Texas could spend billions in new state money on community colleges, mental health services, property tax cuts and raises for current and retired teachers under measures Texas Senate budget writers approved Monday.
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SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month texastribune.org/2023/03/24/tex via
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Texas Observer, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staff texastribune.org/2023/03/26/tex via
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Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told & . “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
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Love and Hope. Her Son Says She’s ‘the Greatest Mom Ever.’ We Should Know Her Story.
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Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students texastribune.org/2023/03/23/tex via
SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month texastribune.org/2023/03/24/tex via
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This is so important and so hard to watch. Watch a conversation about #school #safety and the mass #shooting in #Uvalde. texastribune.org/2023/03/16/uva via
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New: Previously unreleased investigative interviews w/ police officers who responded to the Uvalde school shooting revealed they abandoned their plan to quickly confront the gunman after learning a crucial piece of information: He was armed with an AR-15.
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To tackle high housing costs, Texas lawmakers push to build more homes texastribune.org/2023/03/18/tex via
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Appeals court says state agency set electricity prices too high during 2021 winter storm texastribune.org/2023/03/17/puc via
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What happens when Texas takes over a school district like Houston ISD texastribune.org/2023/03/16/tea via
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Why health care is still hard to access in rural towns near Texas’ bigger cities texastribune.org/2023/03/16/tex via
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In rural counties, Texas law puts low-income defendants at a disadvantage texastribune.org/2023/03/16/rur via
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Texas bill requiring 10-year prison sentences for gun felonies faces opposition from criminal justice and firearm advocates texastribune.org/2023/03/09/tex via
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Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication texastribune.org/2023/03/10/tex via
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This is an important story. “I love my babies. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy”: One mother’s struggle to survive in pro-life Texas texastribune.org/2023/03/09/eas via
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We're thrilled to announce that will be coming aboard as the Tribune's director of events and live journalism. Matt currently curates and produces programming for one of the oldest lecture series in the country at the Chautauqua Institution.
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An analysis by and The Texas Tribune found that at least two dozen bills filed in the Texas Legislature over nearly the past six decades would have prevented people from legally obtaining the weapons used in seven of the state’s mass shootings.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner expects the state will soon take over Houston ISD texastribune.org/2023/03/01/tea via
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It is #AmplifyATX today - a day to champion causes that make Texas a better place to live.
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What you need to know about Texas’ complex — but important — electricity market reform plan texastribune.org/2023/03/01/tex via
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Here comes the haboob: Texas High Plains getting walloped by dust storms texastribune.org/2023/02/24/tex via
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School districts face millions in extra costs as Texas program that backs bond debt hits its limit texastribune.org/2023/02/24/tex via
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@TheLBJSchool is honored to bestow the Barbara Jordan Leadership Award to Congresswoman Eddy Bernice Johnson for her fifty-years of pathbreaking public service. Thank you to @SonalRShah of the @TexasTribune for a stellar job interviewing EBJ. Thank you @LBJLibrary for hosting!
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What you need to know about education savings accounts, the voucher-like program championed by Gov. Greg Abbott texastribune.org/2023/02/22/tex via
☀️ Good morning from day 2 of the ERCOT market conference. I'm trying not to appear like a rumpled, sleepy journalist. CEO of ERCOT Pablo Vegas kicked off the panels, reminding us he has been on the job for four months.
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Texas’ shortage of mental health care professionals is getting worse texastribune.org/2023/02/21/tex via
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A story about Red McCombs, who died today. When @thorntonaustin and I were launching @texastribune, we went to see him. He was one of the wealthiest Texans. We wanted his money. And — as an influencer of sorts in a crowd that mattered — we wanted his validation #txlege
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