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• Here’s how much Ted Cruz and Colin Allred have raised in their U.S. Senate race

  By Carla Astudillo July 18, 2024

  Current fundraising figures show that the Senate candidates have fundraised a combined $81.2 million. Full Story 

  

• A look at the Texas mental health workforce shortage

  By Stephen Simpson, Graphics by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer July 17, 2024

  A guide to some of the professions that make up the mental health workforce. Full Story 

  

• “They need to fix something quick”: Texans without power for days are getting angry

  By Dante Motley and Jaden Edison, Graphics by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer Updated: July 13, 2024

  Nearly a million Texans were still without power on Friday. And the utility company with the most outages was facing threats of violence. Full Story 

  

• As more Texans struggle with housing costs, homeownership becoming less attainable

  By Joshua Fechter, Graphics by Carla Astudillo June 24, 2024

  A new housing report from Harvard University found that would-be homebuyers need to make more money than ever if they want to buy a home in Texas’ urban areas. Full Story 

  

• Fewer Texas students seek financial aid for college after this year’s bungled FAFSA rollout

  By Sneha Dey, Data reporting by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer June 21, 2024

  Texas college access advocates are in a race this summer to get more students to apply for federal financial aid. Full Story 

  

• Here’s how school vouchers, Paxton impeachment affected the Texas GOP primaries

  By Carla Astudillo May 31, 2024

  Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton crusaded against House Republicans who voted against school vouchers and in favor of impeachment, respectively. Full Story 

  

• Travis County is shifting focus to prevent overdose deaths as fentanyl ravages the area

  By Stephen Simpson, Graphics by Carla Astudillo May 16, 2024

  Since 2019, accidental drug deaths have been rising in Texas, with the number tripling in Travis County. Full Story 

  

• See the scope of flooding in East Texas

  By Yuriko Schumacher May 7, 2024

  These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May. Full Story 

  

• Search the newly updated Government Salaries Explorer

  By Chris Essig April 30, 2024

  The Texas Tribune’s database of Texas state employees’ compensation is updated to represent salaries as of April 1. Full Story 

  

• Texas Republicans have tried to rein in property taxes for five years. Has it worked?

  By Joshua Fechter and Andrew Park April 26, 2024

  Texas has spent billions of dollars to drive down property taxes. Many homeowners saw a significant tax cut last year, per a Texas Tribune analysis. Full Story 

  

• Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 28 runoff elections

  By María Méndez and Yuriko Schumacher April 26, 2024

  The last day to register to vote is April 29. Early voting runs from May 20-24. Full Story 

  

• Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?

  By Alejandro Serrano, Graphics by Yuriko Schumacher April 22, 2024

  Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border. Full Story 

  

• Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 4 local elections

  By María Méndez and Yuriko Schumacher April 17, 2024

  Early voting runs from April 22-30. The last day to apply to vote by mail is April 23. Full Story 

  

• Most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools

  By Pooja Salhotra April 10, 2024

  Voting is habit-forming and high schools are critical for starting that pattern. Full Story 

  

• Texas wind energy firms need more technicians. Can they drum up student interest without state support?

  By Sneha Dey April 4, 2024

  The wind industry promises attractive salaries. But a lack of training programs and waning political support make it difficult to find new recruits. Full Story 

  

• How Texas’ cash bail system and under-resourced jails can wreak havoc on women who are poor

  By Madaleine Rubin April 1, 2024

  In Texas, money can make a difference in how much time people who are legally presumed innocent sit behind bars awaiting the outcome of criminal cases. Full Story 

  

• Small nuclear reactors may be coming to Texas, boosted by interest from Gov. Abbott

  By Emily Foxhall March 27, 2024

  A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident. Now the governor wants to find out if smaller reactors could meet the state’s growing need for on-demand power. Full Story 

  

• In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants

  By Emily Foxhall March 26, 2024

  Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source. Full Story 

  

• Texas energy companies are betting hydrogen can become a cleaner fuel for transportation

  By Emily Foxhall March 25, 2024

  Supporters say developing hydrogen as a fuel is critical to slowing climate change. Critics are concerned that producing it with fossil fuels will prop up the oil and gas industry. Full Story 

  

• Texas counties lead the U.S. in population growth, Census says

  By Madaleine Rubin March 14, 2024

  Kaufman County, east of Dallas, grew faster than any other in the country from 2022 to 2023. Harris County added the most new residents. Full Story