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Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:30:32 +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 Trump administration asks Texas for help providing legal services to immigrant kids facing deportation https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17372351/trump-texas-doj-indigent-defense-unaccompanied-immigrant-children Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:30:32 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235111 ]]> default 235111 Texas Stock Exchange to launch trading on Monday in test of upstart’s challenge to Wall Street https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17372187/texas-stock-exchange-launch-trading Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235059 ]]> default 235059 A year after deadly floods, Texas lawmakers haven’t addressed training for emergency coordinators https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17372186/texas-floods-emergency-management-coordinators-training-legislature Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235027 ]]> default 235027 Records reveal “systemic neglect” after immigrant died at Camp East Montana https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17372153/records-reveal-systemic-neglect-after-immigrant-died-at-camp-east-montana Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235032 ]]> above 235032 Border wall through Big Bend state park in “planning stages” as updated map includes 2-mile barrier https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17372010/texas-big-bend-ranch-state-park-border-wall-plans Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:35:02 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235076 ]]> default 235076 Federal appeals court rules undocumented immigrants deserve hearing before deportation https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371981/texas-immigrants-detention-fifth-circuit-court-ruling-bond-hearings Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:41:25 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235057 ]]> default 235057 Buyouts offered to nearly a quarter of UT Tyler employees amid budget shortfall https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371953/ut-tyler-texas-university-buyouts Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:14:14 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235048 ]]> default 235048 Rep. Nate Schatzline resigns from Texas House to lead “election integrity” policy in Gov. Abbott’s office https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371910/texas-nate-schatzline-appointed-greg-abbott-governors-office-election-adviser Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:29:42 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=235015 ]]> default 235015 Gov. Abbott appoints Don Huffines to be Texas comptroller https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371827/texas-comptroller-greg-abbott-appoints-don-huffines Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:15:06 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234998 ]]> default 234998 Where is screwworm in Texas? Track cases here. https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17360310/screwworm-tracker-texas-cases-by-county Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=233269 ]]> default 233269 River authority’s budget woes are another blow to water-needy Corpus Christi https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371545/texas-corpus-christi-water-crisis-nueces-river-authority Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234896 ]]> default 234896 Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371546/texas-child-school-vaccination-rates-dshs-exemptions Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234909 ]]> default 234909 Vaccination rates in Texas schools have been dropping. Look up the latest vaccination rates in your district. https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371547/texas-whats-my-school-districts-vaccine-rate Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234911 ]]> default 234911 Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock to resign at end of month https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371328/texas-comptroller-kelly-hancock-resigns-greg-abbott-don-huffines Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:44:45 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234934 ]]> default 234934 Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17371237/texas-data-center-power-plans-emissions Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:14:31 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234878 ]]> default 234878 Supreme Court decision loosening campaign finance rules could be boon for Paxton in Senate race https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17370833/texas-senate-ken-paxton-us-supreme-court-campaign-finance-ruling-coordinate-spending Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234829 ]]> default 234829 One year after the July 4 flood, Kerr County shows signs of trauma and healing https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17370834/kerr-county-guadalupe-flood-one-year-anniversary-rebuilding Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234670 ]]> above 234670 On the upper Texas coast, many petrochemical facilities may not be prepared for fiercer storms https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17370835/texas-coast-petrochemical-industry-hurricane-preparedness-planning Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234687 ]]> default 234687 Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17370669/texas-abbott-data-center-development-ban-rural-communities Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:39:51 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234811 ]]> default 234811 Corpus Christi declines to seek federal grant for long-debated water desalination plant https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17370668/texas-corpus-christi-desalination-plant-federal-grant Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:40:03 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=234816 ]]> default 234816