Corrections and Clarifications
Our reporting on all platforms will be truthful, transparent and respectful; our facts will be accurate, complete and fairly presented. When we make a mistake — and from time to time, we will — we will work quickly to fully address the error, correcting it within the story, detailing the error on the story page and adding it to this running list of Tribune corrections. If you find an error, email corrections@texastribune.org.
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Correction, : This story has been updated to correctly attribute some information to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. An earlier version of this story also incorrectly reported on the number of districts that owe the federal government more than $100, and who ultimately is responsible for paying. Some 552 districts must pay the federal government $100 or more and have six weeks to decide how to make the payment. Texas school districts asked to return $16 million in federal funding for special education services
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Correction, : A previous version of a photo caption in this story incorrectly listed Alice Drake's position. Drake is a volunteer for Meals on Wheels Odessa. Odessa elected its first gay City Council member
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Correction, : A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that most child sex abuse cases Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas see involve predators finding kids through social media. Most cases involve various internet websites and tools, not just social media sites. Texas weighs social media bans for minors as schools and police face challenges
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Correction, : A previous version of this page said three U.S. Congressional districts in Texas had open seats in the 2024 election. There were four. Here’s your ballot for the Nov. 5 Texas elections
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Correction, : A previous version of this page said three U.S. Congressional districts in Texas had open seats in the 2024 election. There were four. See final results from Texas for the November 2024 election
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Robert Roberson. Trial judge in Robert Roberson’s death row case agrees to recusal
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misstated that Lee College offered the only class in the state on reentry. Lee College is the only Texas college to offer a class on reentry. Inside the only college class in Texas to help prepare inmates for life after prison
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Correction, : A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the annual increase to an Ector County resident's property tax bill. It will be about $204 for the average home valued at $196,500. Why a West Texas county is building a new courthouse even after voters rejected the proposal
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Walter Daugherity. Brazos County election officials feel the strain of unrelenting scrutiny from right-wing skeptics
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misspelled the name of the Brazos County Republican Party chairman. His name is Russ Ford. Brazos County election officials feel the strain of unrelenting scrutiny from right-wing skeptics
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misstated the requirements for obtaining a divorce in a covenant marriage under HB 931. The bill would add some steps in order to pursue a no-fault divorce, but otherwise allow covenant marriages to be ended for cruelty, adultery and other reasons that are available to those in non-covenant marriages. Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills for the 2025 session
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Correction, : An earlier version of the story incorrectly reported where voters with disabilities had reported issues at the polls. Those reports came from voters with disabilities in counties across the state. Following a year of partisan fights, Election Day runs smoothly across Texas
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Correction, : A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Ignacio Garza pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to a drug trafficking ring. Garza pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. An election about elections: A South Texas town asks itself who should run voting operations
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Correction, : This story originally misstated the direction that Del Rio is from San Antonio. It is west, not south. A pro-gun, anti-abortion border sheriff appealed to both parties. Then he was painted as soft on immigration.
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Correction, : A previous version of this story had a photo of the wrong Kevin Roberts. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/01/texans-trump-administration/
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Correction, : This story previously included incorrect information about the identification Harris County jail inmates can provide to cast a ballot in jail. That information was provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office. After the original publication, a spokesperson for Harris County said all voters, including inmates, must provide a form of identification outlined in Texas' Election Code. In Texas, criminal charges and misdemeanor convictions don’t automatically take away people’s voting rights
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Clarification, : This story has been updated to clarify that the State Board of Education, not the Texas Education Agency, has a shaky history with the separation of church and state. Reading, writing and religion? A Texas curriculum advisory board’s link to faith-based advocacy
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Correction, : A photo caption in a previous version of this story misspelled Nicole Raphiel's name.
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Correction, : A previous version of this article misspelled Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson's first name. Texas sues Biden administration for not providing data on noncitizens
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Holly Taylor, a candidate for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and director of the Public Integrity and Complex Crimes Division at the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. After Roberson ruling, upcoming Court of Criminal Appeals election in the spotlight
Corrections and clarifications prior to Oct. 21, 2020 are available here.