politcal
Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.
| February 10, 2025
Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown
| February 6, 2025
This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.
Trump orders tariffs on Mexico and Canada — Texas’ biggest trading partners
| February 3, 2025
The tariffs, which also target China, are scheduled to go into effect Tuesday. They prompted immediate efforts to retaliate. President Donald Trump made good on his threat to apply high taxes to imports from Mexico, Canada and China, a move that swiftly brought retaliation from Texas’ leading trading partners and set the stage for a […]
Migrants at Texas border in shock after Trump canceled their asylum appointments
| January 23, 2025
Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border. CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Margelis Tinoco Lopez arrived at the border at 4 a.m. Monday for her 1 p.m. immigration appointment along with her husband and her 13-year-old son. […]
Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws — and how you can participate in the process
| January 13, 2025
Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are. Editor’s note: This is an updated version of Texas Tribune’s 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and […]