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Odessa Mayor Javier Joven poses for a photo at his childhood home on Aug. 12, in Odessa.

2024 Texas Elections

Odessa’s mayor ran to help the West Texas city “repent.” Now he wants a second term.

By Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Photos by Eli HartmanSept. 12, 2024

Under Javier Joven’s leadership, his critics say, the Odessa City Council has lost focus on municipal issues like roads and water infrastructure.

Detainees are moved from location to location within a Texas juvenile detention center in 2013.

Criminal Justice

Dallas juvenile detention center isolated kids and falsified documents, state investigation says

By Xiomara MooreSept. 10, 2024

A Texas Juvenile Justice Department report says Dallas County officers kept kids in their sleeping quarters for days at a time and faked school attendance logs.

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, (R-Wyoming) speaks with Mark Leibovich, staff writer at The Atlantic, during a one-on-one conversation about democracy at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 6, 2024.

The 2024 Texas Tribune Festival

Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race

By Nic Garcia and Jakob MaurerSept. 6, 2024

Liz Cheney endorsed Allred at The Texas Tribune Festival Friday.

First-year educator Amanda Garza McIntyre interacts with her students at Freeport Intermediate School in Freeport on Aug. 16, 2024. McIntyre transitioned from being an administrative assistant at a construction company to becoming an eighth grade science teacher through the help of a Freeport Intermediate School preparation program.

Graphics and data reporting

Texas schools are hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope the state will pay to prepare them.

By Jaden Edison and Data reporting by Elijah Nicholson-MessmerSept. 4, 2024

Schools are hiring instructors with different types of backgrounds to deal with critical staff shortages.

Curbside voting during Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Houston.

2024 Texas Elections

How Texans with disabilities can vote in the November election

By Mae LackeyAug. 16, 2024Sept. 2, 2024

All Texas voters with disabilities have the right to accessible voting options, whether in person or by mail.

A political battle over a gun ban at the State Fair has escalated with a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General who seeks to overturn the ban.

State Government

Paxton takes Dallas to court over gun ban at State Fair

By Juan Salinas IIAug. 29, 2024Aug. 30, 2024

With the State Fair opening in less than a month, the Attorney General is asking a Dallas County judge to overturn the ban on guns.

Mountain lions are generally found in remote mountains, canyonlands, or hilly areas with good cover. In Texas, they are found throughout the Trans-Pecos region, the brushlands of South Texas and parts of the Hill Country.

Graphics and data reporting

Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

By Jakob Maurer and Graphics by Elijah Nicholson-MessmerAug. 30, 2024

While many other states limit hunting of the apex predator, Texas is only now introducing rules to ban canned hunts and require regular checking of traps.

Gov. Greg Abbott makes an economic development announcement in Austin on Mar. 1, 2024. The press conference took place in front of the Governor's Mansion.

2024 Texas Elections

Election experts cautious as Abbott touts voter roll purge

By Juan Salinas II, The Texas Tribune and Natalia Contreras Votebeat and The Texas TribuneAug. 27, 2024Aug. 28, 2024

Federal and state law already required voter roll maintenance. Experts warn the governor’s framing of this routine process could be used to undermine trust in elections.