If passed, Proposition 6 on the Nov. 5 ballot would allow the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to take out an additional $3 billion in debt, doubling its initial bonding authority since its creation in 2007.
Chase Karacostas
Chase Karacostas was a reporting fellow in 2020. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was the projects editor at The Daily Texan, started the paper’s first legislative newsletter and worked as a news editor and reporter. Chase previously had internships at the Austin American-Statesman, the San Antonio Express-News and The Dallas Morning News.
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2019 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election
With Proposition 8, Texas would set money aside for future flooding
If approved by voters next month, the constitutional amendment would set aside $800 million from the state’s rainy day fund for flood mitigation efforts.
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Transportation
Texas road congestion is hitting a breaking point. Are voters ready to approve more public transit spending?
As road congestion worsens in Texas cities, public transit authorities are racing to raise money for vast expansions of light rail and buses to transport the state’s growing population.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Democratic and Republican congressional campaign leaders spar over 2020, impeachment
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer called the Democrats socialists; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Cheri Bustos read from the transcript of Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president in a heated Texas Tribune Festival panel.
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Politics
Nancy Pelosi to speak Saturday at The Texas Tribune Festival, days after announcing impeachment inquiry
Pelosi is the keynote speaker, and it’s her third time to appear at the event.
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Economy
Trump, Indian Prime Minister Modi emphasize friendship at Houston event
Speaking in front of thousands of attendees Sunday, President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded each other for their work on issues like border security, trade and the economy.
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New Texas Laws 2019
Texas raises sentencing for hit-and-run car accidents to equivalent of DWI manslaughter
A new law increased the punishment for failing to stop and render aid to match the sentence for DWI manslaughter. The goal is to deter drunken drivers from leaving the scene of an accident.
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Environment
Central Texas river authority, lakefront property owners reach settlement to avoid draining four lakes — for now
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and property owners in Guadalupe and Gonzales Counties agreed to not drain four lakes held up by 90-year-old dams, on the condition that recreational use of the lakes is banned.
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Environment
Judge temporarily blocks plans to drain four Texas lakes and accompanying dams
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority planned to drain the lakes, which it considers a public safety threat, on Monday.
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Environment
Texas environmental commission denies waste permit after residents rally against new facility
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denied a permit request by a company seeking to open a hazardous waste processing facility near the Colorado River, citing concerns of contamination to both surface and ground water in the region.