Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with the demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.
Austin
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2024 Texas Elections
Long lines but few problems as Texas wraps the first week of early voting
A Bexar County election worker was assaulted Thursday, officials said. In Tarrant County, officials encouraged voters to review their ballots before voting.
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Health care
Paxton sues Austin over abortion travel fund
The city has appropriated $400,000 to help residents travel out of state for abortions. This is the second lawsuit targeting the fund.
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2024 Texas Elections
Judge tosses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit targeting Bexar County’s voter registration effort
The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.
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T-Squared
Announcing a bold vision for local news in Texas
The Texas Tribune is launching a network of community newsrooms to engage more Texans with reliable local information.
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Texas likely undercounting heat-related deaths
Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills.
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Broken Pipes
Texas Water Board details how it will spend $1 billion for water infrastructure projects
About $45 million will go to Texas towns with fewer than 1,000 residents — a boon for municipalities without a viable tax base.
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Health care
In the Texas Panhandle, nurses make home visits to new moms in need
Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.
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2024 Texas Elections
U.S Rep. Lloyd Doggett took a political risk by calling on Biden to step aside. It worked.
In a Q&A, Doggett, 77, discusses his role in the recent chain of historic events and his feelings about where the party goes from here.
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Biden’s visit to Austin is back on for Monday
The president will speak at the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.