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Texas measles vaccinations rise slightly after outbreak
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (947+ words) by Terri Langford and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2026 While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the…...
Look up the latest vaccination rates in your Texas school district
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (147+ words) Dan Keemahill gathers and analyzes data on health outcomes and access in Texas. A native of Sacramento, Dan is a graduate of Northwestern University and started his journalism career as a contributor to the Tribune's schools and government salaries explorers....
Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock to step down as Texas CFO
17+ hour, 14+ min ago (227+ words) by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2026 Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock will step down from his post as Texas" chief financial officer at the end of July, according to a resignation letter he submitted to Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday. Hancock…...
Report shows Texas to lead nation in data center power plants
19+ hour, 44+ min ago (876+ words) by Alejandra Martinez and Hien An Ngo, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2026 Texas is poised to lead the nation in power plants built to fuel data centers, according to a new report from an environmental watchdog group that warns the plants…...
Kerr County is healing one year after the July 4 flood
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1864+ words) by Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2026 KERR COUNTY " Alicia Baker can't bring herself to clean her daughter's bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn "Emmy" Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off…...
Texas petrochemical plants may not be ready for bigger storms
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1745+ words) by Public Health Watch, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2026 This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Nearly two decades had passed since the storm. For many, the memory of what had happened on Goat…...
Supreme Court gives Paxton boost with campaign finance ruling
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (752+ words) by Kayla Guo and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 1, 2026 The U. S. Supreme Court's Tuesday decision to strike down caps on coordinated spending by political parties and candidates could boost GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, giving national Republicans a new tool…...
Corpus Christi declines to seek grant for new water plant
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (881+ words) by Colleen De Guzman, The Texas Tribune June 30, 2026 A sharply divided Corpus Christi City Council declined Tuesday to apply for a federal grant to help build a proposed $978. 8 million water treatment project. Council members traded insults and accusations on their…...
Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (690+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday. "We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods," Abbott said…...
Dallas furloughs 4, 200 city employees amid budget gap
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (379+ words) by Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune June 30, 2026 Dallas will furlough more than 4, 200 city employees for three days to counteract a $30 million budget shortfall expected this year, city officials said Tuesday. The state's third largest city has seen higher-than-expected costs this…...