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Feds plan to build nation’s biggest migrant detention center at Fort Bliss

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to build and run a 5,000-bed tent camp at the Army base in El Paso.

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Texas startups make products from the carbon in fossil fuels

As consumption of fossil fuels continues to rise, technologies developed by companies in Texas could help change the view of carbon as a hard-to-manage waste product.

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Meet the Californian who pushed Texas lawmakers to help fix the state’s housing crisis

A bipartisan coalition, organized by Nicole Nosek, played a role in getting the Legislature to pass laws tackling the state’s housing affordability woes.

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Texas Senate committee doubles down on THC ban, saying state and local governments don’t have the resources for regulations

Senate Bill 5 would ban products containing any detectable amount of any cannabinoid, creating criminal offenses for possession of hemp-derived THC.

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TribCast: Do Texas Democrats have any hope in 2026?

In part one of our two-part look at the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder.

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Experts say poison control data don’t specify which calls are related to hemp versus more dangerous K2, but show that most THC poisonings cause minor side effects.

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Texas Republicans, including Gov. Abbott, were reluctant to redraw the state’s congressional maps. Then Trump got involved.

The governor eventually agreed to include redistricting on his special session agenda after discussing the matter with the president on a phone call.

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Texas Democrats vow to use delay tactics to drag out GOP redistricting effort

With few options to prevent the Republican majority from passing a new congressional map, Democrats threatened to filibuster, delay hearings and even break quorum.

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GOP Army veteran announces challenge to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in South Texas congressional district

The prospect of Eric Flores’ candidacy has excited Republicans in Texas and Washington, due in part to his military and law enforcement credentials.

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John Zerwas sole finalist for UT System chancellor; Jim Davis lone candidate for UT-Austin president

Both Zerwas and Davis have been serving as interim leaders of the university system and its flagship.

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Better testing, less vaccine messaging among lessons learned from historic Texas measles outbreak

Faced with a skeptical religious community that became the center of the outbreak, public health officials say they may have pushed too hard on vaccine messaging.

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The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.

Lawmakers will have 30 days to tackle a packed agenda outlined by Gov. Greg Abbott, from flood relief to redistricting to THC products.

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Appeals court upholds Texas law limiting cities' enforcement of local ordinances

The 2023 law, previously ruled unconstitutional by a Travis County judge, prevents cities from enforcing ordinances that don’t align with broad swaths of state law.

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Canceled Baylor LGBTQ+ study stirs strong reactions in Waco

A grant to help churches better minister to LGBTQ+ people prompted fury. A decision to return the grant then spurred disappointment.

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A guide to Texas’ special legislative session

Texas lawmakers start a 30-day special session July 21. They will tackle consumable THC, flood dangers, new congressional districts, abortion pills and other conservative priorities.

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1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

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Ken Paxton sues adult swimming organization for allowing transgender competitors at San Antonio event

The Texas attorney general said U.S. Masters Swimming violated the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act by allowing trans athletes to compete in women’s events.

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Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member

DPS troopers labeled Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who remains in a Salvadoran prison, a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member based on a photo of him with a tattooed man.

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Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

Trump’s rollback is another example of the federal government’s lackluster efforts at giving Black farmers a boost in recent years.

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Democrat Joe Jaworski to run for Texas attorney general again

The former Galveston mayor lost his party’s nomination in a 2022 runoff but says better preparation and a different political environment will work in his favor.

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Harlingen doctor becomes first Democrat to challenge GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz for South Texas congressional seat

The 15th Congressional District is the only Republican-held seat in Texas that Democrats are targeting under the current map.

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“You can’t replace memories”: Volunteers seek to return personal items after Texas floods

Volunteers are hoping to find the owners of stuffed animals, photographs and other keepsakes salvaged from the debris.

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Most Texas prisoners don’t have AC access and it’s unclear when they will get it

Despite receiving substantial state funding to air-condition prisons in the last few years, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stayed mum on when it will install cooling across the system.

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Appeals court orders release of Uvalde school shooting records

Eighteen news organizations including The Texas Tribune have been seeking the records since 2022, when 19 children and 2 teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School.

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Judge sets Robert Roberson’s execution date for Oct. 16

Wednesday’s decision affirms Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request for an October execution date for Roberson, whose case has divided the state’s Republicans.

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