Corrections and Clarifications

• Correction, Oct. 22, 2021: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect partisan breakdown of the Texas House. The lower chamber has 83 Republicans and 66 Democrats, not 67 Democrats, because there is a vacant seat in House District 118. Texas House passes proposed new map for chamber’s 150 districts, aiming to protect Republicans’ majority for the next decade

• Correction, Oct. 21, 2021: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story misspelled the name of a former Texas secretary of state. She is Ruth Hughs, not Ruth Hughes. Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick for top Texas election post worked with Trump to fight 2020 results

• Correction, Oct. 21, 2021: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story listed the wrong title for John Hellerstedt. He is the Department of State Health Services commissioner, not the Health and Human Services commissioner. Texas says popular cannabis extract, delta-8, is illegal, sending retailers scrambling

• Correction, Oct. 19, 2021: In a previous version of this story, it was incorrectly stated that Texas State University is a flagship campus. The Texas State University System does not have a flagship university. Texas colleges and universities get more than $3 billion for campus construction projects under bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott

• Correction, Oct. 17, 2021: A previous version of this article said state Rep. DeWayne Burns represents Corpus Christi. He represents Cleburne. Texas Senate approves $3 billion college campus construction bill

• Correction, Oct. 15, 2021: Before the House voted on Sunday to go along with Senate changes, this story incorrectly stated that House Bill 25, restricting transgender student athletes’ sports participation, had passed and was heading to the governor’s office. The Senate passed the bill but added an amendment that the House had to approve before it is sent to to the governor. That has happened now, and the bill now awaits the governor's approval. Texas bill restricting transgender student athletes’ sports participation heads to Gov. Greg Abbott

• Correction, Oct. 8, 2021: A chart in this story incorrectly stated the number of school districts reporting new COVID-19 cases the week ending Sept. 26. It was 578 districts, not 947, which was the total number of districts that have reported cases since Aug. 2. Texas schools started this year with record high coronavirus cases, but weekly totals have now declined

• Correction, Oct. 7, 2021: In a previous version of this story, the name of the federal judge who issued a Wednesday ruling was misspelled in one instance. His name is Robert Pitman, not Robert Pittman. At least one major Texas abortion provider resumes procedure lawmakers tried to prohibit, after judge blocks near-total ban

• Correction, Oct. 7, 2021: A previous version of the map in this story incorrectly labeled the temperature change in Texas counties between 1975 and 2020. It represents the average increase each decade, not the increase over the entire 45 year period. Climate change is making Texas hotter, threatening public health, water supply and the state’s infrastructure

• Correction, Oct. 1, 2021: A previous version of this story misstated that migrants could still be deported if their asylum claims are successful. That is incorrect. Migrants to the United States could still be deported if their asylum claims are unsuccessful. "We suffered a lot to get here": A Haitian migrant's harrowing journey to the Texas-Mexico border

• Correction, Sept. 30, 2021: A photo caption on a previous version of this story misidentified one of the candidates for the state House. He is Frank Ramirez, not Frank Martinez. Republican John Lujan and Democrat Frank Ramirez advance to runoff for San Antonio-area Texas House seat

• Correction, Sept. 29, 2021: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of the Texas Legislative Council's assistant executive director. She is Kimberly Shields, not Kimberley Shields. Texas appears to be paying a secretive Republican political operative $120,000 annually to work behind the scenes on redistricting

• Correction, Sept. 29, 2021: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the new Texas abortion law bans abortions as early as six weeks after conception and that the new abortion medication law reduces the window for when they can be prescribed from 10 weeks to seven weeks after conception. The first law bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy and the second law reduces the window for prescribing abortion medications from 10 weeks to 7 weeks into a pregnancy. Texas law restricting access to abortion medications goes into effect Dec. 2 after governor signs bill

• Correction, Sept. 29, 2021: An earlier version of this story misstated the name of the Food and Drug Administration. It is not the Federal Drug Administration. Here’s what Texans need to know about the government shutdown threat in Congress

• Correction, Sept. 29, 2021: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of a former U.S. senator. It's Lloyd Bentsen, not Lloyd Bentson. Matthew Dowd, former George W. Bush strategist, to run as Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor

• Correction, Sept. 28, 2021: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of a Texas RioGrande Legal Aid attorney. It’s Kristin Etter, not Kristen Etter. Texas court orders release of more than 200 migrants imprisoned in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security clampdown

• Correction, Sept. 27, 2021: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of a Texas congresswoman. It's U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, not Eddie Berenice Johnson. Texas reduces Black and Hispanic majority congressional districts in proposed map, despite people of color fueling population growth

• Correction, Sept. 20, 2021: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story misspelled the name of a State Board of Education member. His name is Will Hickman, not Will Hickan. First draft of Legislature’s map of new State Board of Education districts shores up Republican majority

• Correction, Sept. 20, 2021: A photo caption on this story incorrectly identified an independent school district. It is Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, not Garland-Colleyville ISD. How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb

• Correction, Sept. 20, 2021: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of a psychiatry fellow at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center. His name is Dr. Muhammad Saad, not Dr. Muhammad Assad. Texas cancer patients and people with PTSD will soon be able to join state’s expanded medical marijuana program