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Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods

Competing legislative priorities and an industry that has pushed against certain regulations could challenge a suite of camp safety bills this special legislative session.

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Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods

The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.

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“Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing

Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

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Why the proposed Texas congressional map may not be a lock to net five new GOP seats

The new proposed lines would also prevent few, if any, opportunities for Democrats hoping that an aggressive gerrymander could backfire on Republicans.

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Top two Kerr County emergency officials say they were asleep as July 4 floods struck

Their statements to state legislators marked the first time county officials have spoken publicly about what they were doing the morning of the disaster that killed more than 100 people in the county.

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Cruz introduces weather radio modernization bill with a new focus on flood communications

This comes after Cruz voted in favor of the spending megabill that rescinded funds for NOAA.

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Draft Texas congressional map pits Democratic incumbents against each other, spelling possible primary clashes

Multiple Democratic members have been packed into blue districts in Austin, Dallas and Houston to make way for newly crafted Republican districts in those areas.

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How a rural Texas sheriff became a poster child for serving Trump’s immigration goals

Roy Boyd has also become one of the loudest cheerleaders for partnerships between sheriffs and ICE to offer the federal agency unprecedented access to jails and deputies.

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Former Sid Miller allies told police the ag commissioner feared the DEA, told a friend to get rid of marijuana

Miller denies wrongdoing after allegations surfaced during an investigation into one of his aides, who pled guilty to bribery. The agriculture commissioner has not been charged with a crime.

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Texas GOP once again tries to ban local governments from hiring lobbyists in Austin

Critics of the bill say the state’s smallest cities and school districts will be silenced at the Capitol.

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As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming

Lawmakers plan to hear testimony Thursday in Kerr County. Questions remain about how state and local entities responded to flood warnings.

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals pushes death row inmate’s case back to trial court

Dissenting judges expressed frustration over a lack of clarity on why the case of David Leonard Wood, whose execution in March was halted, was remanded to the lower court.

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Texas Senate once again tries to give the attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes

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Newsom will move to redraw California map if Texas redistricts, teeing up national fight

The governor plans to go through the Legislature to usher in a map with more Democratic seats if Texas tilts its map to the right, according to a person with knowledge of Newsom’s thinking.

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Texas Senate passes bill to ban THC — again

The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as he called for more regulations instead.

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Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats

The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.

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From racism claims to a $725,000 settlement, a UNT professor's lawsuit mirrors Texas' shifting views on free speech

Professor Timothy Jackson was accused of making racist remarks at the height of the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd's murder. His free speech suit against the university comes to an end in the era of DEI bans.

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A fight to save an Austin middle school puts families at odds with Texas over how to rate schools

Legislators have a chance this summer to replace the STAAR test. What they come up with will decide the fate of schools like Dobie Middle School, where low test scores have pushed the Austin district to intervene.

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TribCast: What’s next for Republicans?

Mark Davis, the dean of Texas conservative talk radio, joins TribCast to talk about the GOP’s outlook for 2026.

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Feds move to eliminate petrochemical watchdog, putting Texans and others at risk

Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor.

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Seven House Democrats making day trip to New Mexico amid redistricting battle

With a quorum break on the table for the minority party as a way to thwart a GOP bid for more congressional seats, members travel out-of-state for a third time.

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East Texans condemn Dallas millionaire’s plan to pump 16 billion gallons of their groundwater to other parts of the state — every year

Texas law largely allows landowners to do what they want with the groundwater beneath them, potentially protecting the latest plan to ship water out of East Texas.

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Texas Democrats are fundraising to potentially leave the state to block GOP-backed redistricting

The money could be used to cover the $500-a-day fines lawmakers would incur under House rules set to discourage members from absconding after Democrats fled the state in 2021.

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Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

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Texas A&M System’s new leader hints faculty senates in state leaders’ crosshairs will stay

In an interview with the Tribune, Chancellor Glenn Hegar also said he would prioritize student outcomes over big projects and skirted questions about diversity and academic freedom.

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