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Texas has a housing affordability crisis. Here’s how state lawmakers may tackle it in 2025.

A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate.

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Joint Base San Antonio tightens security after Army vet, Green Beret suspected in unrelated New Year’s attacks

After separate attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, officials ordered the suspension of the Trusted Traveler policy.

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After first opposing Mike Johnson, Texas Congressman Keith Self changes vote to allow him to retain speakership

Rep. Keith Self was initially one of three who voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s reelection to lead the lower chamber.

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A former shrimper tries to revive Matagorda Bay and its fishing industry with $50 million pollution settlement

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, she’s directing the money toward reviving “the bay and the fishermen.”

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Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a heated GOP challenge. Here’s how she thinks Democrats can prevail.

Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues.

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SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ+ rights heads to Texas Supreme Court

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.

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Mental health advocates ask Texas lawmakers to replace expiring COVID-19 relief funding

Texas received $203.4 million in 2021 to help build community mental health programs at libraries and churches, among other efforts. Those funds expire Dec. 31.

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Texas man identified as suspect in deadly New Orleans truck attack

FBI officials said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, drove the pickup truck that fatally rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street.

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Texas Supreme Court dismisses State Bar lawsuit against assistant attorney general

The state bar sought to take away the law license of Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster over a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 presidential election results.

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Texas driver license offices reopen after systemwide outage

The outage appeared only to affect the Texas public safety department. Driver license offices reopened after the New Year’s Day holiday.

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Texas congressmen cleared in ethics investigation over campaign finance spending

The ethics committee said existing law and guidance from the Federal Election Commission is “often ambiguous” and provides gray areas of spending.

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Texas 2024: The stories that most resonated with our readers

Voter guides, election results and a new law that does away with vehicle inspections were among the journalism that Texas Tribune readers engaged with the most.

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Texans remember Jimmy Carter, the last Democrat to take the state’s presidential election

The Georgia peanut farmer turned politician won Texas’ 26 electoral votes in 1976 but couldn’t repeat the feat four years later against Ronald Reagan.

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Here are the biggest stories from our data visuals team in 2024

The Tribune’s data journalists helped visualize everything from voter participation and extreme weather to gaps in the state’s border wall. Here are some of the highlights.

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2024: The year in photos

A look at some of the best photos from the stories we published over the last year.

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Look back at some of the best Texas Tribune reads of 2024

Our journalists brought life to the experiences of everyday Texans, held powerful institutions accountable and surfaced stories that went beyond the daily news cycles.

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Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency, four others given state pardons

On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of pardons.

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As Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht prepares to retire, he reflects on the Supreme Court he helped change

Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench.

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Advocates say there aren’t enough of them in Texas long-term care facilities

Officials hope state lawmakers will boost the budget of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, an independent state agency, which can often be an elderly Texan’s only lifeline to the outside world.

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Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s college sports

The attorney general is accusing the organization of misleading fans by allowing transgender college athletes in women’s sports.

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Retiring U.S. Rep. Kay Granger discloses “health challenges” after congressional absences

The Fort Worth Republican’s last vote in Congress was in July. She did not seek reelection this year.

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Donald Trump picks Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta as ambassador to Italy

Fertitta, owner of the Houston Rockets and Landry’s restaurant group, hosted a fundraiser for Trump earlier this year.

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Farm Bill gets extension as Congress passes spending package and averts shutdown

The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.

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South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to clean energy after receiving more than $1 billion in federal money

San Miguel Electric Cooperative's plan to turn into a solar and battery plant will leave only 14 coal-fired power plants in the state.

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Texas lawmaker files bill to reduce “forever chemicals” in sewage-based fertilizer

The bill would require companies to test fertilizer made from sewage sludge for PFAS and meet limits before selling them to Texas farmers and ranchers.

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