By Van Yandell In the early 1840’s, a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis made a discovery. A doctor had performed an autopsy. Then he went directly to the delivery room and delivered a baby. Soon after the delivery, the mother died. Semmelweis determined the doctors hands were covered in a substance that caused the mother’s…

By ProPublica, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2026 This story was originally published by ProPublica. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths typically occur…

By Kayla Guo and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune September 9, 2026 DALLAS — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday said he opposed transgender student-athletes competing in girls’ sports “if it endangers safety or fairness,” reversing course on previous positions he took while in the Texas House opposing restrictions on trans athletes. “Every…

By Gabby Birenbaum and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune September 9, 2026 DALLAS — When Attorney General Ken Paxton took the stage at the GOP’s midterm convention early Wednesday evening, he was quick to heap praise on President Donald Trump. “The press, the courts and the establishment all tried to take President Trump down, but…

By Jess Huff and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2026 Vanessa Melendez had been going back and forth with the state over her family’s Medicaid and food assistance applications for months when the Houston mom learned she was pregnant with her third child. She submitted a new application for Medicaid for Pregnant Women,…

By Texas Tribune Staff, The Texas Tribune September 8, 2026 Here’s what you need to know Trump ribs Paxton’s appearance and speaking style but calls him “greatest attorney general in America” Ken Paxton presents economic plan, bashes Talarico and thanks Trump Brandon Gill takes the stage De La Cruz siblings address the convention Talarico counterprograms…

Coalition calls for immigrant work permits as uncertainty over El Salvador Temporary Protected Status adds to workforce concerns facing food and agriculture industries WASHINGTON – Today, Seat the Table, a national coalition of foodservice, agriculture and hospitality businesses advocating for work permits for long-term, law-abiding immigrant food workers, announced that more than 100 lead signatories from…

TYLER, Texas – A Longview man has been charged with federal violations related to falsified tax returns in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Jason Elias Briley, 42, was named in a 19-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in August 2026, charging him with aiding or assisting…

By Paula Span Sep 10, 2026 (Maskot/Getty Images) For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally having coffee. Then, last October, Wood took a fall, broke her neck, and spent three months in rehabilitation.…

By Texas Tribune Events Staff, The Texas Tribune August 28, 2026   Data centers are reshaping Texas communities, and the politics around them don’t break along familiar lines. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, The Texas Tribune convened a panel examining where Texans actually stand on the data center boom, how opinions are shifting and what it…