The Democratic presidential candidate is staffing up in Texas and planning to open a Houston headquarters and 16 field offices.
2019
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Public Education
Analyzing 2019: The 86th Texas Legislature
Texas lawmakers, convinced that 2018’s voters were telling them to get some serious work done, steered (mostly) away from social and cultural issues to concentrate on “meat and potatoes” items voters demanded, starting with schools and property taxes.
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Graphics and data reporting
The best of the Tribune’s storytelling with data and graphics in 2019
The Tribune’s data visuals team published more than 100 graphics about Texas politics and policy this year. Here’s a look back at some of our favorites.
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Demographics
Revisit some of The Texas Tribune’s best stories of 2019
Our reporters crisscrossed the Texas Capitol and traveled to the Panhandle and East Texas — as well as the Netherlands and Honduras — to tell stories about the state’s politics, people and places. From a story on a migrant’s desperate journey to a look at how coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land, here is a selection of their best work of the year.
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State Government
Analyzing 2019: The fall of a Texas House speaker
Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen went from his January election to hero of the legislative session to historical footnote in less than a year. Several of the year’s columns analyzed the politics of a speaker quickly losing the trust of the House that elevated him in the first place.
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Homeless in Texas
Everything you need to know about homelessness in Texas
Elected officials have bickered over how to respond to Texans experiencing homelessness, and President Donald Trump tapped a man who founded a San Antonio shelter to coordinate the federal government’s approach. Meanwhile, homeless Texans say they’re often misunderstood.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Congressional candidate’s legal work attracts scrutiny in battleground Democratic primary
Shannon Hutcheson’s opponents in the race for the Central Texas seat argue she has a history of representing corporations in cases against vulnerable people.
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Beto O’Rourke unveils PAC with focus on boosting Texas Democrats in 2020
The group, Powered by People, comes less than two months after O’Rourke ended his presidential campaign.