Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls audit of Texas Southern University financials “deeply disturbing.” Patrick previously requested a Texas Rangers investigation into any criminal wrongdoing at TSU, one of the nation’s largest historically Black colleges.

Texas appeals court says AG Ken Paxton can’t require counties to hand over case data.

Texas Tribune photojournalists captured a turbulent year in Texas, from the Capitol to classrooms, immigrant communities and a river town marked by tragedy, these images capture moments that shaped public life across the state.

We dug into a ton of data on what Texans were reading in 2025. Among the @texastribune.org’s most read stories: the proposed THC ban, the 17 constitutional propositions and the devastating floods in Kerrville.

An appeals court has overturned the conviction of Austin police officer Christopher Taylor in a fatal shooting in downtown Austin in 2019, and in a rare move, acquitted Taylor.

Dallas County Republicans abandon plan to hand-count ballots in March primary.

Texas plans to invest $3B to become a national leader in dementia research and prevention. How will that translate into real-world care and support? Learn more at an event in Austin and online, Jan. 21. RSVP: trib.it/04r2bV #TTEvents

This year, Texans closely followed 17 constitutional propositions, the growth of one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities and a controversial plan to move billions of gallons of groundwater.

Texas will get the biggest portion of the federal government's first rollout of the Rural Health Transformation Program, which was created in tandem with legislation slashing Medicaid funding.

Texans across the state are stepping up to keep reliable information available to everyone in 2026. Your gift can help finish unlocking our $20,000 match with your donation before the end of the year!

The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more. Here’s some of our standout work from this year.

More Texas students complete journey through college, but low-income students still left behind.

The biggest Texas Tribune stories of 2025 uncovered truths and held state leaders accountable. These stories belong to all of us. Don’t let the story end here. Support Texas reporting:

Another exodus in Congress means Texas will need to start rebuilding its clout in 2027.

As 2025 comes to an end, The Texas Tribune revisits some of the year’s most impactful and memorable stories.

The biggest Texas Tribune stories of 2025 uncovered truths and held state leaders accountable. These stories belong to all of us. Don’t let the story end here. Support Texas reporting:

Last Christmas: An East Texas Christmas tree farm closes after 40 years, despite booming sales.

Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the government is liable for damage to homes that flooded upstream of the Addicks and Barker dams after Hurricane Harvey unleashed more than 50 inches of rainfall on the Houston region in 2017.

Texas comptroller GOP primary attracts big money from donors with business before the agency.

“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industry.

The Trump administration is weighing a deal with SpaceX that would give Elon Musk’s aerospace company 775 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday.

Texas National Guard’s deployment in Illinois blocked by U.S. Supreme Court.

Feds and Colony Ridge agree to settle predatory lending lawsuit, court records show.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Texas law adding restrictions on children’s use of app stores.

How can Texas’ $3B dementia research investment change lives? We’ll look at what the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas could mean for prevention, care and support for Texans. In Austin and online, Jan. 21. RSVP: trib.it/b3BZdN #TTEvents

At least 10 Texas incumbents will not be returning to Congress next term, a high-water mark for turnover in the delegation.

As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases.

This year reaffirmed how much Texans rely on fair, fearless reporting about decisions at the Capitol that shape our daily lives. With reader support, The Texas Tribune keeps Texans informed and connected.

Texas lawmakers from both parties oppose Trump’s order targeting state AI laws.

New: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Sen. Angela Paxton agreed to unseal records in their divorce after several media organizations, including the Texas Tribune, sued to make the records available to the public.

Our team talks with people across Texas every day to understand how decisions made in the Capitol are shaping their lives. Here are just a few examples of what that looks like. 🧵

Texas tracks the long-term outcomes of public school students. See how your school district compares here.

With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute a large share of the cost.

Health providers and faculty members fear students will no longer understand the nuances of caring for transgender people, who tend to have higher rates of certain mental and physical health conditions.

Ken Paxton’s office launches tip line to encourage enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill”

Texas launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week over the agency’s approval of mifepristone. Mifepristone, when used with misoprostol, is the most common way Americans end their pregnancies. Studies have also shown the drug to be safe and effective.

Texas' top Democratic groups and politicians recruited 104 candidates to fill every congressional, state House and state Senate seat up for election in 2026.

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas Mennonites have grown more skeptical of the mainstream medical system.

When the Trump administration halted immigration applications for people from 19 countries on a federal travel ban list in late November, it sent a fresh wave of upheaval and fear across Texas, according to experts, attorneys and families who spoke with The Texas Tribune.

In North Texas, game of musical chairs culminates in primary between Democrats Colin Allred and Julie Johnson.

Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender.

Southwest Airlines will bring 2,000 new jobs to Austin as city works to expand crowded airport

New: The Trump administration is pulling federal funding from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, which operates a McAllen shelter that serves undocumented immigrants released from federal custody.

A Lubbock County commissioner announced his congressional campaign. Then he was removed from office.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads state Rep. James Talarico by 8 percentage points in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Friday.

New: The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts. The takeovers add to the growing list of districts subject to state interventions, which includes Fort Worth and Houston.

After Trump pardon, Rep. Henry Cuellar restored to homeland security funding post

Gov. Greg Abbott wants to put a tighter lid on how fast property values can rise in a bid to deliver property tax relief to homeowners and businesses. But tax policy experts warn the proposal would lead to higher housing costs and tax benefits flowing disproportionately to wealthy homeowners.

This week, The Texas Tribune published a story detailing the political forces that contributed to the ouster of Texas A&M’s president Mark Welsh. Here are some takeaways from our reporting.