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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/FhhxWmEuhwGSHaEdYHbFLb_C0qg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/3ed3f50e4b6f8086c7998e8a094145f6/ATX%20Winter%20Storm%20JV%20Feb%2016%20TT%2032.jpg" alt="The Texas Capitol during the winter storm on Feb. 16, 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/03/texas-elections-2022/">Analysis: It takes a village to win big races in Texas</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 3 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-03 05:00 CST"> Dec. 3, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Want to win a statewide political race in Texas that's not at the very top of the ballot? It helps a lot if your party's top candidate wins — or at least runs a close second. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/03/texas-elections-2022/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/03/texas-elections-2022/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/-qSkzZQpl8MJUV3rOev5aM7Ehss=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a9f875b836d61b0d6248c66974a55174/ATX%20Election%20Day%20AG%20TT%2024.jpg" alt="A woman votes at Great Baptist Hills on July 14, 2020, in Austin." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ZhHhjfGrcVtcgbR9BcC1OdDjCTA=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a9f875b836d61b0d6248c66974a55174/ATX%20Election%20Day%20AG%20TT%2024.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/LmxvKpGTnFEXlEBR01JqcPX117E=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a9f875b836d61b0d6248c66974a55174/ATX%20Election%20Day%20AG%20TT%2024.jpg 2500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/39sUNvsxmLTMviX5-gmJdprSKl8=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a9f875b836d61b0d6248c66974a55174/ATX%20Election%20Day%20AG%20TT%2024.jpg 1550w, 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xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/02/texas-critical-race-theory-law/">Republican bill that limits how race, slavery and history are taught in Texas schools becomes law</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-lopez/">Brian Lopez</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 2 Dec 2021 18:56:46 -0600" title="2021-12-02 18:56 CST"> Dec. 2, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The so-called “critical race theory” law prohibits teachers from discussing “a widely debated and currently controversial issue of public policy or social affairs.” <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/02/texas-critical-race-theory-law/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/02/texas-critical-race-theory-law/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/karen-brooks-harper/">Karen Brooks Harper</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 1 Dec 2021 19:48:36 -0600" title="2021-12-01 19:48 CST"> Dec. 1, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">So much is unknown about the new COVID-19 variant: the severity of the illness it causes, whether it can resist vaccines and natural antibodies and whether it’s more contagious than the delta variant that has burned through Texas and the U.S. for months. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/covid-19-omicron-texas/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 1 Dec 2021 17:59:00 -0600" title="2021-12-01 17:59 CST"> Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Three-judge panel finds no "concrete, or actual or imminent, injury" caused by Abbott's ban on mask mandates. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-mask-mandate-ban-public-schools/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-mask-mandate-ban-public-schools/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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power cut off during future winter storms</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/mitchell-ferman/">Mitchell Ferman</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:01:45 -0600" title="2021-11-30 18:01 CST"> Nov. 30, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">But Texas oil and gas regulators addressed only part of the problem that led millions of Texans to lose power for days after February’s winter storm, and gas producers likely won’t be required to weatherize until 2023. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-natural-gas-winter-storm-pow/">Full Story <span class="c-icon 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xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Dimitri Staszewski 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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/larry-taylor-texas-senate-reelection/">Longtime state Sen. Larry Taylor, best known for his work on education issues, says he won't run for reelection</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:13:08 -0600" title="2021-11-30 16:13 CST"> Nov. 30, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Taylor was a key player in the 2019 school finance overhaul that lawmakers passed. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/larry-taylor-texas-senate-reelection/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/larry-taylor-texas-senate-reelection/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/8aGdSB35CVYD-oeg-F-sxy5clr8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8eae6a738eb164983fc1b5146209387d/0013_Larry_Taylor_Juan_Figueroa_May_6_TT.jpg" alt="State Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, addresses Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, on the Senate floor on May 6, 2019." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/C7lDX2arwYSeOrIQ1bh_Eyi-SCg=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8eae6a738eb164983fc1b5146209387d/0013_Larry_Taylor_Juan_Figueroa_May_6_TT.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ouFJL65V3bbAvO8faGRjTBl9fOc=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8eae6a738eb164983fc1b5146209387d/0013_Larry_Taylor_Juan_Figueroa_May_6_TT.jpg 2500w, 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Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, addresses Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, on the Senate floor on May 6, 2019." 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Juan Figueroa/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/coronavirus-texas-legislature-vaccine-mandate-ban/">A growing number of Texas Republicans want a fourth special session to pass COVID-19 vaccine mandate ban</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/cassandra-pollock/">Cassandra Pollock</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:19:05 -0600" title="2021-11-30 14:19 CST"> Nov. 30, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">It remains unclear whether Gov. Greg Abbott — the only official with the power to convene special sessions — will order state lawmakers back to Austin, or what issues he would include on the agenda. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/coronavirus-texas-legislature-vaccine-mandate-ban/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/coronavirus-texas-legislature-vaccine-mandate-ban/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/GJcXRJoZIFw3hRGVypW8m6Dx6XQ=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/74deeb6a880bdec2fe4374f3cf928fdd/Special%20Session%20Opening%20Day%20SPTT%20%2098.jpg" alt="House Speaker Dade Phelan speaks with legislators on the opening day of the special session at the Texas Capitol on July 8, …" class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/udSFw9U5XH37zC-VOfpMqqpJcIU=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/74deeb6a880bdec2fe4374f3cf928fdd/Special%20Session%20Opening%20Day%20SPTT%20%2098.jpg 3000w, 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/GJcXRJoZIFw3hRGVypW8m6Dx6XQ=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/74deeb6a880bdec2fe4374f3cf928fdd/Special%20Session%20Opening%20Day%20SPTT%20%2098.jpg" alt="House Speaker Dade Phelan speaks with legislators on the opening day of the special session at the Texas Capitol on July 8, …" 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/">The Supreme Court appears open to rolling back abortion rights. Here's what that means for Texas.