Past Contributions

• Watch Peter Hotez and Leana Wen discuss the coronavirus pandemic at The Texas Tribune Festival

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 21, 2021

  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 

• Watch Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar discuss polarization in Washington, D.C., at The Texas Tribune Festival

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 21, 2021

  The former presidential candidate will also talked about why she thinks breaking up big monopolies is good for America. Full Story 

• Watch Texas lawmakers Larry Taylor and Harold Dutton discuss education and the Legislature at The Texas Tribune Festival

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 21, 2021

  Taylor, a Friendswood Republican, chairs the Senate Education Committee. Dutton, a Houston Democrat, chairs the House Public Education Committee. Full Story 

• Watch former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd discuss the Republican Party, the nation’s challenges and more at The Texas Tribune Festival

  By Texas Tribune Staff Sept. 20, 2021

  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 

• More than 100,000 Texas electricity customers without power after Nicholas. Restoring it to everyone could take days.

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Sept. 14, 2021

  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 

• Live COVID-19 updates: Judge’s order allows 20 Texas school districts to issue mask mandates

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Aug. 27, 2021

  COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Here’s the latest. Full Story 

• Live COVID-19 updates: Texas’ back-to-school season marked by mask mandate battles, rural districts’ closures

  By Texas Tribune Staff Aug. 20, 2021

  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 

• Live COVID-19 updates: Texas sending more relief medical workers to hospitals, adding new antibody infusion centers

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Aug. 19, 2021

  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 

• Live COVID-19 updates: Attorney General Ken Paxton takes the state's mask mandate ban to the Texas Supreme Court

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Aug. 14, 2021

  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 

• Several local mask mandates in Texas allowed for now as legal challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban mount

  By Texas Tribune Staff Updated: Aug. 13, 2021

  COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Hospitalizations are increasing faster than at any other time. Local officials and school leaders are pushing back against Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates. Here’s the latest. Full Story