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โ€œWho ever thought I would be chief?โ€ Texasโ€™ Alabama-Coushatta tribe elects first female chief

Millie Thompson Williams was elected the tribeโ€™s first female second chief, a lifetime appointment, last year. For the first time, her accession comes as women make up the majority of the tribeโ€™s council.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn eyes the seemingly impossible: a bipartisan deal on immigration

Riding the success of his historic congressional session last year where he helped pass the first gun safety bill signed into law in a generation, Cornyn is hopeful that his ability to strike deals across the aisle will help Congress achieve another elusive legislative goal: an immigration deal.

Oaths, M&Ms and a historic Quran: Texasโ€™ freshman lawmakers begin their inaugural legislative session

New Texas House members were sworn into office Tuesday, including some who have already made history.

Two Texas bills would restrict lessons about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools

The legislation closely mirrors a Florida bill passed last year, dubbed by critics as the โ€œDonโ€™t Say Gayโ€ law, which detractors say would further isolate LGBTQ students and open teachers and school districts to legal risks.

โ€œI want to fightโ€: LGBTQ Texans ready for legislative session as GOP lawmakers target them in dozens of bills

Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children, classroom lessons about sexuality and drag shows.

Texas is now home to 30 million people

Texas has joined California as the only other state in the nation with a population of more than 30 million, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed

State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, hired Jake Neidert, 22, last month as his officeโ€™s legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and rhetoric and ahead of an impending legislative session that is expected to focus heavily on anti-trans bills.

West Texas parents are suing their schools over racism as others demand action over antisemitic bullying

School leaders have said they donโ€™t tolerate racism and that they regularly train teachers how to deal with bullying. But parents say inaction by officials tells a different story.

Texas drag shows become a right-wing target amid rising extremism

LGBTQ Texans say lawmakers and right-wing figures are misrepresenting what happens at all-ages performances to propagate hate and violence against queer people.

On the margins of downtown San Antonio, a maligned neighborhood mobilizes to save itself

Born of segregation and redlining, the near West Side has long been mostly Latino, mostly low-income. Redevelopment pressures are closing in, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the cityโ€™s poorest residents.

Houstonโ€™s at-large City Council districts deprive Latinos of fair representation, lawsuit alleges

The League of United Latin American Citizens sued the city Monday, asking a federal court to halt its practice of electing five of its 16 council members through at-large elections.

Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

Those leaving are frustrated that the church has taken positions they feel are too liberal.

Jewish Texans see surge in antisemitism as a precursor to fascism

Extremism experts and historians sound alarms as politicians, media personalities and celebrities amplify antisemitic conspiracies that have historically led to the killing of Jews.

TribCast: The future of rural Texas

In this weekโ€™s episode, Texas Tribune regional editor Nic Garcia guest-hosts from Texas Tech University for a discussion about the issues facing the rural residents of the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott embraces โ€œinvasionโ€ language about border, evoking memories of El Paso massacre

In the days since Abbott was reelected for a third term, he has embraced the word like never before, using it in a letter to President Joe Biden, echoing the intensifying language many Republicans have adopted in recent years.

Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session

Thousands of bills are expected to be filed for the legislative session that begins in January. Lawmakers are expected to have a budget surplus when they return to Austin.

Republicans rebounded in some suburban counties that had been drifting blue

After seeing Democrats gain momentum in suburbs of Houston and Dallas, Republicans succeeded in reclaiming ground this election. But the GOP is still a long way from returning to pre-Trump support, even in ruby red counties.

For the first time, Texas voters send Muslims and openly gay Black men to Legislature

Voters elected Christian Manuel Hayes to House District 22 in Beaumont, Venton Jones to HD-100 in Dallas, Salman Bhojani to HD-92 in Tarrant County and Suleman Lalani to HD-76 in Fort Bend County.

Rural Texas is the stateโ€™s foundation. And itโ€™s in jeopardy.

Downtowns are deserted, hospitals are closing, teachers are leaving. Every part of life in rural Texas is harder โ€” but itโ€™s worth saving.

LGBTQ Texans voting with marriage, worker protections and trans rights in mind

The Texas Tribune spoke with LGBTQ voters, the parents of queer youth and advocates from across the state about whatโ€™s at stake for them this November.

Republican Mayra Flores rejected from all-Democratic Hispanic caucus

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus bylaws explicitly block Republicans from joining due to major policy differences between members in the past.

Inside a bus, East Texans get the health care they canโ€™t afford or find anywhere else

Access to health care is limited in rural Texas. The mobile clinic operated by Beaumont-based TAN Healthcare aims to close that gap.

T-Squared: New journalism fellowship for HBCU students

Fellowships will be available in spring, summer and fall for Texas graduate and undergraduate students at historically Black colleges and universities.

For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the stateโ€™s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the stateโ€™s vast rural areas.

Asian Americans are one of Texasโ€™ fastest-growing demographics. But they feel ignored by politicians.

Asian American and Pacific Islander voters said that candidates donโ€™t often reach out โ€” and that their elected officials donโ€™t adequately represent their interests.

At Houston youth summit, young conservatives weary of GOP infighting

The event came as a younger, more diverse generation of Americans increasingly flocks to the left of the Democratic Party.

Fort Hood set to be renamed after Richard Cavazos, Texasโ€™ first Hispanic four-star general

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin accepted the Naming Commissionโ€™s change and announced it would take place by Jan. 1, 2024.

