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• U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the target of a bar association complaint over his role in undermining the 2020 election results

  by Brooke Park 11 hours ago

  A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud. Full Story 

• A Ken Paxton lawsuit is why some face filters on Facebook and Instagram were temporarily disabled in Texas

  by Reese Oxner Updated: May 18, 2022

  The features were suspended two months after the attorney general sued the social media platforms’ parent company, saying that some of its practices violated Texans’ privacy. Users can now reactivate the filters. Full Story 

• T-Squared: We’re making progress toward The Texas Tribune’s staff diversity goals

  by Andy Alford May 18, 2022

  Our efforts are paying off but we have work to do to ensure that our mission-driven, nonpartisan newsroom is as diverse as it should be. Full Story 

• Why Ken Paxton’s supporters in the Texas attorney general race are unbothered by his mounting scandals

  by Patrick Svitek May 18, 2022

  Paxton’s backers say they’re looking past the FBI investigation into Paxton and his felony indictment because he’s a a strong conservative advocate fighting the Biden administration. Full Story 

• Coronavirus in Texas: Track hospitalizations, vaccinations, cases and deaths

  by Texas Tribune Staff Updated: May 18, 2022

  The Texas Tribune is using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus hospitalizations, vaccinations, cases and deaths. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Lucy Tompkins is joining us as a New York Times Headway fellow

  by Sewell Chan May 18, 2022

  A Montana native and a former Fulbright fellow, Lucy will cover housing and homelessness in Texas in the second year of her two-year fellowship. Full Story 

• Her daughters are U.S. citizens. A federal health rule won’t let this Guatemalan mother enter the country with them.

  by Uriel J. García May 18, 2022

  After drug cartel members began demanding monthly payments, she took her daughters to the border to seek asylum. They’ve been waiting in a Juárez shelter for more than a year. Full Story 

• Seven ways climate change is already hitting Texans

  by María Méndez and Erin Douglas May 18, 2022

  Extreme weather events, water scarcity, risks of illness: Climate change is here, and it’s already affecting Texans. Full Story 

• Help us show how climate change is impacting Texans

  by María Méndez and Erin Douglas May 18, 2022

  Climate change is here. We want to document where its effects are being felt in Texas, how communities are adapting and what government officials should do to help. Full Story 

• Personal information of 1.8 million Texans with Department of Insurance claims was exposed for years, audit says

  by Jason Beeferman Updated: May 17, 2022

  The personal data was accessible to the public because of a glitch in the code of the department’s web application. Full Story 

• Underdog Jane Hope Hamilton angling for an upset against Jasmine Crockett in Dallas-area congressional primary

  by Andrew Zhang May 17, 2022

  Crockett is running on her experience as a legislator, a civil rights attorney and as the incumbent’s hand-picked successor. Hamilton is running on her more than 20 years as a behind-the-scenes congressional staffer and campaign adviser. Full Story 

• Texas power grid leaders say they’re confident the lights will stay on this summer

  by Mitchell Ferman May 17, 2022

  Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake and ERCOT President Brad Jones said the power grid is prepared for record-breaking summer electricity demand. Full Story 

• With renewed attention on abortion, Democrats in attorney general runoff vow to defend reproductive rights

  by Sneha Dey May 17, 2022

  Rochelle Garza sued the Trump administration in 2017, seeking access to an abortion for an undocumented teenager. Joe Jaworski, a former Galveston mayor and a trial attorney for over three decades, presents himself as the more experienced candidate. Full Story 

• Texas’ grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.

  by Mitchell Ferman May 17, 2022

  Climate change and other factors are shortening the window when aging Texas power plants can make repairs to run at full strength in hot summer months. Full Story 

• Texas librarians face harassment as they navigate book bans

  by Brooke Park May 17, 2022

  As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point. Full Story 

• In rematch, Jessica Cisneros faces a weakened Henry Cuellar for South Texas congressional seat

  by Abby Livingston May 17, 2022

  An FBI raid on his home before the primary and a threat to Roe v. Wade. Henry Cuellar is heading into the primary runoff election more vulnerable than ever before. Full Story