Top stories from the Texas Tribune’s data visuals team
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Austin’s Texas House candidates: Who’s running in primary
The Texas State Capitol Building, Dec. 18, 2025. Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman With the Texas primary election just three…
City manager: Fort Worth’s economic growth continues to look strong
by Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report December 28, 2025 Fort Worth had a banner fiscal year in economic…
5 big moves that shaped your life this year
From headline-makers to quiet fixes, state and local centers of power defining choices on politics, priorities and people…
Texas alcohol regulators set to vote on hemp-based THC rules early next year
AUSTIN — As the smoke clears in Washington after Congress voted to ban all consumable hemp products nationally…
Texas Humane Legislation Network has pushed to improve animal welfare laws for 50 years
Fifty years ago, Cile Holloway attended a national animal welfare conference and realized there was nobody working on…
A look at some of the Texas Tribune’s best reads of 2025
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Five big moves that shaped your life this year
From headline-makers to quiet fixes, Dallas police made defining choices on politics, priorities and people in 2025. Here’s…
Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel’s findings
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired in the fall after a video of…
Government liable for damage to homes near Houston dams during Hurricane Harvey floods, court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream…
Government liable for damage to homes near Houston dams during Hurricane Harvey floods, court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream…
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industryÂ
McALLEN — One morning in mid-November, Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, was…