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That alone won't stop a blackout.</a> </h2> <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/mitchell-ferman/">Mitchell Ferman</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:31:58 -0600" title="2021-12-10 15:31 CST"> Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p> <p class="t-serif t-size-s is-hidden-from-bp-l is-hidden-until-bp-s">In the first status report of how electricity companies are preparing for winter, electric regulators expressed confidence in improvements made since February’s deadly storm. 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href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/michael-rey-de-leon/">Michael Rey de Leon</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:18:55 -0600" title="2021-12-10 16:18 CST"> Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">On this week's episode, Matthew and Reese make sense of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision and what it means for abortion in Texas. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/tribcast-texas-abortion-law/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/tribcast-texas-abortion-law/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/Zekq4WXnRZ-27TepshswsOPfIX8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/41b5068f74c3f2720d77ad67ac0383a4/TribCast%20Dec%2010%20TT%20V2.jpg" alt="Anti-abortion supporters clash with pro-choice activists outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="l-content-grid__side"> <div class="has-giant-btm-marg"> <div 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has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:45:03 -0600" title="2021-12-10 15:45 CST"> Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas, the birthplace of Roe v. Wade, has been at the forefront of major battles over abortion access ever since. Friday’s ruling ensures the state remains on the frontlines. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-abortion-rights-supreme-court-history/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-abortion-rights-supreme-court-history/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/hyZDK44uK6kEamA9Nc1F_1qZ_Tg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b13e905a0e9bf50c107c443bcdab70f5/Womens%20March%20ATX%20CP%20TT%2028.jpg" alt="Megan Field holds a sign during the Womenís March ATX at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. 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Thou…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Chelsea Purgahn for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-c2" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court/">U.S. Supreme Court lets enforcement of Texas abortion law continue but allows legal challenges to proceed</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reese-oxner/">Reese Oxner</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:55:00 -0600" title="2021-12-10 13:55 CST"> Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The court allowed the suit to continue on an 8-1 decision. Abortion providers will resume seeking to block the law as it progresses through lower court proceedings. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/4sCEfhYQ53EfkAxCdX6kq8NLJzc=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/02dcd3a224c7414eb78c0221d7568d9c/Mississippi%20SCOTUS%20Abortion%20REUTERS.jpg" 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js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-c3" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/austin-police-homicides-spending/">Watch: Austin police chief weighs in on city’s deadliest year in decades, police reform and "defunding" the department</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/joshua-fechter/">Joshua Fechter</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-10 13:00 CST"> Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Austin needs more police officers patrolling the streets, Police Chief Joseph Chacon told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith in an interview this week. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/austin-police-homicides-spending/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-lopez/">Brian Lopez</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:11:00 -0600" title="2021-12-10 12:11 CST"> Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">More than four months into this school year, districts have reported 229,255 cases in students. But state data on school cases is incomplete and likely an undercount. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/17/texas-schools-covid-19-cases/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/17/texas-schools-covid-19-cases/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/gVOeCnvECR5dfJ01lgOd6rBDByU=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/289abbe9bb905781004995e9e6b30aef/Blanco%20Vista%20Elementary%20JV%20TT%2006.jpg" alt="Students work at their desks at Blanco Vista Elementary School in San Marcos on Aug. 23, 2021." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/In8BurC9Ri5GP5BDcM4ldMFoKBU=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/289abbe9bb905781004995e9e6b30aef/Blanco%20Vista%20Elementary%20JV%20TT%2006.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2xjw4wLgW7V7NC98CkAacYpkndM=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/289abbe9bb905781004995e9e6b30aef/Blanco%20Vista%20Elementary%20JV%20TT%2006.jpg 2500w, 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data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-d2" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-electric-grid-election/">Analysis: Texas’ electric grid is half-ready for another winter freeze</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-10 05:00 CST"> Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Chances are, winter weather won’t be as bad as it was last February. Chances are, Texas won’t have the electric blackouts that caused so much misery then. And chances are, whatever happens will have some influence on the 2022 elections. