kerry hails 2018 midterms as “greatest course-correction moment we’ve had in years”
We kicked off the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival with an interview of the former secretary of state. Kerry answered questions about foreign policy, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, 2020 and more.