The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program
| December 9, 2025
BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | local business | mom and pop businesses | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS | woman-owned business
But hours later, the comptroller’s office emailed Hartman again, notifying her and more than 15,000 other small businesses — nearly 97% of the certified HUB businesses in Texas — that they were being removed from the HUB program entirely.
Federal lawsuits challenging immigration detention flood Texas
| December 9, 2025
deportation | Donald Trump | due process rights | habeas corpus | habeas corpus petition | ICE | Laken Riley Act | mandatory detention | SATX | TEXAS | Trump administration | University of Texas at Austin
The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.
Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District
| December 8, 2025
Colin Allred is dropping out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and pivoting to run instead for the Dallas-based 33rd Congressional District.
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion.
| December 6, 2025
chronic conditions | high-risk pregnancies | preeclampsia | SATX | Sen. Bryan Hughes | texas abortion law | Texas Republicans | Tierra Walker
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.
| December 1, 2025
Dozens of new Texas laws will take effect in December and January, bringing wide-ranging changes to the state’s education system, law enforcement, taxes and more.
Texas proposes hiking licensing fees for summer camps by as much as 4,000%
| December 1, 2025
In their latest effort to boost camp oversight in the wake of the deadly July 4 floods, Texas officials have proposed hiking annual licensing fees for operators by thousands of dollars and slashing the number of camp representatives on a statewide committee that advises on industry regulations.