In our “Bordering on Insecurity” series, the Tribune looked to get beyond the rhetoric and focus on the reality when it comes to the divisive issues of immigration and border security. See all of our coverage here.
Texas Tribune Staff
Posted inState Government
Debut of Texas gun law intersected with UT Tower shooting anniversary
Texas’ campus carry law took effect on Aug. 1, the 50th anniversary of the day a gunman atop the UT Tower killed more than a dozen people and wounded 30 others. Read our series looking back at the shooting and on the new law.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Rough Patch: How plunging oil prices reversed fortunes in Texas
Amid the recent plunge in oil prices, The Texas Tribune visited various parts of Texas to see how they were being impacted. Read stories from West Texas, South Texas and the Panhandle.
Posted inState Government
Revisit our series examining mental health policy and programs
In May, the Tribune partnered with the Mental Health Channel and KLRU on a series looking at mental health policy issues and some of Texas’ biggest challenges in providing care. Use this page to catch up on our coverage.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Revisit our series on energy efficiency efforts
Take a look back at our series on global and local efforts to conserve energy and limit pollution through energy efficiency.
Posted inPublic Education
Explore thousands of Texas public schools
Use the Tribune’s Texas Public Schools Explorer to find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,219 school districts and 8,646 public school campuses in Texas.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Use our database to learn more about prison units across Texas
Use the Tribune’s Texas Prison Inmates database to learn more about Texas’ prison units and the more than 143,000 inmates housed inside them.
Posted inState Government
Video: A conversation with Dawn Buckingham & Hugh Shine
Watch video of our conversation with state Sen.-elect Dawn Buckingham and state Rep.-elect Hugh Shine, at Temple College.
Posted inState Government
Boomtown, Flood Town (Full Text)
This story was co-published with ProPublica. See the interactive version here.HOUSTON — For the third time in eight years, water gushed into Virginia Hammond’s northwest Houston.It was 2 a.m. on April 18. Over the next several hours, her two granddaughters — ages 12 and 15 — perched on tables, scared to put their feet in the […]
Posted inState Government
Livestream: San Antonio & the Legislature
We’re livestreaming our conversation on San Antonio & the Legislature: A Preview of the 85th at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s downtown campus.
