Asian and Pacific Islander populations surged in Texas over the past decade, but their political power is weakened under new congressional maps. A northwest Houston neighborhood offers a case study in how that was done.
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Environment
“People have already died”: In Houston, residents demand relief from chronic pollution during EPA chief’s visit
During a Friday visit, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said his agency is “prepared to act” to force accelerated cleanups in historically polluted Houston neighborhoods.
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Politics
State Sen. John Whitmire announces he will run for Houston mayor in 2023
Whitmire, the longest-serving member of the Texas Senate, will first run for reelection to the chamber in 2022 before his mayoral run the following year.
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Environment
Top U.S. environmental regulator to visit Houston neighborhoods where Black and Latino residents bear brunt of pollution
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Friday will meet with community leaders and advocates in Houston neighborhoods where pollution has impacted people’s health.
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Criminal Justice
In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety
The state appears to have minimal oversight over events like the Astroworld concert. And some cities are more stringent than others.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas demonstrations take aim at state’s near-total ban on abortion
Thousands turned out at demonstrations across the state and protested Texas’ new abortion restrictions. Texas Tribune photographers were there.
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Criminal Justice
Texas executes Pasadena double murderer in third lethal injection this year
Rick Rhoades was convicted of killing two brothers 30 years ago, the day after he’d been released from prison on parole. His attorneys argued that racial bias in jury selection denied him a fair trial.
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Politics
Proposed new congressional seat in Houston gets prominent GOP candidate
Wesley Hunt, an Army combat veteran who ran a close congressional contest last year in the Houston area, announced Tuesday he plans to run for the state’s new 38th Congressional District in the same region.
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Redistricting Texas
Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher is about to find out how badly Texas Republicans want her out of Congress
The two-term Houston representative holds a congressional seat with a storied Republican lineage. With the GOP-controlled Legislature about to release new district maps, some expect they will try to wrest the seat back into their column.
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The Texas Tribune-ProPublica Investigative Unit
Inside an agonizing three-hour wait for 911 response to carbon monoxide poisoning in Texas
Following a 911 call about a family that had fainted, first responders arrived at the house and knocked on the door. No one answered, so they left. Inside, an entire family was being poisoned by carbon monoxide.
