Houston language advocates race to keep their one small request from...
Woori Juntos began the legislative session hoping to win over a majority of legislators to their cause — making it easier for Texans who speak no or limited English to communicate with state agencies...
View ArticleChinese Americans fight for their place in Texas as lawmakers push...
Among the fastest-growing segments of the Texas population, Chinese Americans fear their rights are becoming collateral damage as Texas officials seek to limit investment from China and ban a popular...
View ArticleTo be safe, Texas Senate again approves political district maps
The vote ensured the Senate met its constitutional requirement to redraw districts in the first regular session after publication of the 2020 census results.
View ArticleQuran taken from Texas Capitol chapel recovered by state police. They aren’t...
Days after it went missing, DPS identified the person who removed a family Quran Rep. Salman Bhojani had placed in the chapel. The state has since provided its own copy.
View ArticleAs the legislative clock ticks, Houston language advocates angle for a...
The window is closing for Woori Juntos in its pursuit of legislation to improve language access to state health programs.
View ArticleTexas House reaffirms the political maps it drew in 2021
The 150 districts didn’t change, but the vote ensured the House met its constitutional requirement to approve new maps in the first regular session following formal publication of the 2020 census results.
View ArticleAfter months of struggle, Korean language access advocates find their voice...
In a key step on their quest to make state services more easily available to non-English speakers, advocates from Houston’s Woori Juntos community group testified before a panel of lawmakers.
View ArticleAuthorities announce capture of man suspected of killing 5 neighbors in San...
Officials did not specify the location of his arrest on Tuesday night, but they said the suspect was being held at the Montgomery County jail where he was initially taken.
View ArticleWatch: How language advocates brought Houston voices to the Capitol
In the months leading up to their committee hearing, Woori Juntos community members trained on how to share their personal stories with legislators — in their own language.
View ArticleThwarting Democratic efforts, House Republicans revive border policing unit...
The proposed unit would let those who are not law officers arrest or detain suspected undocumented immigrants in border-region counties.
View ArticleTexas cities again lead population growth, and Austin is now country’s 10th...
Texas took four of the 10 top spots among the nation’s fastest-growing cities, with the Austin metro area overall seeing some of the most significant growth.
View ArticleLawyer currently leading Texas attorney general’s office has been swept up in...
Brent Webster came to the Texas attorney general’s office in 2020. His work as Ken Paxton’s top aide was quickly mired in controversy.
View ArticleAt session’s end, Houston language access advocates clung to one last hope...
Their dream of passing a bill to improve access to state services for Texans who don’t speak English or Spanish was dashed. Woori Juntos activists fought until the end seeking at least a study of their...
View ArticleAt the fringes of Houston’s prosperity, the city’s eviction machine is...
Houston has seen eviction rates soar since pandemic protections for renters lapsed. At one apartment complex, ejecting people from their homes is a ritual part of the business model.
View ArticleWhere Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in...
The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will...
View ArticleHispanics officially make up the biggest share of Texas’ population, new...
White people had been the state’s largest population group since at least 1850. Sometime in 2022, the Hispanic population surpassed them, new data shows.
View ArticleAs race-neutral college admissions begin, Texas counselors work to convince...
Black and Latino students make up about two-thirds of Texas’ public schools. But they are vastly underrepresented at its top universities, and Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling will shake up an already...
View ArticleTribCast: Extreme heat and the toll of climate change on Texas
In this week’s episode, we speak with The Texas Tribune’s climate reporter Erin Douglas about why it’s been so hot in Texas and examine the long-term implications as climate change shifts the entire...
View ArticleIn federal trial, Galveston County challenged on efforts to undo Black and...
The coastal county faces a drawn-out trial over claims of intentional discrimination in its 2021 redistricting of commissioners court precincts. The only district in which Black and Latino voters could...
View ArticleFamily legacies and the state’s Jim Crow past underlie a fight over mineral...
Descendants of a prominent white family and a formerly enslaved couple are fighting over ownership — and the oil and gas royalties that would come with it — of an 147.5-acre tract that has bound and...
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