Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton crusaded against House Republicans who voted against school vouchers and in favor of impeachment, respectively.
Rebekah Allen
Rebekah Allen is the managing editor of enterprise and politics. Before joining The Texas Tribune in 2019, she was a state government reporter for The Dallas Morning News. Previously, she was an investigative reporter and Capitol reporter for The Times Picayune/The Advocate in Louisiana and an education reporter at the Pensacola News Journal in Florida. Rebekah proudly hails from the New Orleans suburbs and is a graduate of Louisiana State University. Read Articles by Rebekah Allen
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Congress
Houston native Brittney Griner, a WNBA star, released from Russian custody in prisoner swap
The Texas basketball star was first detained in February and was recently moved to a Russian penal colony before her release Thursday.
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Uvalde school shooting
Ted Cruz is skeptical about red flag provision in federal bipartisan deal on guns
Red flag laws are designed to keep guns out of the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has championed the bipartisan agreement.
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Politics
Ted Cruz and 16 other Texans refused to certify the 2020 election. None would say whether they see it as legitimate today.
Cruz was objecting to certifying Arizona’s election results when the Capitol was overrun. His speech that day and his misleading comments that cast doubts on the election led to calls for his resignation.
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Politics
Ted Cruz says Joe Biden could be impeached if Republicans take U.S. House
The Republican senator from Texas said Democrats weaponized impeachment with former President Donald Trump, adding, “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates — including for private employers
Abbott also called on the Legislature to pass a law expanding the ban on vaccine mandates.
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Redistricting Texas
Texas Senate opens redistricting debate with proposed map one senator labels “intentional discrimination”
The first draft of the Senate map was authored by a Republican who chairs the Senate Redistricting Committee. It immediately drew fire from a Democratic member who said her district was being redrawn to dilute voting power of people of color.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Our new women’s health reporter and copy editor
Shannon Najmabadi will cover women’s health at The Texas Tribune, and Emily Goldstein is our new staff copy editor.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Rice University canceling in-person classes after employee tested positive for novel coronavirus
It’s the first Texas university to issue major cancellations, which come after the number of Houston-area people who were exposed to the virus overseas continued to rise. There has been no known community spread in Texas, officials said.