Government agencies are grappling to respond to the number of immigrants coming into the country. Many tax-funded shelters housing immigrants are overcrowded, and there are reports some have substandard living conditions. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.
Texplainer
Welcome to The Texas Tribune’s “Texplainer” series, where we answer questions from readers like you.
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Are the billions Texas lawmakers committed for schools and lower property taxes sustainable?
An attempt to raise the sales tax to pay for state leaders’ ambitious goals failed, raising questions about long-term effects of the property tax limitations in the school finance bill.
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The Texas Republican Party platform supports some marijuana expansions. So why doesn’t Dan Patrick?
Earlier this month, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana was “dead on arrival” in the Senate. But his party’s platform supports marijuana decriminalization. So what gives?
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Where is Texas’ growing population coming from?
Texas is growing at a rate of 1,000 people per day, and for the second year in a row, most of the people who moved to the state came from other countries in 2018. And the biggest growth in international migration isn’t from Latin America.
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Closed on Sundays: A guide to some of Texas’ confusing alcohol regulations
You can’t use credit to buy beer from wholesalers, but you can own more liquor stores if you do business with family.
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What we know about undocumented migrants being housed underneath a bridge in El Paso
The encampment is a makeshift shelter surrounded by fencing and razor wire where migrants are held when Border Patrol stations can’t hold more people. Border Patrol agents say it’s a temporary solution amid a surge of undocumented immigration.
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Deer Park terminal fire extinguished after three days of burning
A fire that broke out Sunday morning at a petrochemical storage facility in the industrial Houston suburb stopped burning overnight.
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Texas Voting Rights
Think you might be on Texas’ voter citizenship review list? Here’s how to check.
The state is keeping the list of voters it’s reviewing secret, but county elections offices are supposed to tell individuals if they are on the list.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas lawmakers have tried to end daylight saving time for years. Can they do it this session?
State lawmakers are again trying to abolish daylight saving time in Texas, arguing it’s antiquated. But supporters of the practice argue it gives Texans a crucial extra hour of light in the evenings during the summer months.
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In Texas, property tax levies can be as individual as homeowners themselves
State lawmakers are trying to reform a complicated taxing system where everything from suburban growth to gentrification and a homeowner’s age influence how much Texans pay their local governments.