Watch experts in climate, energy and environmental justice discuss extreme weather at The Texas Tribune Festival
The conversation focused on what we’ve learned about extreme weather in Texas and beyond — and what can be done about it. Full Story
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Watch Peter Hotez and Leana Wen discuss the coronavirus pandemic at The Texas Tribune Festival
Hotez is co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital. Wen is a professor of health policy and management at George Washington University. Full Story
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Watch Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar discuss polarization in Washington, D.C., at The Texas Tribune Festival
The former presidential candidate will also talked about why she thinks breaking up big monopolies is good for America. Full Story
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![Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, speaks with Steve Kornacki at the Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin. Kornacki is a political journalist from NBC.]()
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Watch Texas lawmakers Larry Taylor and Harold Dutton discuss education and the Legislature at The Texas Tribune Festival
Taylor, a Friendswood Republican, chairs the Senate Education Committee. Dutton, a Houston Democrat, chairs the House Public Education Committee. Full Story
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Watch former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd discuss the Republican Party, the nation’s challenges and more at The Texas Tribune Festival
Hurd, R-Helotes, who served three terms representing Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, also talked about the challenges and opportunities of our tech-fueled future. Full Story
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More than 100,000 Texas electricity customers without power after Nicholas. Restoring it to everyone could take days.
Texas was spared from mass destruction once the storm came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane. But it caused enough damage to disrupt electricity for a large swath of the Texas coast, including the Houston and Galveston areas. Full Story
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![Storm surge ahead of Tropical Storm Nicholas in Corpus Christi on Sept. 13, 2021. A storm surge warning is in effect in Corpus Christi for the next couple of days.]()
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Live COVID-19 updates: Judge’s order allows 20 Texas school districts to issue mask mandates
COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Here’s the latest. Full Story
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![Healthcare workers wheel portable oxygen tanks to patients in the COVID-19 care unit of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 19, 2021.]()
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Live COVID-19 updates: Texas’ back-to-school season marked by mask mandate battles, rural districts’ closures
COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive. Hospitalizations are increasing faster than at any other time. Local officials and school leaders are rebelling against Abbott’s ban on mask mandates. Here’s the latest. Full Story
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![Joseph Situentes Peña, 13, receives his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic held in partnership between the Central Texas Food Bank and the University of Texas in Austin on July 21, 2021.]()
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Live COVID-19 updates: Texas sending more relief medical workers to hospitals, adding new antibody infusion centers
COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive. Hospitalizations are increasing faster than at any other time. Local officials and school leaders are rebelling against Abbott’s ban on mask mandates. Here’s the latest. Full Story
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![COVID-19 related signs are posted to the entrance to Ott Elementary School in San Antonio on Aug. 11, 2020.]()
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Live COVID-19 updates: Attorney General Ken Paxton takes the state's mask mandate ban to the Texas Supreme Court
COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Hospitalizations are increasing faster than at any other time. Local officials and school leaders are rebelling against Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates. Here’s the latest. Full Story
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![The St. Johns drive-through COVID-19 testing site off of Interstate 35 in north Austin on Aug. 5, 2021.]()
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