If you haven’t read @itscaitlinhd’s account of her Darién Gap travels yet, I urge you to do so. It has convinced me she’s the most vital reporter working today, and it’s full of devastating, breathtaking paragraphs like this. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Matthew Watkins, Eleanor Klibanoff and Robert Downen share why you should join them at The Texas Tribune Festival, Sept. 5–7.

Texans Jasmin Crockett, Veronica Escobar, Amanda Zurawksi and youth activist Olivia Julianna will speak at the DNC this week. texastribune.org/2024/08/18/tex…

Jasmine Crockett at the podium. The Trib has profiled her twice. Once in 2021 after her first session in the lege. texastribune.org/2021/06/02/jas… And once this year as she made waves in the U.S. House. texastribune.org/2024/01/15/jas…

YAINER TO THE MOON! BALLGAME!!!

An excellent look at one of the few competitive Texas House races, featuring a Democratic former Miss Texas, Averie Bishop (800k followers on TikTok), versus popular GOP incumbent Angie Chen Button. texastribune.org/2024/08/20/ang…

From James Barragán 🌟: A progressive Congressional candidates border ad — and the backlash it has caused among her supporters — shows the delicate balance Democrats have to find in a state concerned about border security. texastribune.org/2024/08/23/mic…

So I guess this means he considers Texas a battleground state. texastribune.org/2024/08/23/ken…

New from Alejandro Serrano: Warrants detail the vote harvesting allegations that led to investigators from Ken Paxton's office to confiscate the phone of a Democratic candidate for a competitive Texas House seat and raid the phone of a prominent lege staffer. texastribune.org/2024/08/24/ken…

Texas Democrats, prominently featured at the DNC, are frustrated not to be getting national support from the party this year. texastribune.org/2024/08/24/tex…

NYT goes deep on the 5th Circuit and its impact on the federal judiciary as a whole. nytimes.com/2024/08/26/us/…

State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Democratic Party has “lost its way” texastribune.org/2024/08/30/sha…

Colin Allred has avoided the tactics of omnipresence, unabashed liberalism and statewide travel that marked Beto O'Rourke's near-miss 2018 Senate campaign. Jasper Scherer with a fascinating exploration of the debate over whether that's the right strategy. texastribune.org/2024/08/29/col…

The Texas Tribune is getting into local news, hoping to bring our experience building sustainable and meaningful news coverage to the city level. First up: Waco. Then Austin. texastribune.org/2024/09/05/tex…

.Liz Cheney: "Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris." #TribFest24

Today's my first day as editor-in-chief at @texastribune. It's a dream come true for many reasons, but mostly because of my love for Texas and this newsroom. Our incredibly talented team is gonna do great things. Support our work here. support.texastribune.org/donate?install…

Starting this month, social media companies must give Texas parents new tools to oversee their teens’ social media use. But some lawmakers and advocates are calling for even stronger future protections. By Pooja Salhotra texastribune.org/2024/09/09/tex…

Kelcy Warren's lawsuit against Greenpeace is an "existential threat" to the advocacy group, its executive director says. wsj.com/business/energ…

A Jaden Edison scoop: School districts are concerned that a TEA data reporting tool is flawed and will affect their accountability rankings and funding. 1000s of errors in the system have been reported and the districts say they don’t know how to fix them. texastribune.org/2024/09/10/tex…

Y’all can argue over who won the debate. I’m now focused on tracking how news sites play the Taylor Swift endorsement. NYT with a push alert. WaPo with a breaking bar. CNN, Fox News and WSJ place it a few scrolls down.