Why UT-Austin and Texas A&M students demand their schools divest from Israel

Protesting students and staff want to draw attention to public university investments in companies supporting Israel, even if divestment is unlikely in Texas.
Feds investigate another Texas school district for its gender identity mandate

Katy ISD’s board voted this past fall to require staff to notify parents if their child wants to use a different pronoun or identifies as a different gender.
See the scope of flooding in East Texas

These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May.
A Houston woman applied for a green card. She was banned from the U.S. for a decade.

Claudia González was 15 when she crossed the border into Texas to reunite with her mother. Now she’s back in Mexico, separated from her 15-year-old son and her husband in Houston.
U.S. oil and gas production is booming. So are the industry’s donations to its GOP allies

The biggest recipient of campaign donations from the industry isn’t Donald Trump or President Joe Biden, it’s a Texas House member who represents part of the Permian Basin.
In rural Texas, ERs are facing a growing mental health crisis

The mental health workforce shortage is more acute in rural areas, adding to rising patient loads in hospital ERs.
Texas, federal government will begin tallying damage from spring storms, Gov. Greg Abbott says

Abbott confirmed three deaths from the storms, none were recorded from flooded areas.
The Texas Tribune has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for the first time

Alongside partners ProPublica and FRONTLINE, the Tribune was recognized in the explanatory reporting category for our investigative coverage of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting.
Boy, 5, dies amid floods in Southeast Texas; storms ease but risks remain

Forecasters expect storms to begin tapering off but some roads remain closed due to flooding.
Mangroves, expanding with the warming climate, are re-shaping the Texas coast

The tropical shrubs have been spreading north and growing more abundantly as climate change makes temperatures warmer. Scientists are unravelling what that means for coastal habitats.