T-Squared

This morning we learned that the Tribune won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards: for best use of video by a local news operation — for Elise Hu's Stump Interrupted series — and for best website. Yes, we're psyched. Full Story 

“On some wide-ranging stories, two news organizations are certainly better than one in pursing the truth,” Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen says. We couldn't agree more. Full Story 

Coming this Sunday, the first of hopefully many joint projects between the Tribune and the Houston Chronicle will see publication — both on our site and on the Chron's front page. Full Story 

Effective today, the Trib has a dedicated energy reporter on staff: Kate Galbraith, formerly of The Economist and The New York Times. Full Story 

As we fan out across the state to solicit memberships, major gifts and corporate underwriting, we're hearing only good things about the size of our audience — a 25 million page view run rate in the first year is no small potatoes — but we're increasingly getting questions about who that audience is. Who's reading the Trib? Full Story 

This afternoon we pushed changes to the Trib site that better and more aggressively incorporate aspects of Facebook into our, and your, everyday lives. Full Story 

Last week we celebrated our half-year birthday — and what we've learned from then until now is truly mind-blowing, beginning with the information we've gleaned about the size of our audience (huge), where they come from (everywhere), and what areas of the site they like best (data). Full Story 

Because they're already public. Because we're about transparency, open government, and greater access to information. Because you have a right to know how your tax dollars are being spent. Etc. Full Story 

Now it can be told: The Governor of Texas is on the cover of this week's issue of the venerable newsmagazine as part of its first-ever collaboration with The Texas Tribune. Full Story 

Thrills! Spills! Live Runoff coverage tonight! Full Story 

We've more than exceeded our goals for monthly unique visitors and page views — and way, way, way ahead of schedule. For that, we have you, Randy Neugebauer, and Gay Jesus to thank, among others. Full Story 

We have a ton planned for our coverage of primary night, including something approaching real-time results, frenetically updated maps, and a crowdsourced liveblog. Let the game(s) begin! Full Story 

Sign up here and we'll push all of our latest content — or just some of it — to your inbox, whenever you tell us to. Full Story 

What will those original thinkers at the Post-Dispatch think of next? Full Story 

If you were interviewing Speaker Joe Straus on Wednesday morning, what would you ask him? Full Story 

That's my prediction; what's yours? Correctly guess the outcome of tonight's game and you could win a Texas Tribune hat — perfect for beating Ben Philpott about the head and face. Full Story 

A few days before his untimely death, Kelly Fero went Mark Katz one better. Full Story 

Here's what to expect from us between now and January 4. Full Story 

You wanted access to every bit of our content, including taglines, on the go. Done and done. Full Story 

Announcing the latest way to get your Trib on. (Thanks, Tony Matta!) Full Story