Watch: Republicans gain ground all along the Texas-Mexico border by emphasizing border security

In these historically Democratic border areas, some voters are turning to the Republican party, while others remain unmoved.

Ahead of the 2023 session, Texas lawmakers previewed their objectives. Here are five things you need to know.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next yearโ€™s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

At one last reunion, veterans of La Raza Unida political movement pass along their torch

Born from the Chicano movement of the 1960s, La Raza Unida helped coalesce Texas Latino power and briefly formed the stateโ€™s third political party. Although the organization is long gone, its imprint on the state is unmistakable.

TribCast: The impact of Texasโ€™ changing demographics on elections

On this weekโ€™s episode, Matthew speaks with Alexa and James about Hispanics becoming the largest ethnic demographic in Texas and what that means for the stateโ€™s politics.

Hispanic Texans may now be the stateโ€™s largest demographic group, new census data shows

For years, the stateโ€™s Hispanic population has grown significantly faster than the white population. The new census data is the first to reflect Texas passing a milestone in its cultural and political evolution.

In lawsuit, UT-Austin professor accuses Texas A&M faculty program of discriminating against white and Asian men

UT-Austin professor Richard Lowery is represented by America First Legal โ€” a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former President Donald Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the stateโ€™s six-week abortion ban.

Beto Oโ€™Rourke confronts a formidable GOP firewall as he woos rural Texans

Despite its dwindling population, rural Texas has consistently helped protect GOP dominance in statewide races, even as Democratic support grows in the stateโ€™s populous metro centers and suburbs.

Federal trial over new Texas political maps is delayed by evidence disputes

The Republican-drawn maps largely serve to bolster the partyโ€™s dominance. The maps are being challenged based on various claims, including intentional discrimination, vote dilution and racial gerrymandering.

More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floydโ€™s murder, many reconsider their future here.

In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access.

El aborto es un servicio bรกsico de salud en la Ciudad de Mรฉxico. Sus clรญnicas estรกn disponibles para las estadounidenses.

Las clรญnicas privadas en la Ciudad de Mรฉxico ofrecen abortos a una fracciรณn del precio en Estados Unidos. Tambiรฉn hay clรญnicas y hospitales pรบblicos que ofrecen acceso gratuito al aborto, incluso para personas extranjeras.

Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. Theyโ€™re coming to Texas.

Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive โ€œaccompanimentโ€ system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States.

Listen: Abortion is considered basic health care in Mexico City. Its clinics are open to U.S. women.

Private clinics offer abortions at a fraction of the cost in the United States. City public health clinics may be more difficult to navigate but offer abortions free of charge, including for noncitizens.

En Mรฉxico, grupos de voluntarias ayudan a tener abortos en casa, sin personal mรฉdico. Este modelo de aborto ha llegado a Texas.

Antes de que el aborto fuera legal en algunos estados de Mรฉxico, los grupos de โ€œacompaรฑamientoโ€ establecieron un sistema de apoyo para que las mujeres interrumpieran sus embarazos en casa. Ahora, estos grupos estรกn ayudando a trasladar al norte de la frontera medicamento para abortar y a replicar este modelo en los Estados Unidos.

T-Squared: A promotion for Bobby Blanchard

A six-year newsroom veteran, Audience Director Bobby Blanchard is now our chief audience officer and a member of the Tribuneโ€™s senior management team.

Facing higher teen pregnancy and maternal mortality rates, Black women will largely bear the brunt of abortion limits

About 40% of women who get abortions in the U.S. are Black, and advocates say abortion bans like Texasโ€™ will increase their health and financial risks.

In the shadow of Texas limits on voting rights and lessons about race in school, Juneteenth celebrates Black history, progress and families

Amid a rise in conservative efforts opposed to teaching the lingering impacts of slavery and racism, the descendants of formerly enslaved people are using the Juneteenth holiday to educate younger generations.

Uvalde was a mental health desert before a school shooting prompted Texas to respond with resources

After the May 24 school shooting, mental health help is now pouring into Uvalde, where a fourth of residents are uninsured and counseling options are few and far between.

โ€œWe will be reunited with them one dayโ€: Uvalde worshippers pray for peace, healing and the souls of 21 lives lost

Residents of Uvalde, a deeply religious community, prayed, cried and embraced each other on the first Sunday since a gunman killed 21 people at an elementary school.

โ€œThis is not usโ€: Tight-knit Uvalde, rooted in Texas history, navigates incalculable grief

Residents of this town, which is nicknamed โ€œthe Crossroads of America,โ€ grapple with the horror of losing 21 lives.

A GOP power grab shatters 30 years of political progress for Black voters in Galveston County

Republicans dismantled the only Galveston County commissioners precinct in which voters of color held political clout. Itโ€™s a major blow for Black and Hispanic voters who had been building political momentum.

The U.S. census estimates it missed more than a half-million Texans during 2020 count

Immigrants, people living in poverty and non-English speakers were among the most likely to be missed, yet the crucial count received lackluster promotion by Texas state government.

T-Squared: Jayme Lozano is joining us as a Lubbock-based regional reporter

She will cover the Panhandle and South Plains through Report for America. She previously reported for Texas Tech Public Media.

Analysis: The case for big ideas in Texas government

Texas political leaders usually settle for caution. The big stuff is risky, but itโ€™s also possible โ€” and even inspiring โ€” to see leaders ignoring the small stuff and aiming higher.

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