Local governments, nonprofits and churches are stepping into the organizational void left after Republican Texas lawmakers shot down any significant funding for state efforts to avoid an undercount in the 2020 census.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Dallas neighborhood established by freed slaves fights to keep its history alive
Despite its status as a historic district, the Tenth Street neighborhood’s history is fading. Residents say a 2010 city ordinance contributed to its decline.
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Graphics and data reporting
The best of the Tribune’s storytelling with data and graphics in 2019
The Tribune’s data visuals team published more than 100 graphics about Texas politics and policy this year. Here’s a look back at some of our favorites.
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Demographics
Revisit some of The Texas Tribune’s best stories of 2019
Our reporters crisscrossed the Texas Capitol and traveled to the Panhandle and East Texas — as well as the Netherlands and Honduras — to tell stories about the state’s politics, people and places. From a story on a migrant’s desperate journey to a look at how coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land, here is a selection of their best work of the year.
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Texas 2020 Elections
The Texas suburbs are slipping away from the GOP. These women for Trump want to win them back.
Texas Republicans need women on their side if they’re going to keep the state red in 2020, but recent polls suggest President Donald Trump’s support among women is plummeting.
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Sid Miller faced online backlash a month ago for posting the phrase ‘get a rope’ on Facebook. This weekend, Gov. Abbott said it on Twitter.
Abbott responded to criticism about his language by pointing to a decade’s old Pace salsa ad. He told a critic to “lighten up.”
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Top Texas Republicans pressure a county chair to resign over racist text
Yolanda Waters, the chairwoman for Galveston County’s Republican party, is facing pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott, Land Commissioner George P. Bush and James Dickey, the state party chairman.
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Texas 2020 Elections
State Rep. Rick Miller drops reelection bid after saying opponents were challenging him because they’re Asian
The Sugar Land Republican faced fast and fierce backlash after he accused his opponents of running against him because they are Asian in a district with a sizable Asian population.
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Demographics
Translators help Korean American voters in Harris County find their electoral voice
After years of relying on volunteer translators, Korean Americans voting in Houston last month received help from newly hired bilingual poll workers.
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Texas isn’t providing major support for the 2020 Census. Local officials and nonprofits say they will instead.
Several nonprofits, local governments and philanthropy organizations have formed Texas Counts, a coalition aimed at ensuring an accurate census count in 2020, which could affect representation in Congress and billions in federal funding.