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Jasmine Crockett ups appeals to Latino voters in Senate race
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (955+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Kayla Guo and Olivia Borgula, The Texas Tribune January 30, 2026 As state Rep. James Talarico ramps up his outreach to Latino voters in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, U.S. Rep. Jasmine…...
Top candidates in the 2026 Texas comptroller primary
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (314+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune January 30, 2026 What's at stake: The future of the office and the state, in some ways. For years Texas has benefited from a budget…...
Will immigrant’s death in Texas ICE facility be prosecuted?
21+ hour, 33+ min ago (951+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 More than a week after an migrant's death at an El Paso immigration detention center was ruled a homicide by a medical…...
Texas grid weathers weekend storm thanks to new generation
21+ hour, 54+ min ago (1637+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 Three weeks shy of five years since a winter storm overwhelmed Texas" power grid and left millions freezing in the dark, grocery…...
Poll: Crockett, Talarico in dead heat in Texas Senate race
23+ hour, 18+ min ago (389+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 State Rep. James Talarico of Austin and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas are in a dead heat in Texas" Senate Democratic primary,…...
Feds close Texas’ Harvey funding discrimination case
1+ day, 10+ min ago (486+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has concluded there was "no reasonable cause" to believe Texas officials discriminated based on race…...
Newspaper publisher challenges GOP to do better for rural Texas
1+ day, 33+ min ago (1785+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 Editor's note: This story contains explicit language. LUBBOCK " Thirty years ago, Suzanne Bellsnyder was a budding young Republican working in Austin,…...
Texas Hill Country floods are worsening mental health issues
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (768+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 During a rain storm that rolled into Kerr County one night last week, Austin Dickson, who lives near Kerrville, began receiving calls…...
Critics question SpaceX winning tax credits for jobs
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1738+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 STARBASE " Since establishing a South Texas headquarters more than a decade ago, SpaceX has quickly grown its operations here, expanding its staff…...
On the issues: Q&A with the Republicans running for Texas attorney general
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1658+ words) Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune January 29, 2026 This is one of a four-part series of surveys featuring candidates in the Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate and attorney general....