West Texas parents say racist incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools.
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Environment
Indigenous groups fight to save rediscovered settlement site on Texas coast
Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site on Corpus Christi Bay may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical facilities.
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Congress
Another exodus in Congress means Texas will need to start rebuilding its clout in 2027
At least 10 Texas incumbents will not be returning to Congress next term, a high-water mark for turnover in the delegation.
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Politics
Texas comptroller questions whether some Islamic schools can be excluded from voucher program
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock suggested schools that hosted events for the Council on American-Islamic Relations or are linked to China could be disqualified from the new program.
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Environment
Conservation groups buy more than 3,000 acres on Texas coast for whooping crane habitat
Once on the brink of extinction, the birds have expanded beyond the protected lands set aside for them in the 1970s.
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T-Squared
How The Texas Tribune served Texans in 2025
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Criminal Justice
As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases
District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas’ next top lawyer: What does the attorney general do and how has Paxton remade the office?
Texans will elect a new attorney general next year for the first time in over a decade. The office handles legal matters impacting everyday life and, currently, plays a leading role in the conservative movement.
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Courts
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
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Courts
Records in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s divorce case are unsealed
The documents show that the Paxtons have entered mediation, and their blind trust had doled out $20,000 to each of them to pay for their attorneys.
