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Lawmakers send to Gov. Greg Abbott new political maps that would further solidify the GOP’s grip on the Texas Legislature

The redistricting plans for the House, Senate and State Board of Education were approved Friday.

With surgical precision, Republicans draw two congressional districts that dilute power of Hispanic and Asian voters

The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two proposed districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, whi...

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Texas House approves bill targeting transgender student athletes after lawmakers’ three previous attempts faltered

Under House Bill 25, K-12 student athletes would be prohibited from competing on school sports teams aligned with their gender identity. The bill will now head to the Sen...

Texas bill limiting transgender student athletes’ sports participation clears key hurdle on way to becoming law

Texas House committee advances proposed map for lower chamber

Analysis: In the drive to get new Texas political maps, racial representation takes a back seat

The Karankawa were said to be extinct. Now they’re reviving their culture — and fighting to protect their ancestors’ land.

South Texas was already a political battleground. New maps could alter game plans.

Analysis: Texas government won’t represent the state’s population unless its political maps do

Texas sues Biden administration over guidance saying transgender workers can use bathroom of their choice

Texas Republicans have the redistricting tools to preserve their power. Here's how they can do it.

How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb

In a changing Texas, Republicans will begin redistricting with more freedom to draw their maps

Analysis: Population changes the recipe for Texas’ political soup

GOP bill targeting how race, slavery and history are taught in Texas schools heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk

Analysis: The partisan debate over voting laws is a prologue to redistricting

Extended unemployment benefits for jobless Texans will end in September, state agency says

“I wanted to teach differently than I had been taught”: How some Texas educators practice anti-racist teaching

Texas House committee again passes the voting restrictions bill that instigated Democratic quorum break

Texas can ban common abortion procedure in second trimester, appeals court rules

Texas’ controversial new social studies law prompts McKinney school officials to cancel Youth and Government class

Analysis: Texas government grinds to a stop — of the governor’s choosing

People of color make up 95% of Texas’ population growth, and cities and suburbs are booming, 2020 census shows

‘How are we different than other kids?’: A transgender student wrestler fights legislative efforts to restrict participation in school sports

T-Squared: With COVID cases and hospitalizations climbing, The Texas Tribune Festival will be all-virtual after all

Analysis: Schools open in Texas with unvaccinated K-6 students and months of learning loss to overcome

What is gender-affirming medical care for transgender children? Here’s what you need to know.

COVID-19 is spreading fast among Texas’ unvaccinated. Here’s who they are and where they live.

Texas teachers say GOP’s new social studies law will hinder how an entire generation understands race, history and current events

SEC votes to admit Texas, Oklahoma -- in 2025

Martin Luther King Jr.’s son says Texas Republicans are misrepresenting his father’s words in effort to whitewash history

Federal judge tosses lawsuit that sought to end UT-Austin’s affirmative action policy

T-Squared: What you can expect at this year’s Texas Tribune Festival

Texas Senate bill seeks to strip required lessons on people of color and women from “critical race theory” law

Gov. Greg Abbott includes voting restrictions, critical race theory and rules for transgender student athletes on special legislative session agenda

Special legislative session is packed with controversy but not clarity, Tribune reporters say

Analysis: A critical culture war over how to teach history

State Rep. Jessica González defends Democrats’ walkout

State Rep. Jessica González defends Democrats' walkout on Texas voting bill

What is critical race theory? Explaining the discipline that Texas’ governor wants to ‘abolish’

Photos: How Texans celebrated Juneteenth

Texas ‘critical race theory’ bill limiting teaching of current events signed into law

T-Squared: Tickets for the 2021 Texas Tribune Festival are on sale now

Texas teachers and students, tell us how race and racism are taught in school

Republicans think they can take South Texas — especially after a win in McAllen

An anti-abortion program will receive $100 million in the next Texas budget, but there’s little data on what’s being done with the money

For Democrats of color, walkout on Texas voting bill was rooted in the long fight for equal voting rights

President Joe Biden says Texas voting bill is “part of an assault on democracy”

A year after George Floyd’s murder, only a few of Texas lawmakers’ police reform measures appear likely to become law

Texas Senate advances bill that would outlaw abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned

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