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Inside Elon Musk’s stellar year at the Texas Capitol While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in Texas.

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Texas Democrat Colin Allred launches 2026 U.S. Senate campaign Allred lost to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz last year by 8.5 points while outperforming the top of the ticket.

New: Democrat Colin Allred launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, making a second run at the upper chamber after failing to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz last year.

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Texas Legislature clarifies when doctors can perform life-saving abortions The bill does not expand abortion access, but further explains when a doctor can intervene to save a pregnant patient’s life.

A bill clarifying when doctors can perform abortions under Texas’ near-total ban will now go to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the House approved the bill with wide bipartisan support.

Water bills face deadline threat as Texas lawmakers negotiate spending priorities Gov. Greg Abbott and other leaders have called for a major investment to save the state’s water supply. How to spend the money has caused friction at the Capitol.

Texas is running out of water. 💦And lawmakers are running out of time to solve the problem. With just days left until the #txlege ends, 2️⃣ key water bills are awaiting important votes.

Why? how to spend water money has caused friction. For @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/t...

Remembering John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune Thornton conceived of the idea of a nonprofit news enterprise to engage Texans with their government, and then helped support similar outlets across the country. He died Saturday at 59.

John Thornton, a founder of The Texas Tribune and one of the most vital and influential leaders in nonprofit journalism, died on Saturday.

His passing is an immeasurable loss for our staff, our board and our supporters and readers, past and present.

Texas is running out of water. Here’s why and what state leaders plan to do about it. The state’s water supply faces numerous threats. And by one estimate, the state’s municipal supply will not meet demand by 2030 if there’s a severe drought and no water solutions are implemented.

Texas is running out of water. Here’s why and what state leaders plan to do about it.

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TribCast: One year after the fires On this week’s episode, the gang looks at where things stand a year after the largest wildfire in state history.

On this week’s TribCast, Matthew and Eleanor talk with Texas Tribune High Plains reporter Jayme Lozano Carver about her experience covering last year's Panhandle wildfires and what the Texas Legislature might do this session to mitigate wildfire risk going forward.

Texas mental health licensing board gives initial OK to remove training requirement associated with DEI Officials say the motive for the change to the rule requiring mental health providers to receive cultural diversity or competency training for license renewals has been misunderstood.

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More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned A Texan was the first to breach the Capitol and many others joined the assault. The presidential pardon helps cast all of them as folk heroes.

A far-right militia leader convicted of seditious conspiracy. A man who speared police and called Black officers the N-word. A QAnon adherent who graffitied “Murder the Media” on a Capitol door.

They're among the 120 Texans pardoned by Trump.

More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned A Texan was the first to breach the Capitol and many others joined the assault. The presidential pardon helps cast all of them as folk heroes.

“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” a counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”

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Trump picks Texan Brooke Rollins to lead Agriculture Department Rollins, who grew up in Glen Rose and once led the Texas Public Policy Foundation, will need Senate confirmation before becoming agriculture secretary.

Trump's nominee to lead USDA, Brook Rollins, is president of America First Policy Institute, and previously led the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Far-right Texas oil billionaire Tim Dunn is on the board of both think tanks. Heritage/Project 2025 leader Kevin Roberts is TPPF's former CEO.

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances The bill is modeled after a Louisiana law that doctors say has created chaos for other gynecological issues best treated by these drugs.

Texas Rep. Pat Curry, a freshman Republican from Waco, said the intent of House Bill 1339 is to make it harder for people, especially teenagers, to order mifepristone and misoprostol online to terminate their pregnancies. www.texastribune.org/2024/11/25/a...

What a day to be there too! Gorgeous, ain’t it?

Update: our Uber driver jumped the curb and drove up a dirt hill to get to the access road. (In a Prius). We made our flight within seconds of takeoff. He’s gettin’ a hefty tip.