A Hidden Health Crisis Following Natural Disasters: Mold Growth in Homes
By Jonathan R.M. Charles November 19, 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After returning from what felt like the best internship of her life, Danae Daniels was excited to unwind and settle into a new semester at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. But when she opened the door to her off-campus apartment, she was met with an…
Read MoreA small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
By KFF Health News, The Texas Tribune November 19, 2025 Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Trump administration’s reconstituted CDC vaccine panel, made a shocking — and misleading — statement as the group met in September. Referring to a clinical trial, Kulldorff, a biostatistician and former professor at Harvard Medical School, said eight babies born to…
Read MoreGov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release emails with Elon Musk. Most of the 1,400 pages are blacked out.
By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Tribune November 19, 2025 This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. This article is also co-published with The Texas Newsroom as…
Read MoreJudges have blocked Republicans’ latest congressional maps. How does gerrymandering impact Texans?
By Colleen DeGuzman and María Méndez, The Texas Tribune August 21, 2025 Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A three-judge panel ruled Nov. 18 that Texas cannot use its new congressional maps for the 2026 election, telling the state…
Read MoreTexas moves ahead with regulating hemp industry as federal ban looms
By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune November 18, 2025 The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products as questions swirled around the future of the industry due to federal restrictions on the products approved by Congress last week. A provision of the funding…
Read MoreTexas was ordered to revert back to previous congressional maps. See how your district compares to the one a court blocked.
By Chris Essig, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2025 Texas lawmakers attempted to redraw the state’s congressional districts in an unusual mid-decade redistricting effort pushed by President Donald Trump to gain more Republican seats in Congress. However, a panel of three federal judges ruled in November that lawmakers cannot use the redrawn map. It was…
Read MoreCourt order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the state
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune November 18, 2025 In August, when the Texas Legislature passed a new congressional map intended to yield five additional seats for the GOP, a mass of Republicans stepped forward to run in the newly gerrymandered districts. Meanwhile, several Democratic incumbents were pushed into nearby districts already occupied by another…
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JUSTICE MIKE DAVIS ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR THE TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS, PLACE 3
Justice Mike Davis, a proven conservative judge, veteran, and lifelong East Texan, today announced his campaign for election to continue serving on the Twelfth Court of Appeals. Appointed to this position by Governor Greg Abbott, Justice Davis is running to continue his record of fair, principled, and constitutionally grounded service to the people of East Texas. His…
Read MoreDallas father and son sentenced to federal prison in methamphetamine conspiracy
SHERMAN, Texas –A Dallas man and his son have been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. David Valdez, 45, and his son, Abel Valdez, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and were both sentenced to 324 months in federal…
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