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• Water experts urgently call for funding to address threats to Texas infrastructure

  By Texas Tribune Events Staff Updated: May 9, 2023

  Experts talked about how and where the state can best invest money to keep Texas water safely flowing to the public. Full Story 

• Watch: While lawmakers consider legalizing fentanyl test strips, this volunteer isn’t waiting to distribute them to his West Texas community

  By Madison Smith April 13, 2023

  Michael Prado, with the grassroots organization West Texas Harm Reduction, is on a mission to distribute fentanyl test strips, syringes and overdose-reversing drugs like naloxone to his community. Full Story 

• Watch a Texas Tribune conversation about efforts to address fentanyl abuse in Texas

  By Texas Tribune Events Staff Updated: April 11, 2023

  Tribune politics reporter James Barragán moderated a panel on the drastic rise in opioid overdose deaths and what lawmakers and advocates can do to protect Texans. Full Story 

• “He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

  By Zach Despart March 20, 2023

  In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour. Full Story 

• Watch a conversation with Texas Tribune journalist Roxanna Asgarian about her new book

  By Texas Tribune Events Staff Updated: April 13, 2023

  Asgarian, a law and courts reporter for the Tribune, talked about “We Were Once a Family,” a deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children. Full Story 

• Watch a conversation about school safety and the mass shooting in Uvalde

  By Texas Tribune Events Staff Updated: March 23, 2023

  In this conversation moderated by Texas Tribune editor in chief Sewell Chan, panelists discussed lessons that must be learned after 19 children and two adults were fatally shot at Robb Elementary School. Full Story 

• Texas higher education leaders say equitable access is key for graduation goals

  By Brian Lopez Updated: Feb. 23, 2023

  During a Texas Tribune event on higher education, panelists also spoke about using the state’s historic surplus to improve the affordability of universities and keep rising costs down. Full Story 

• Public, private school supporters square off over tuition assistance programs at Texas Tribune event

  By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune, and Texas Tribune Events Staff Updated: Feb. 16, 2023

  In this discussion, panelists talked about the push for Texas families to have the option to use state money to fund their children’s education outside the public school system. Full Story 

• Watch: After the Uvalde shooting, one Texas school district increases focus on mental health

  By Fabiana Chaparro Jan. 9, 2023

  Round Rock ISD is thought to be among the first school districts in Texas where social workers and police officers work directly with one another to provide mental health support to students. Full Story 

• Watch: Four new Texas House members discuss immigration, property taxes and public school financing

  By James Barragán Updated: Jan. 17, 2023

  They talked about their campaigns and journey to the Legislature, what has stood out to them so far about working in the House and what they hope to accomplish this session. Full Story 

• Newly elected Austin Mayor Kirk Watson hopes to find common ground to solve city’s housing crisis

  By Joshua Fechter Updated: Jan. 24, 2023

  The former state senator, returning for a second term as Austin’s mayor, spoke at a Texas Tribune event about how he can help reframe the conversation on affordability and the city’s relationship with state leadership. Full Story 

• Watch: Panhandle cotton farmers, rural economies struggle under “exceptional” drought conditions

  By Jillian Taylor Dec. 21, 2022

  “A year like this, where everything is disaster, is just, I’d say, devastating,” cotton farmer Steven Walker said. Full Story