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• Texas House cuts school vouchers out of the education bill. See how lawmakers voted on the measure.

  by Carla Astudillo Nov. 17, 2023

  Here’s how each representative voted on an amendment that removed school vouchers from the education bill on Friday. Full Story 

• Fear and worry shadow Texas oyster fishermen as another season begins with few reefs open

  by Emily Foxhall and Alejandra Martinez Nov. 3, 2023

  Despite fishermen’s wishes to delay the season in hopes that oyster reefs recover from years of environmental stress, the state pushed ahead with a Nov. 1 start. Full Story 

• A public health response helped reduce fatal car wrecks in Texas. Can it do the same for gun deaths?

  by Alejandro Serrano and Susie Webb Oct. 31, 2023

  For the first time in a generation, Texans were more likely to die of gunshot wounds than car crashes in 2021. Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered the search for solutions. Full Story 

• Inaccessible private schools or underfunded public schools: Texas’ disabled students have few options with no change in sight

  by Neelam Bohra Oct. 26, 2023

  The few private schools that offer special education for disabled students have strict conditions and are clustered in metropolitan areas. Full Story 

• Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty

  by Robert Downen Updated: Oct. 24, 2023

  While Fuentes’ unapologetic hate mongering has made him one of the nation’s best-known white supremacists, he was merely the latest in a long line of people who have been embraced by Defend Texas Liberty and its close allies. Full Story 

• Search the newly updated Government Salaries Explorer

  by Chris Essig Oct. 13, 2023

  The Texas Tribune’s database of Texas state employees’ compensation is updated to represent salaries as of October 1. It includes detailed data for the 113 agencies in state government and positions at each of those agencies. Full Story 

• Vouchers return this special session — and school funding might be left out. Here’s what you need to know.

  by Brian Lopez, Yuriko Schumacher and Victoria Stavish Oct. 6, 2023

  Gov. Greg Abbott called lawmakers back to Austin to try again to pass education savings accounts, which would let families use state funds to pay for their children’s private schooling. Teacher pay was not part of his agenda. Full Story 

• Texas just recorded its second hottest summer on record

  by Erin Douglas and Yuriko Schumacher Sept. 7, 2023

  The average temperature in Texas this summer was 85.3 degrees, putting it behind only 2011 for summer misery. Full Story 

• Here’s how Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial will operate

  by Yuriko Schumacher and James Barragán Sept. 4, 2023

  Under rules previously adopted by the Texas Senate, the trial will feature crucial votes on dismissing articles of impeachment as well as testimony under oath, private deliberations by senator-jurors and votes conducted without debate or discussion. Full Story 

• Who’s who in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, from key participants to potential witnesses

  by Yuriko Schumacher and James Barragán Updated: Sept. 13, 2023

  The suspended attorney general has been ordered to appear in the Texas Senate chamber to answer to 16 allegations of misconduct that were approved by the House in May. Full Story 

• “We’d lose one after the next”: Texas bats face a pandemic of their own

  by Susie Webb and Joe Timmerman Aug. 14, 2023

  Weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic swept into Texas, a biologist found a dead bat covered in a white fungus — the state’s first official case of white-nose syndrome. Now, scientists are on a mission to understand how many bats have been lost. Full Story 

• Search the newly updated Government Salaries Explorer

  by Chris Essig Aug. 8, 2023

  The Texas Tribune’s database of Texas state employees’ compensation is updated to represent salaries as of July 1. It includes detailed data for the 113 agencies in state government and positions at each of those agencies. Full Story 

• Part 1: In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward.

  by Eleanor Klibanoff July 31, 2023

  With his election as Texas attorney general, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn planted the seeds of conservatism. Gov. Greg Abbott used his tenure to cultivate them into an aggressive strain of right-wing activism aimed at driving the nation’s courts and laws to the right. Full Story 

• Ken Paxton’s far-right billionaire backers are fighting hard to save him

  by Robert Downen and Carla Astudillo July 24, 2023

  With the attorney general’s impeachment trial set for September, supporters have risen to Paxton’s defense, fueled by the deep pockets of oil-rich West Texas donors. Full Story 

• This summer is on track to be among Texas’ most extreme

  by Erin Douglas July 18, 2023

  June was only the 16th-warmest on record in Texas, but a mid-month heatwave brought an unusually high number of 100-degree days. Full Story 

• Almost two years since Kabul fell, a frayed refugee system creates obstacles for Afghans in Texas

  by Caroline Covington June 6, 2023

  The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts under the Trump administration. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency, Refugee Services of Texas. Full Story 

• Ken Paxton was impeached by the Texas House. See how each representative voted.

  by Carla Astudillo and Chris Essig May 27, 2023

  Here’s a list of the representatives who voted for and against impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday. Full Story 

• Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached. Here’s how that process works in Texas.

  by María Méndez and Alex Ford Updated: May 27, 2023

  Paxton is now suspended until the outcome of a trial in the Senate. Gov. Greg Abbott can now appoint someone to temporarily fill the vacancy. Full Story 

• Texas power struggle: How the nation’s top wind power state turned against renewable energy.

  by Emily Foxhall, Kai Elwood-Dieu and Zach Despart May 25, 2023

  State lawmakers have pushed bills to support fossil fuel-burning power plants and restrict renewable energy development this legislative session. Full Story 

• The regular 2023 legislative session is over. Here’s how the most consequential bills fared.

  by Texas Tribune Staff Updated: June 20, 2023

  A look at which bills passed and which failed during the 2023 legislative session. Full Story