</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:33:00 -0600" title="2021-12-02 12:33 CST"> Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas has passed legislation that ensures abortion would be made a felony if Roe v. Wade is overturned “wholly or partly,” as the court considers Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/" 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/20211204050310/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/a5QJ7hQVUEIdcy_QMQZ1mFeoTKo=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9d57d518ac22e16b8b49c2d908113e82/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%2008%20TT.jpg" alt="Barriers surrounded the Supreme Court ahead of planned demonstrations regarding abortion in Texas in Washington, D.C., on No…" 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee 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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/29/texas-power-grid-winter-storm/">“People should probably be worried”: Texas hasn’t done enough to prevent another winter blackout, experts say</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/mitchell-ferman/">Mitchell Ferman</a>, The Texas Tribune, and Jon Schuppe, NBC News </span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-29 04:00 CST"> Nov. 29, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Natural gas powers the majority of electricity in Texas, especially during winter. Some power companies say the state’s gas system is not ready for another deep freeze. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/29/texas-power-grid-winter-storm/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/29/texas-power-grid-winter-storm/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/0Wd3mmwAA3-ihsr2pVgNUkFu690=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6cd96b166a6095096825fe0080fabdf7/Vistra%20Midlothian%20Power%20ST%20TT%2006.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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/matt-krause-texas-attorney-general-tarrant-district-attorney/">Republican state Rep. Matt Krause drops out of attorney general’s race to run for Tarrant County district attorney</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:24:01 -0600" title="2021-11-23 07:24 CST"> Nov. 23, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Krause had been among the primary challengers to Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose legal problems have made him a target for both parties next year. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/matt-krause-texas-attorney-general-tarrant-district-attorney/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/matt-krause-texas-attorney-general-tarrant-district-attorney/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/9jXaTRMJ9fKK4JcmJFBVbhwWAj4=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d43441269a39993d30f9e14703c20e66/House%20Floor%20Matt%20Krause%20JV%20TT%2029.jpg" alt="State Rep. 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Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, on the House floor on Aug. 9, 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/22/university-texas-austin-antiracism-preschoolers/">UT-Austin professors criticize university for halting antiracism study with preschoolers</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-mcgee/">Kate McGee</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:18:54 -0600" title="2021-11-22 18:18 CST"> Nov. 22, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The decision to halt the study comes after a University of Michigan-Flint professor filed an Office for Civil Rights complaint against the study, arguing it discriminates against children of color. 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MoTVK8BsM5hbbc9Y9zk9HiVYS3Y=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d54b69a99ae6270899165a682c4eafdf/UT%20Austin%20File%20AG%20TT%2005.jpg" alt="The statue of George Washington outside the University of Texas at Austin Main Building on July 16, 2020." 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/22/texas-election-budget-surplus/">Analysis: A swelling Texas treasury gives 2022 hopefuls room for big ideas</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-22 05:00 CST"> Nov. 22, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">As the political season starts, the contestants got an unexpected bit of good news: The state comptroller says the next Legislature will start with almost $25 billion in the state treasury. 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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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/22/texas-redistricting-congressional-asian/">Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of Houston’s Asian community</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neelam-bohra/">Neelam Bohra</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-22 05:00 CST"> Nov. 22, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Asian and Pacific Islander populations surged in Texas over the past decade, but their political power is weakened under new congressional maps. A northwest Houston neighborhood offers a case study in how that was done. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/22/texas-redistricting-congressional-asian/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/22/texas-redistricting-congressional-asian/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211204050310im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/QOh5fzwSjQcNWQTnKGUrI3jZjqU=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/14d0e1ee7fb05b17717b922a529fbf86/Hyunja%20Norman%20TT%2008.jpg" alt="Hyunja Norman poses for a portrait at the Korean Community Center in Spring Branch on Oct. 21, 2021. 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Norman passionately se…" 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/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#camera"></use></svg></span> Annie Mulligan 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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/20/texas-grid-ercot-winter-estimates/">Texas grid vulnerable to blackouts during severe winter weather, even with new preparations, ERCOT estimates show</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/erin-douglas/">Erin Douglas</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:02:48 -0600" title="2021-11-20 15:02 CST"> Nov. 20, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The most severe scenario considered by ERCOT for this winter — very high demand for power, extensive fossil fuel outages, and low renewable power production — does not capture the amount of power lost during February. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/20/texas-grid-ercot-winter-estimates/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg 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xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#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 class="c-story-block"> <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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/19/texas-transgender-children-health-care-program-genecis/">Dallas health care program for transgender kids formally dissolved after becoming target of conservative criticism</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/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/karen-brooks-harper/">Karen Brooks Harper</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 19 Nov 2021 22:28:32 -0600" title="2021-11-19 22:28 CST"> Nov. 19, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Hospital officials cited privacy for children as a reason behind the decision and said patients will still receive care through other departments. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/19/texas-transgender-children-health-care-program-genecis/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211204050310im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-government/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211204050310/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/19/texas-transgender-children-health-care-program-genecis/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div 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