Terri Langford
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Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by 8 points in Senate Democratic primary, new poll finds www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Crockett leads Talarico in first head-to-head Senate poll
Crockett had higher name recognition and an overwhelming edge among Black voters, while Talarico kept the margin to single digits through greater support among white and Latino voters.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by 8 points in Senate Democratic primary, new poll finds www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
I am honored to be chosen as a 2026 AHCJ international fellow. I’ll be focusing on what Texas can learn from Japan’s elder care technology boom. Thanks to both AHCJ and the Commonwealth fund for this amazing opportunity.
Big news! AHCJ’s 2026 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellows are here.
Congrats to Emily Brindley, Monica Carrillo-Csas, ChrisAnna Mink, Meg Wingerter & fellowship team Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Nada Hassanein, Shalina Chatlani, Anna Vollers and Sofia Resnick! healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Congrats to Emily Brindley, Monica Carrillo-Csas, ChrisAnna Mink, Meg Wingerter & fellowship team Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Nada Hassanein, Shalina Chatlani, Anna Vollers and Sofia Resnick! healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Meet the 2026 AHCJ U.S. and International fellows
AHCJ is thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients of two prestigious fellowship programs, each designed to empower journalists.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am honored to be chosen as a 2026 AHCJ international fellow. I’ll be focusing on what Texas can learn from Japan’s elder care technology boom. Thanks to both AHCJ and the Commonwealth fund for this amazing opportunity.
Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap 19thnews.org/2025/12/puni... via @19thnews.org
Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Many incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
Supreme Court clears way for Llano County library book removals
Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/c...
Colin Allred drops Senate bid, pivots to run for Congress
The former Dallas congressman said he wanted to help his party avoid a runoff. In his campaign to return to the House, he will face U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, his successor in Congress.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/c...
How will Texas’ voter-approved $3 billion dementia fund fare in court www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
How will Texas’ $3 billion dementia fund fare in court
In 2023, Texas overcame lawsuits that sought to prevent constitutional amendments from going into effect, but one that voters approved in 2021 is still blocked.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How will Texas’ voter-approved $3 billion dementia fund fare in court www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues www.texastribune.org/2025/12/04/t...
Supreme Court orders Texas to use 2025 map amid legal battle
The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues www.texastribune.org/2025/12/04/t...
Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/t...
Kerr wasn’t the only community to reject state flood grants - The Texas Tribune
Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawe...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/t...
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/t...
Texas may have citizenship proof for voters being challenged
The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t initially check with the Department of Public Safety, which collects proof of citizenship from people who register to vote through them.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/t...
In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/t...
Houston has worst rate of unemployed, uneducated young moms
At 13.3%, Houston has the worst rate of young adults who are neither working nor in in school of the largest metro areas in the country.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/t...
Even as SNAP resumes, new federal work rules threaten access for some Texans www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
New federal work rules threaten SNAP access for some Texans
Under new requirements, “able-bodied” recipients could lose access to benefits for three years if they go three months without documenting working hours.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Even as SNAP resumes, new federal work rules threaten access for some Texans www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas camps brace for more mental health issues among youth
Mental health experts expect the July 4 floods have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy hypervigilance and recurring thoughts on disasters among campers.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Turning Point USA talked expansion with Texas education chief
The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas couple grieves children, parents lost in July 4 flood
RJ and Annie Harber have leaned on faith, their community and each other to move through each day after losing their daughters and RJ’s parents. But memories of that night still haunt them.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/t...
Head of Texas’ top business group sued for sexual assault
An unidentified woman on Monday sued Glenn Hamer, Texas Association of Business president and CEO, alleging he sexually harassed and assaulted her, then retaliated when she rejected his advances.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/t...
A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/t...
Texas mother died after she couldn’t get an abortion
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/t...
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/t...
Reports: Texas National Guard to return soon from Illinois
Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/t...
UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs? 19thnews.org/2025/11/make... via @19thnews.org
The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs? 19thnews.org/2025/11/make... via @19thnews.org
How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Why Texas’ newest rural hospital can’t deliver babies anymore
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Texas Senate race marks another defeat for gambling interests
John Huffman was the best-funded candidate in the Senate District 9 special election thanks to casino interests, but failed to make the runoff. Gambling proponents still have millions more to spend on...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
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A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...
Democrats see promise for 2026 in Texas Senate near upset
Democrat Taylor Rehmet came within three percentage points of winning Senate District 9 — which voted for Donald Trump by over 17 points in 2024 — over his two Republican opponents.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...