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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +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 Texas Tribune Festival 2026: Our full lineup is here https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17422153/texas-tribune-festival-2026-lineup Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240202 ]]> default 240202 Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17422154/colorado-school-district-houston-texas-bluebonnet-errors Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240154 ]]> default 240154 Protecting Texas research focus of hearing as Abbott eyes limiting foreign influence in education https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17422155/texas-universities-education-foreign-influence Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240169 ]]> default 240169 Rio Grande Valley residents are feeling more negative about their lives. That could spill into the voting booth. https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417349/texas-rio-grande-valley-life-satisfaction-survey Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:00:16 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239816 ]]> default 239816 Families ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement for public schools https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17258411/texas-ten-commandments-5th-circuit-court Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=216962 ]]> default 216962 Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418678/texas-greg-abbott-dfw-iah-airport-islam-ablution-facility-grant Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:45:20 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240057 ]]> default 240057 Texas counties sue feds for trying to tie election security policies to anti-terrorism funding https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17421897/texas-election-security-grant-lawsuit-homeland-security-funding-harris-el-paso-county Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:14:13 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240161 ]]> default 240161 Feds pausing Big Bend border construction while CBP commissioner visits the park https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17421728/texas-big-bend-national-park-border-wall-construction-pause Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:13:16 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240131 ]]> default 240131 Texas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17421462/texas-city-budgets-cuts-tax-hikes Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240000 ]]> above 240000 Can Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that. https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17421463/austin-no-wrong-door-jail-homelessness-program Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240027 ]]> default 240027 Fifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418677/texas-death-row-brittany-holberg-appeal-denied-fifth-circuit Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:04:38 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240077 ]]> default 240077 Texas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417991/texas-school-accountability-ratings-2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239920 ]]> beside 239920 Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418589/texas-data-center-approval-pause-ercot-power-grid Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:03:09 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240034 ]]> default 240034 As the only Texas district to trigger potential state takeover, Austin ISD’s future now in TEA’s hands https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418472/austin-isd-ratings-texas-school-takeover-trigger Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:18:59 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=240021 ]]> default 240021 Limits on certain firearms, silencers lifted for some in Texas after judge’s order takes effect https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417632/texas-national-firearms-act-ruling-doj-no-emergency-appeal Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:36:55 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239939 ]]> default 239939 Look up your Texas school’s A-F accountability grade, STAAR performance https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418225/look-up-texas-school-accountability-grades-2026-ratings-search Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:27:56 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239978 ]]> default 239978 Lawsuit seeks to stop Big Bend border wall construction https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17418172/texas-big-bend-border-wall-lawsuit-lipan-apache Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:20:18 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239950 ]]> default 239950 Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417992/data-center-texas-audit-moratorium Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239924 ]]> default 239924 UT-Austin overhauling core classes but hasn’t detailed how new center relates to the courses https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417633/ut-austin-core-curriculum-humanities-center Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:01:25 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239917 ]]> default 239917 Federal judge extends pause on border wall construction at South Texas wildlife refuge https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17417588/border-wall-construction-paused-santa-ana-refuge Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:45:24 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=239912 ]]> default 239912