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• In Texas, criminal charges and misdemeanor convictions don’t automatically take away people’s voting rights

  By Pooja Salhotra 6 hours ago

  Texans serving time for misdemeanor offenses or who are in jail awaiting trial are eligible to vote but only two counties offer voting in jail. Full Story 

• Texas’ housing shortage is getting worse, report says

  By Joshua Fechter Oct. 30, 2024

  Texas builds more homes than other states but hundreds of thousands more are still needed, the report said, contributing to higher housing costs. Full Story 

• In South Texas, university students accuse Democratic county officials of suppressing their votes

  By Berenice Garcia Updated: Oct. 30, 2024

  The county decided to not have an early voting site at a Laredo university because of historic low turnout. It will have one on Election Day. Full Story 

• Texas buys two ranches near the border, including a huge property next to Big Bend National Park

  By Alejandro Serrano Oct. 30, 2024

  A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas. Full Story 

• Second Texas doctor sued for providing gender-affirming care to minors

  By Eleanor Klibanoff Oct. 30, 2024

  These are the first cases under a law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers or hormone therapy to help minors transition. Full Story 

• Texas’ high housing costs sparked a movement to bring them down. The fight could shape the state for years to come.

  By Joshua Fechter and Carla Astudillo Updated: Oct. 30, 2024

  A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong. Full Story 

• Takeaways from our reporting on Texas’ housing affordability crisis

  By Joshua Fechter and Carla Astudillo Updated: Oct. 30, 2024

  The Texas Tribune examined the state’s housing affordability crisis and why the state has struggled to build enough homes to meet demand. Full Story 

• Colin Allred courts Black voters in the final days of his bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz

  By James Barragán Oct. 30, 2024

  With stops in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley, Allred hopes to make the race competitive by running up the tally with the core of the Democratic base. Full Story 

• A community college could transform the Lockhart area. Will voters approve it?

  By Alexa Ura, The Hechinger Report Oct. 30, 2024

  Residents of a rural Texas school district decide in November whether to expand Austin Community College’s reach. Full Story 

• A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a crime to intervene in her miscarriage

  By Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana, ProPublica Oct. 30, 2024

  Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. Full Story 

• There are warring depictions of Robert Roberson’s murder case. Here’s what to know.

  By Kayla Guo Oct. 29, 2024

  Even before the Texas man’s death sentence became a political lightning rod, law enforcement and medical experts had differing opinions on the evidence that convicted him. Full Story 

• Ken Paxton calls on Rep. Jeff Leach to resign over texts to judge in Robert Roberson case

  By Kayla Guo Oct. 29, 2024

  The AG also said he’d make a criminal referral against the lawmaker, who apologized for texting a Court of Criminal Appeals judge about a new trial for the death row inmate. Full Story 

• Republicans dominate fundraising in final weeks of Texas House battles

  By Jasper Scherer Oct. 29, 2024

  Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared to the nearly $3.5 million collectively raised by their Democratic counterparts. Full Story 

• Ken Paxton resisting Texas House members’ bid to hear Robert Roberson’s testimony

  By Pooja Salhotra Oct. 29, 2024

  Members of a Texas House committee say in a Texas Supreme Court filing that Paxton’s office is blocking the death row inmate from complying with a legislative subpoena. Full Story 

• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over listing freshwater mussels as endangered

  By Alejandra Martinez Oct. 29, 2024

  The lawsuit claims the endangered designation for six mussel species is a misuse of environmental law that threatens Texas’ economy. Full Story 

• Watch a conversation with Texas political reporters previewing the 2024 Election

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Oct. 29, 2024

  With one week to go, Texas Tribune journalists break down the 2024 election. Full Story