Senate Democrats boost Colin Allred’s bid against Ted Cruz with multimillion dollar investment

The late-cycle investment signals the party is taking Texas seriously — a shift from past cycles.
Despite warnings, Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. Eligible residents lost care.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.
Free speech or political intimidation? A jury says this Trump Train organizer crossed the line.

Eliazar Cisneros was accused of organizing and participating in a Trump Train that used harassment and intimidation to prevent others from exercising their support for a candidate.
Texas sues Biden administration over requirement to provide LGBTQ+ youth foster placements

Placing LGBTQ+ foster children in more accepting homes would cost Texas too much money and resources, the lawsuit says.
Takeaways from the Texas Tribune-Associated Press report on 24 hours along the Texas-Mexico border

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.
Many Americans say immigration is out of control, but 24 hours on the Texas-Mexico border showed a new reality. Will it last?

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.
O’Rourke and Emhoff raise another million for Harris campaign, tout voter registration momentum

After lunching on Whataburgers with Beto O’Rourke, Doug Emhoff criticized GOP voting laws and urged Texans not to “let anyone prevent you from registering and from voting.”
Appeals court says Texas State Fair can ban guns

Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for a Tuesday ruling to give the Texas Supreme Court time to weigh in, if needed.
A South Texas region finally gets a children’s hospital, but many families still can’t find care

Families no longer must make the 160-mile trip to find care, but immigration status, provider shortages and transportation limitations remain obstacles.
Texas set to execute Brazoria County man for stomping death of infant son

Travis James Mullis was sentenced to death in 2011 for killing his 3-month-old son in Galveston. He is set to become the fourth person executed in Texas this year.