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Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists This Year. State Law Keeps the Extent of Their Influence Under Wraps.

Inside Elon Musk’s Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.

Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.

ProPublica Nominated for Two Emmy Awards

Trump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.

Five Newsroom Partners Join ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative

Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law

How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.

This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.

Trump Is Sending Migrants From Around the World to Guantanamo. One Mother Speaks Out About Her Son’s Detention.

These Soldiers Risked Their Lives Serving in Afghanistan. Now They Plead With Trump to Let Their Sister Into the U.S.

A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

If Trump Makes Cuts to Medicaid, Texas Officials Could Seize the Opportunity to Further Slash the Program

Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters

El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de “blando” con la inmigración

“Del Rio, Texas”: How a Race for Sheriff Became a Referendum on Immigration

Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration

A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

She Supports Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policies. Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its Voting Rolls.

¿Está atrapado en el atraso por la acumulación de solicitudes en Texas para tener Medicaid y cupones de alimentos? ¿Conoce a alguien en esta situación? Ayúdenos a informar.

A pesar de las constantes advertencias, Texas se apresuró a despojar a millones de personas de Medicaid

Greg Abbott Boasted That Texas Removed 6,500 Noncitizens From Its Voter Rolls. That Number Was Likely Inflated.

In Texas’ Third-Largest County, the Far Right’s Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life

Uvalde City Officials Release Dozens of Missing Videos From Officers Responding to Robb Elementary Massacre

Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.

Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.

This College’s 38-Acre Land Donation to a Christian School Drew Little Attention. Experts Say It Appears to Violate the Law.

Uvalde Police Failed to Turn Over All Body Camera Footage From Robb Elementary Shooting, Department Says

Uvalde City Officials Release Shooting Records That Provide New Details, Reaffirm Previous Reporting

“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm

West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter

Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

Ken Paxton Has Used Consumer Protection Law to Target These Organizations

Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets

​Uvalde Police Will Face More Active Shooter Training as Part of $2 Million Settlement Between City and Families

Texas Appeals Court Orders Dismissal of Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Texas Tribune

“I Refuse to Be Told What to Do”: Facebook Posts Show a Conservative School Board Member Rejecting Extremism

Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on School Board and Bond Elections in Your Community

Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

“El camino correcto”: desde Venezuela a Juárez y desde Nueva York a Denver, la odisea de una familia en busca de asilo

Lo que un incendio en un centro de detención en México nos revela sobre la política de inmigración de Estados Unidos.

“The Right Way”: From Venezuela to Juárez and New York to Denver, One Family’s Asylum Journey

Biden Was Warned U.S. Border Policies Made Tragedy Inevitable. Then a Deadly Fire Broke Out.

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