Correction, Aug. 29, 2022 1:12 pm:
A previous version of this article included a reference to Lake Boehmer, an artificial lake in West Texas leaking saline groundwater and hydrogen sulfide. The well is an abandoned water well, not oil or gas well.
Texas will plug 800 abandoned oil and gas wells, funded by $25 million federal infrastructure grant
Correction, Aug. 26, 2022 9:36 am:
A previous version of this story misspelled the name of a senior at Brownsville Early College High School. Her name is Kennia Gonzalez, not Kennia Gonzales.
How a little-known group convinced the Texas State Board of Education to reject lesson plans on consent
Correction, Aug. 24, 2022 10:49 am:
A previous version of this article stated that Pete Buttigieg had made two previous appearances at The Texas Tribune Festival. Buttigieg has appeared at the Festival three times before 2022.
T-Squared: Pete Buttigieg will open #TribFest22
Correction, Aug. 19, 2022 10:41 am:
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the estimated 35 deaths per year that a researcher attributed to unpermitted chemical releases cost the state more than $300 million per year. That figure includes additional deaths beyond those 35. That sentence has been removed from the story.
Nearly all unplanned chemical releases in Texas go unpunished
Correction, Aug. 19, 2022 10:24 am:
An earlier version of this article misstated when the state began to allocate $9.2 billion for water management projects. It was in 2015, not this fiscal year.
Wetter weather is coming this weekend. But it won’t be enough to end Texas’ drought.
Correction, Aug. 17, 2022 8:34 pm:
A previous version of this article misstated who expressed confusion about how money the governor is allocating would be spent. It was a state senator for the area, not a state representative.
Millions donated after Uvalde shooting still haven’t reached victims and families
Correction, Aug. 16, 2022 5:36 pm:
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Pablo Vegas' base salary when he becomes ERCOT's CEO. He will be paid $990,000, not $990,00.
Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO
Correction, Aug. 14, 2022 11:45 am:
A previous version of this story misspelled the name of a Republican congressman. The congressman's name is August Pfluger, not August Plfuger.
Texas Dems uniformly vote for Biden’s cornerstone climate and health care legislation
Correction, Aug. 11, 2022 10:03 am:
This story originally misstated the percentage of registered Texan voters who believe abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest. The number is around 80%, not nearly 90%.
Abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, around 80% of Texas voters say in UT poll
Correction, Aug. 6, 2022 5:49 pm:
This story originally misstated whether a plant was identified by the EPA as being high-risk. Midwest Sterilization Corporation’s Missouri plant was among the facilities given that designation.
The EPA has identified 23 U.S. facilities that are emitting toxic air pollution that puts people at risk
Clarification, Aug. 5, 2022 11:18 am:
This story originally stated that the TJJD turnover rate hit 70% last year. That figure is the rate for detention officers, not all agency staff.
Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse
Correction, July 27, 2022 4:57 pm:
A previous version of this story said Robb Elementary principal Mandy Gutierrez was the third Uvalde official placed on leave since the July 17 release of a Texas House committee's report on the school shooting. She is the second official placed on leave since the report's release. Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo was placed on leave before the committee report was released.
Principal of Robb Elementary is put on paid leave two months after Uvalde mass shooting
Correction, July 27, 2022 4:22 pm:
An earlier version of the story incorrectly stated that a study on obesity among Black women was by the National Library of Medicine. The study was conducted by researchers from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, first published in the medical journal Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, and housed in a database run by the National Library of Medicine.
Facing higher teen pregnancy and maternal mortality rates, Black women will largely bear the brunt of abortion limits
Correction, July 27, 2022 2:40 pm:
This story initially misstated where Mayra Flores and her family worked in cotton fields. The correct location was Memphis, Texas.
To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative
Clarification, July 22, 2022 2:17 pm:
An earlier version of this story stated that a ban on abortion passed last year will go into effect around the start of the fall semester. The story has been updated to note that the procedure is already illegal in Texas due to a near-total ban on abortion passed in the 1920s that went back into effect after the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade.
Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws
Correction, July 18, 2022 7:03 pm:
This story misstated the names of three officials in Uvalde. The police lieutenant put on administrative leave is Mariano Pargas, not Pagas. The mayor is Don McLaughlin, not McLaughin. The Uvalde County district attorney is Christina Mitchell Busbee, not Christina Mitchell.
Uvalde police lieutenant placed on leave after report faults several agencies’ school shooting response
Correction, July 17, 2022 6:43 pm:
The House committee report misstated the name of a federal agency and a previous version of this story repeated the error. It is the Drug Enforcement Administration, not the Drug Enforcement Agency.
“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details
Correction, July 8, 2022 2:19 pm:
Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story gave the incorrect name for a state agency. It's the Texas Division of Emergency Management, not the Texas Department of Emergency Management.
Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman
Correction, July 8, 2022 1:27 pm:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that an American Society of Civil Engineers report gave a grade of C- to the quality of Texas’ drinking water. The grade was for the state’s drinking water infrastructure.
The Odessa water outage underscores a growing problem: Aging pipes in Texas cities are getting more fragile
Correction, July 6, 2022 6:04 pm:
Correction: A previous version of this story mistakenly said seven people of Mexican descent were killed by a gunman in El Paso in 2019. Of the 23 people killed by the gunmen who was targeting Latinos, eight were Mexican nationals and two victims had dual Mexican and U.S. citizenship.
Critics denounce Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick’s “invasion” rhetoric on immigration, saying it will incite violence
