The Republican governor will still be seen in prerecorded remarks at the organizationโs annual meeting, which begins Friday in Houston.
Stories by Texas Tribune fellows
The Texas Tribune welcomes a group of student fellows into our newsroom each spring, summer and fall. Here is a sampling of their work. Learn more about the fellowship program here.
โWe are in mourningโ: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief
Families gathered at the cityโs civic center to await news about their children following the elementary school shooting. Other residents processed their shock and grief in places of worship.
Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg will face off to be Texasโ next land commissioner in November
Republican Dawn Buckingham and Democrat Jay Kleberg won their primary runoffs. The winner of Novemberโs general election will replace George P. Bush as head of the Texas General Land Office.
Jasmine Crockett secures Democratic nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
The state representative beat Jane Hope Hamilton in the primary runoff for the congressional seat based in southern Dallas.
Mike Collier wins Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor and will face uphill battle against Dan Patrick
Collier came within 4 percentage points of unseating the incumbent in 2018. But this year, Democrats face even stronger headwinds in trying to unseat Texas Republicans.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the target of a bar association complaint over his role in undermining the 2020 election results
A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud.
Personal information of 1.8 million Texans with Department of Insurance claims was exposed for years, audit says
The personal data was accessible to the public because of a glitch in the code of the departmentโs web application.
In Texas visit, Donald Trump rallies Republican voters to deliver a GOP wave in November midterms
The former president criticized Democrats, who control Congress and the White House, on a number of issues. He also praised Texas Republicans heโs endorsed in this monthโs primary runoff.
Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
Largely aligned on policy, candidates in Democratic runoff for lieutenant governor push their experience
The winner will face a tough challenge against Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

