Health workers and first responders hoped Texas might be awarded $1 million to buy an anti-overdose drug, but state officials never submitted the grant application.
Isabelle Taft
Isabelle Taft was a reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune in 2016. She graduated from Yale, where she studied history. She previously interned at Politico Magazine and the Sacramento Bee. She was an editor-in-chief of The New Journal, a magazine of creative nonfiction about Yale and New Haven.
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Demographics
10 Texas School Names Honoring Confederates Have Changed. At Least 24 Haven’t.
Tense debates have raged at Texas schools over the proper place of Confederate names in the public landscape. But many other districts have not considered any changes.
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Politics
At Convention, Texas Greens Welcome Bernie Sanders Voters
Much of the programming at the Green Party National Convention in Houston this weekend seemed calculated to appeal to disaffected Democrats.
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Politics
Texas Greens Hope Convention Helps Them Keep Ballot Access
The Green Party of Texas is hosting its party’s national convention, hoping the Houston event generates enough attention and votes to preserve its automatic spot on the 2018 Texas ballot.
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Higher Education
Mississippi High School Losing Longhorn, Keeping Aggie Name
At UT-Austin’s request, a Mississippi high school will lose its longhorn logo. But it will keep its Aggie nickname and maroon and white colors, which school district officials called “a freak coincidence.”
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Rick Perry’s Digital Legacy Gives Archivists New Momentum
Two years ago, Texas had made no progress archiving its electronic records. With the launch this year of the Texas Digital Archive — and the release of seven terabytes of Rick Perry’s digital legacy — Texas has become a national leader.
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Health care
Addiction Programs Hoping for Boost in Federal Funds
On Friday, the president signed an ambitious plan to address the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic. If fully funded, addiction treatment programs in Texas could see a surge of money.
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Health care
Fort Worth Revises Transgender Student Guidelines
The Fort Worth Independent School District issued new guidelines on Wednesday for accommodating transgender students, pleasing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Public Education
Proposed Mexican-American Studies Textbook Lambasted
Activist groups and professors gathered Monday at the Texas Education Agency to list their concerns with a proposed Mexican American studies textbook and call on the board to reject it.
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Health care
First Baby with Zika-Related Microcephaly Born in Texas
A baby born with microcephaly in Harris County is the first Zika-affected infant in Texas, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday.