T-Squared

In the wee hours of Nov. 3, 2009, we flipped the switch on our website, this little experiment of ours in raising the level of civic engagement through nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism. Yep, happy birthday to us. Full Story 

We've spent the last five years hounding lawmakers at the Texas Capitol. Thanks to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we'll soon provide this same level of scrutiny of Texas’ congressional delegation — from our new D.C. bureau. Full Story 

The four-year collaboration between The Texas Tribune and The New York Times will come to an end at the conclusion of the calendar year — a casualty of the challenging economic times that continue to bedevil the media industry. Full Story 

The Shale Life project, the culmination of months of reporting on the people and communities behind Texas' energy boom, launches today. It's our first-ever project that's entirely visual — and also the first we've financed via crowdfunding. Full Story 

At this weekend's Online Journalism Awards ceremony in Chicago, the Tribune was honored in a big way — twice — for reporting projects in and around the 83rd legislative session. Full Story 

At this year's Texas Tribune Festival, we partnered with Twitter to capture backstage images of politicians and pundits on the social media company's Internet-connected, do-it-your-selfie photo booth. Full Story 

At the Trib, we're all about experimenting, from our business model to the tools we use to tell stories. This month, we’re toying with a new way to let readers support reporting they care about — using the crowdfunding-for-journalism site Beacon Reader. Full Story 

We'll soon have a new managing editor, a new news editor, a new demographics reporter and a new night editor — maybe you? Full Story 

Colin McDonald is traveling the length of the Rio Grande — on foot and kayak — to document its ongoing disappearing act. We're excited to follow McDonald on this voyage and to support this unique journalistic endeavor. Full Story 

We've leveraged Twitter since the Tribune's first days. Now we've collected our numerous Trib Twitter accounts in a single place to help you find your favorites. Full Story 

We've emphasized accountability journalism since the day our doors opened nearly five years ago. With our new TribInvestigates site, we're pulling together our in-depth watchdog reporting in a single place. Full Story 

We're excited to report that The Texas Tribune has won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Full Story 

We're preparing to roll out an online archive for Texas' two highest courts in partnership with Oyez — a free law project at the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law — and the Knight Foundation. Full Story 

We're excited today to introduce you to TribTalk — a digital forum for dialogue and debate about issues of the the day. Think of it as an op-ed page for the 21st century. Full Story 

On this last day of our spring membership drive, give us what we need for maximum speed heading into the 2014 general election and the 2015 legislative session. Full Story 

Why should you support the Trib with a generous gift this week? Because an informed, educated, engaged state is a better state — and our journalism, data and events are the way there. Full Story 

The first list of confirmed speakers at this year's Texas Tribune Festival contains names like Cruz, Huntsman, Hutchison, Castro, Van de Putte, Straus, Bradley and Hayes. Get your tickets while they're early-bird cheap! Full Story 

In the great-news-to-wake-up-to department, we've been honored by Investigative Reporters and Editors with the "Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism" for our livestream, our Ethics Explorer and our Bidness as Usual series. Full Story 

Today we're expanding our newsletter family with the launch of Trib+Edu, a twice-monthly product focused on public education that we're producing in conjunction with UT-Austin's College of Education. Full Story 

We're overjoyed to announce that we've lured one of the state's great investigative reporters back to Texas to cover criminal justice, the courts and the state's regulatory agencies. Full Story