Correction, Feb. 9, 2022 3:09 pm:
A previous version of this article provided incorrect details about the shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on Nov. 5, 2017. Devin Patrick Kelley fired 450 rounds, he did not open fire on 450 people. The gunman used a semi-automatic rifle, not an assault rifle. Two men who pursued the gunman chased him as he fled the scene; they did not chase him from the church.
Air Force ordered to pay $230 million to Sutherland Springs shooting survivors and families of slain victims
Correction, Feb. 3, 2022 10:30 am:
This story originally mischaracterized full-page ads taken out in a local newspaper by the Midwest Sterilization Corporation. They stress the importance of ethylene oxide to the health care industry and emphasize that a small portion of the chemical is used to sterilize medical equipment. They do not say that the EPA is wrong about the dangers of ethylene oxide.
EPA rejects Texas’ more lenient standard for highly toxic air pollutant
Clarification, Feb. 1, 2022 10:07 am:
This story has been updated to reflect TCEQ's clarification that most, not all, stationary air monitors were shut down ahead of the extreme weather events analyzed in the report and that air monitors taken offline during Hurricane Harvey in Houston were fully operational by Sept. 6.
State report shows how Texas environmental agency misses industrial pollution spikes during and after storms
Correction, Jan. 28, 2022 12:48 pm:
A previous version of this story misidentified U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's age. She is 86, not 85.
Retiring U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson looms large in crowded race to replace her
Correction, Jan. 26, 2022 9:55 am:
A previous version of this story incorrectly said that Texas' new restrictive abortion law has no statute of limitations. The statute of limitations is four years.
Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock’s abortion ban
Correction, Jan. 24, 2022 3:55 pm:
Citing a Bloomberg report from Jan. 3, a previous version of this story incorrectly stated the amount of natural gas that was burned or wasted during weather-related shutdowns of natural gas infrastructure over New Year's weekend. Bloomberg later corrected its report to say it was 1 million cubic feet of gas, not 1 billion cubic feet.
Texas natural gas production dropped during recent cold front, reviving concerns about electric grid
Correction, Jan. 22, 2022 1:52 pm:
A previous version of this article misstated the outcome of two congressional provisions U.S. Sen. John Cornyn supported to help advance a coastal storm barrier in Texas. The measures were signed into law; they did not stall in Congress.
Texas may get a coastal storm barrier, but will it be too late?
Correction, Jan. 21, 2022 4:22 pm:
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of prescribed burns in Bastrop State Park. The park has had 28 prescribed burns since 2014, not two since 2011.
Prescribed burn gone wrong likely sparked wildfire in Bastrop County, officials say
Correction, Jan. 21, 2022 10:17 am:
Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story incorrectly stated the average national price of natural gas last year. It was $3.91 per million BTUs, not $3.91 per BTU.
Texas pipeline company walks back threat to cut off gas to power plants
Correction, Jan. 20, 2022 1:50 pm:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz had recouped $545,000 of a $1 million loan he gave his campaign in 2012. Cruz has never been able to recoup $545,000 of that loan.
Supreme Court weighs whether campaign finance law limits Ted Cruz’s free speech
Correction, Jan. 13, 2022 8:33 pm:
An earlier version of this story stated that Hutto resident Maze Ikeen takes about four hours to drop off or pick up her three children from school after the Hutto Independent School District discontinued regular school bus operations this week. She later clarified each journey takes her about three hours.
Texas schools struggle to stay open as teachers and bus drivers call in sick with COVID-19
Correction, Jan. 13, 2022 1:44 pm:
An earlier version of this story included comments from a Travis County official who erroneously stated that, under new local rules, a business does not need to display a sign showing whether certain COVID-19 restrictions are in place if the firm chose not to implement any. Later, a spokesperson clarified that all businesses must post the sign, regardless of whether they adopted any restrictions.
Austin-area businesses will have to post COVID-19 policies, a modest rule that might trigger a fresh clash with state
Correction, Jan. 11, 2022 9:23 am:
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the date of the election for which the ballot measure qualified. The election is in May, not November.
Austin voters could decriminalize small amounts of pot in May
Correction, Jan. 10, 2022 1:43 pm:
An earlier version of this page did not list the following candidates as incumbents: Marisa Perez-Diaz, State Board of Education District 3; Aicha Davis, State Board of Education District 13; Phil W. Stephenson, state House District 85; Ana-Maria Ramos, state House District 102; E. Sam Harless, state House District 126; Lacey Hull, state House District 138; and Valoree Swanson, state House District 150.
Here’s your Texas 2022 March primary ballot
Correction, Jan. 10, 2022 10:41 am:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Texas Legislature passed new voting restrictions this year. It was during last year’s legislative session.
Texas GOP’s voting meme shows how Trump-style messaging wins internet’s attention
Correction, Jan. 7, 2022 4:57 pm:
This story incorrectly stated that around 5.4 million students were enrolled in Texas schools as of January 2021. The enrollment total is as of September 2021.
After the omicron surge in early 2022, COVID-19 cases declined in Texas schools
Correction, Jan. 7, 2022 9:25 am:
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the size of the drop in natural gas production in the Permian Basin during the cold front. Production dropped by about 20%, not 25%.
Texas natural gas production dropped during recent cold front, reviving concerns about electric grid
Correction, Jan. 5, 2022 12:01 pm:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the Round Rock Independent School District used a matrix to determine when to shift from in-person classes to virtual learning. The district has since clarified its matrix only applies to mask requirements.
Omicron’s swift emergence tests Texas public schools as a new semester begins
Correction, Jan. 3, 2022 4:19 pm:
An earlier version of this story cited a source who provided an incorrect statistic. One hundred percent of patients on ventilators in Amarillo are unvaccinated, not 60%.
Omicron is sidelining even health care workers as it rips through Texas
Correction, Dec. 27, 2021 4:44 pm:
The chart comparing booster shots and first doses incorrectly stated that more people were getting boosters than first doses each day on average starting in October. The trend began in late September.
Texans getting COVID-19 vaccine boosters outpace those getting first shots as omicron bears down
