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Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/ 32 32 249301168 Speaker Dustin Burrows asks Texas House to investigate Roblox in response to game simulating Uvalde shooting https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322466/texas-speaker-dustin-burrows-roblox-legislature-child-gaming Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:43:47 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=227122 ]]> default 227122 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Democratic donor platform ActBlue https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322407/ken-paxton-act-blue-democratic-fundraising Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:46:36 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=227089 ]]> default 227089 Texas Democrats feud over party leadership as hundreds back Kendall Scudder’s chairmanship https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322408/kendall-scudder-texas-democrats-letter Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:39:04 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=227085 ]]> default 227085 Low-producing oil wells linger for years, causing headaches for Texas landowners https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322166/texas-oil-wells-low-producing-railroad-commission-pollution Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226926 ]]> above 226926 Cryptocurrency industry is on track to surpass 2024 spending on Texas midterm races https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322167/texas-crypto-currency-pacs-fairshake-menefee-green Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226930 ]]> default 226930 On the issues: A Q&A with Ken Paxton and John Cornyn https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17322165/cornyn-paxton-texas-us-senate-runoff-2026-q-and-a Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226936 ]]> default 226936 Texas will launch its own clinical trials into ibogaine psychedelic after failing to find a drug company to help https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17311186/texas-ibogaine-research-clinical-trials-psychedelics Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:34:12 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=225420 ]]> default 225420 Trump taps Texas’ top public health official as CDC chief medical officer https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17321529/texas-dshs-jennifer-shuford-tapped-cdc Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:18:36 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=227045 ]]> default 227045 Texas Medical Board sanctions three doctors for delayed care in the deaths of two pregnant women https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17321247/propublica-texas-doctors-sanctioned-pregnant-women-deaths Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:55:11 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226997 ]]> default 226997 Texas grid operator forecasts massive growth in demand, but says data is likely flawed https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17321168/texas-power-grid-electricity-ercot-load-forecast-puc Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:20:06 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226982 ]]> default 226982 Three dozen Texas Democrats urge Kendall Scudder not to seek reelection as state party chair https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17321169/texas-democratic-party-kendall-scudder-open-letter Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:16:17 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226979 ]]> default 226979 As Corpus Christi scrambles to find more water, nearby cities are facing their own water woes https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320720/texas-drought-corpus-christi-wells-alice-beeville Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226877 ]]> default 226877 After conversion therapy ruling, therapists torn on future of Texas’ gender care ban https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320721/texas-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-chiles-colorado-supreme-court Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226839 ]]> default 226839 Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320523/texas-greg-abbott-ice-houston-dallas-austin-ice-immigration Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:21:14 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226890 ]]> default 226890 West Texas residents sue Trump administration over Big Bend border wall plans https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320490/texas-border-wall-lawsuit-big-bend Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:25:40 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226872 ]]> default 226872 Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis, state says https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320446/texas-water-supply-crisis-corpus-christi-development-board Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:17 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226863 ]]> default 226863 Houston to consider repealing ordinance limiting its ICE cooperation amid state funding threat, investigation https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17319115/houston-texas-ice-ordinance-repeal-abbott-whitmire Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:03:43 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226635 ]]> default 226635 She won a $7M grant to teach Texans how to farm. Then the Trump administration yanked it over DEI. https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320307/texas-farmers-donald-trump-grant-dei Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226766 ]]> default 226766 Camp Mystic security guard says an early evacuation order could have saved lives https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320306/camp-mystic-lawsuit-testimony Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:59:57 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226848 ]]> default 226848 Austin expands encampment clean-ups, as shelter shortage leaves few options https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17320115/austin-homeless-encampment-sweeps-housing Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=226796 ]]> default 226796