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Texas may require more Bible stories, change history lessons in public schools
10+ hour, 31+ min ago (493+ words) by Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2026 Texas students may soon attend social studies and reading classes that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible. The State Board of Education has two pivotal votes slated for this…...
Details released on Texas Children's Hospital detransition clinic
2+ week, 6+ day ago (390+ words) Our roundup of essential coverage on the 2026 Texas elections. Delivered Fridays. by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune June 1, 2026 Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of…...
Texas water crisis explained ahead of 2025 election
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) by Alejandra Martinez, Berenice Garcia, Carla Astudillo, Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Jayme Lozano Carver, Jess Huff, Suraj Thapa and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune September 11, 2025 A growing population, leaking pipes and changing climate threaten the state's water supply. Texas lawmakers hope…...
Texas leads U. S. in utility shutoffs, federal report finds
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (540+ words) Become a Texas Tribune Member today! You should've been there. Our reporters were. Read it all in The Brief, our morning newsletter. Texas had more residential electricity shutoffs than any other state in 2024, according to a new federal report that…...
Highland Park votes to leave Dallas transit system
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) Be one of 500 new members to help shape the future in Texas. You should've been there. Our reporters were. Read it all in The Brief, our morning newsletter. by Joshua Fechter and Colleen De Guzman, The Texas Tribune May 3, 2026 DALLAS…...
A fight to save an Austin middle school puts families at odds with Texas over how to rate schools
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1773+ words) We redesigned this tool with more timely data and context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. You should've been there. Our reporters were. Read it all in The Brief, our morning newsletter. by Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune…...
Texas agency finds Camp Mystic emergency plan insufficient
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (323+ words) You should've been there. Our reporters were. Read it all in The Brief, our morning newsletter. by Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2026 Camp Mystic's emergency plan does not yet fully comply with new rules for youth camps, a state…...
ICE deported man to Mexico who says he's a U. S. citizen
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1376+ words) You should've been there. Our reporters were. Read it all in The Brief, our morning newsletter. by Uriel J. Garc'a and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2026 The U. S. government detained and deported a 25-year-old man who says he's a U. S. citizen to…...
Cryptocurrency PACs boost spending on Texas midterm races
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (864+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Olivia Borgula and Apurva Mahajan, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 WASHINGTON " In the 2024 midterm…...
Texas coastal town in "David and Goliath" fight against planned ammonia plant
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1760+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Stacy Fern'ndez, The Texas Tribune July 3, 2025 This story is published in partnership with…...