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-electric-grid-election/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-electric-grid-election/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/bq41YcydZlQyFYvyo7mIU377VvY=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/cd7fd7cc5f0b5f9c567c90c5e729f6d8/Winter%20Storm%20McKinney%20ST%20TT%2010" alt="A man walks home with groceries in 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c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-d3" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-border-security-migrant-prisons/">Hundreds of migrants accused of trespassing languish in Texas prisons. A county judge’s new approach might prolong their detention.</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-10 05:00 CST"> Dec. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Despite a surge of arrests under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative, a Kinney County judge removed three judges who have been helping him hear the cases. The judges had been letting some of the migrants out after months in prison, and defense attorneys say the action is retaliatory. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-border-security-migrant-prisons/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/10/texas-border-security-migrant-prisons/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/3Zyqbf0LhwejSXEO5-0DcTTBFJg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/963ebd280f08332486bc996847ed57c2/Del%20Rio%20Migrant%20Processing%20CS%20TT%2036.jpg" alt="The migrant processing facility adjacent to the Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office in Del Rio on Oct. 26, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="l-content-grid__side"> <div class="has-xl-btm-marg"> <div id="tribcast"> <div class="loading loading--s c-loading c-loading--s" aria-hidden="true"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="l-container l-container--xl l-content-grid has-page-padding"> <div class="l-content-grid__content"> <ul class="c-block-feed"> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-e1" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-books-investigations-keller-schools/">Texas education officials investigating whether Keller school district has books with sexually explicit content</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-lopez/">Brian Lopez</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:25:56 -0600" title="2021-12-09 18:25 CST"> Dec. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The district appears to be the first one to be investigated since Republicans started raising questions in October about content in public school libraries. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-books-investigations-keller-schools/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-books-investigations-keller-schools/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2k-mDqF-3__fVphsT-nhzFvqH90=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg" alt="The library at Blanco Vista Elementary in San Marcos on Nov. 4, 2021. " class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/jtZIPqVb2HUbMIpWPRtPnHGpvOs=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/sZ1dFgfUBTLLt6qkw23uc-zEsmk=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 2500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/nG4qHK2cEMKpcCDAl3gZIiYGI2s=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/URUMCYNR2jmplUPMy0faXvQUkkg=/1200x804/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1200w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/dDzt9MD-lkj6ppIAw_Mz4ULTFDw=/1000x670/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/Pts201kn5WscYDVzZqj4KY5Sd2k=/850x570/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 850w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/okH9wPP7mR46urb_plkd_Zro8uo=/640x429/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/u0hqeBWI9OiJYYyxJAAT0jH43aY=/375x251/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 375w" type="image/webp"> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/qUe4mjB78c4hGxVC5jk9bNHRU-g=/3000x2010/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/mMCSLrb-ornwaGjHc1H7y7HI1do=/2500x1675/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 2500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/B0DPG7Ri0i-q-gO7Hbd8u7TPQ2A=/1550x1038/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/7n9mCgmzg0I58OFMro8vM7Oiid0=/1200x804/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1200w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/o9F2x3MHxjwSYfxlS6CrbpvUu3E=/1000x670/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 1000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2k-mDqF-3__fVphsT-nhzFvqH90=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 850w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/s2-TQyaLfmTmSg18DvBy8DMq7ZU=/640x429/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/4SFzBMuWblMYYa_uAEVoSfFHzfk=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2k-mDqF-3__fVphsT-nhzFvqH90=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4aa6200ab50f0f89dc5fb0b69cbbfee/Library%20File%20JV%20TT%2013.jpg" alt="The library at Blanco Vista Elementary in San Marcos on Nov. 4, 2021. " class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-e2" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/">State judge declares Texas abortion law unconstitutional — but does not stop it from being enforced</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reese-oxner/">Reese Oxner</a> and <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:25:00 -0600" title="2021-12-09 18:25 CST"> Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The fate of the statute remains uncertain. An appeal to the ruling is already underway, and an opinion on the law from the U.S. Supreme Court is still pending. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/W1V-43LAvqtkkQilHqTba_iuwhE=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg" alt="A Planned Parenthood examination room at Planned Parenthood's South Austin location on Jan. 14, 2020." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/76x3MskkbDu59Ufa39J0F_5aQhc=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/oxFey24twU0bSF2_VG3suSsIJgg=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg 2500w, 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</picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-e3" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/dan-crenshaw-texas-grifters-backlash/">Texas GOP U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw causes uproar after warning of "grifters," liars inside his party</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 9 Dec 2021 11:54:05 -0600" title="2021-12-09 11:54 CST"> Dec. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Crenshaw, who mentioned the House Freedom Caucus while making the criticism, sought to clarify later that he largely was not referring to the group. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/dan-crenshaw-texas-grifters-backlash/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/dan-crenshaw-texas-grifters-backlash/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/TBVRjvMbPJh7HMInMltuAO_64iA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8a9b89552307f41062e1a7a2d25a1375/Dan%20Crenshaw%20Dec%202021%20REUTERS%20TT.jpg" alt="U.S. Rep. 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Will state officials let it die?</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/cassandra-pollock/">Cassandra Pollock</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 9 Dec 2021 08:11:37 -0600" title="2021-12-09 08:11 CST"> Dec. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Critics of the Chapter 313 corporate tax incentive program say it lacks accountability and is burdensome to taxpayers in the state. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/corporate-tax-incentive-chapter-313-texas-legislature/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/corporate-tax-incentive-chapter-313-texas-legislature/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MzrVQh7HOeQr__59UzSsh8U8v74=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8f04f3a90766e98c15d7d780ebd84648/Abbott%20Cornyn%20Samsung%20SF%20TT%2008.jpg" alt="Gov. 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Greg Abbott shakes hands with Samsung CEO and Vice Chairman Ki Nam Kim at an economic announcement at the Texas Governo…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-f2" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-power-grid-winter/">Texas energy regulators, gas industry try to reassure the public that the state’s power grid is ready for winter</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/mitchell-ferman/">Mitchell Ferman</a> and <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/erin-douglas/">Erin Douglas</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:47:26 -0600" title="2021-12-08 17:47 CST"> Dec. 8, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">As state regulators and the companies that power the grid take steps to avoid another catastrophe like February’s winter storm, climate experts say this winter will likely be milder. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-power-grid-winter/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-power-grid-winter/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/V8gxMEHq0qjG_vaWEgfdvibF8sA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/536ca5e3d3d157c6417e3ac092f2111b/TXOGA%20Midland%20Wells%20Tour%20MGO%20TT%2003" alt="Texas Gas and Oil Association President Todd Staples tours a gas and oil well owned by Diamondback in Midland on Dec 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https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/iSA2wNHOVyDOPE4-F3jFLhXHqbQ=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/536ca5e3d3d157c6417e3ac092f2111b/TXOGA%20Midland%20Wells%20Tour%20MGO%20TT%2003 375w"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/V8gxMEHq0qjG_vaWEgfdvibF8sA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/536ca5e3d3d157c6417e3ac092f2111b/TXOGA%20Midland%20Wells%20Tour%20MGO%20TT%2003" alt="Texas Gas and Oil Association President Todd Staples tours a gas and oil well owned by Diamondback in Midland on Dec 8, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-f3" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/">Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 8 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-08 05:00 CST"> Dec. 8, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now have to decide whether those monumental changes are reflected in the state’s political maps. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211213055022im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/-ZziSmAlUNo9GcTe1N8tNX44ug4=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ea11e454d35aff97551b04745afac028/2nd%20Redo%20Redistricting%20maps%20MGO%20TT%2005.jpg" alt="Census data from 2020 and redistricting maps at The Texas Tribune office in Austin on Oct. 7, 2021. 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Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addresses a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211213055022im_/http://www.texastribune.org/#camera"></use></svg></span> REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article id="fp-secondary-g2" class="c-story-block c-story-block--in-feed"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/07/matthew-dowd-texas-lieutenant-governor/">Democrat Matthew Dowd ends campaign for Texas lieutenant governor, citing need for “greater diversity”</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211213055022/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/james-barragan/">James Barragán</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 7 Dec 2021 13:32:34 -0600" title="2021-12-07 13:32 CST"> Dec. 7, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The former George W. Bush political strategist had launched a bid to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. 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