Jan. 2, 2025
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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Dec. 26, 2024
Noncommercial cars in 17 counties will still have to pass an emissions test to obtain a state registration.
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Jan. 3, 2025
After separate attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, officials ordered the suspension of the Trusted Traveler policy. Full Story
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Jan. 3, 2025
Rep. Keith Self was initially one of three who voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s reelection to lead the lower chamber. Full Story
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Jan. 3, 2025
Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019. Full Story
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Jan. 3, 2025
Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues. Full Story
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Jan. 3, 2025
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, she’s directing the money toward reviving “the bay and the fishermen.” Full Story
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Jan. 2, 2025
After the court eviction diversion initiative started, default evictions favoring landlords dropped 44%. Full Story
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Jan. 2, 2025
The outage appeared only to affect the Texas public safety department. Driver license offices reopened after the New Year’s Day holiday. Full Story
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Jan. 1, 2025
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. Full Story
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Dec. 31, 2024
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. Full Story
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Dec. 30, 2024
The ethics committee said existing law and guidance from the Federal Election Commission is “often ambiguous” and provides gray areas of spending. Full Story
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Dec. 30, 2024
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. Full Story
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Dec. 29, 2024
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. Full Story
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Dec. 27, 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. Full Story
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Dec. 26, 2024
A look at some of the best photos from the stories we published over the last year. Full Story
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Dec. 24, 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. Full Story
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Dec. 23, 2024
On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of pardons. Full Story
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Dec. 23, 2024
We’re partnering with aLayer, a research organization, to test a tool that will help Tribune readers customize their reading experience. Full Story
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Dec. 23, 2024
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. Full Story
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Dec. 23, 2024
Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench. Full Story
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