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, : A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the title of Osvaldo Grimaldo. He is a policy and advocacy strategist with the ACLU of Texas. “Operation Lone Star 2.0”: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation
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Correction, : A previous photo caption in this story misstated the reason for the cellphones in Assistant Principal Dusty Kinslow's desk drawer. They were turned in voluntarily by students who had left their cell phone pouches at home. Texas educators praise new school cellphone ban
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Correction, : Correction: A previous photo caption in this story misstated the reason for the cellphones in Assistant Principal Dusty Kinslow's desk drawer. They were turned in voluntarily by students who had left their cell phone pouches at home.
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Correction, : A previous version of this report incorrectly reported the percentage of Texas counties Senate Bill 10 would have applied to. The correct amount is 20%. Proposal limiting Texas city, county property taxes dies in the Legislature
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Correction, : The story has been updated to correct the name of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Only one restaurant in Texas sells lab-grown meat. Lawmakers banned it anyway.
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Clarification, : The story has been updated to say that as of Sept. 1, Texas law bans the sale of vape pens containing THC. THC ban stalls out down the homestretch of Texas special legislative session
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Correction, : The story has been updated to correct the number of bills from the regular legislative session that will go into effect on Sept. 1. There are more than 800 bills, not 750. More than 800 new laws went into effect in Texas on Sept. 1. Here are some of the significant ones.
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Correction, : A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the number of acre feet Kyle Bass has proposed exporting from East Texas. The proposal is 48,972 acre feet. Texas House approves bill that would limit water exports from East Texas — for now
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Correction, : An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Michigan was one of several states where lawmakers filed proposals to restrict undocumented students from receiving state assistance for college. States that filed legislation to that effect this year include Texas, Massachusetts and Minnesota, but not Michigan. What to know about Texas ending in-state tuition for undocumented students
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Correction, : An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed the statement “drag is not inherently expressive” to Judge James C. Ho in his dissent to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that blocks West Texas A&M University's ban on drag shows. The phrase appears in the majority opinion's overview of the arguments made by university President Walter Wendler in support of the ban. Fifth Circuit halts West Texas A&M drag show ban as free speech lawsuit continues
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Correction, : A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when Texas elected its first Republican governor since Reconstruction. It was 1978. In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats' last tool of resistance
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Correction, : A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the deadline for state lawmakers to respond to charges in a legislative report. They have until Wednesday. The final report will be issued on Friday. Republican Party of Texas sets stage to censure members who stepped out of line in likely bid to block them from primary ballot
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Correction, : An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated when authorities identified the people who died in Kerr County during the Fourth of July floods. Their identities were released on Aug. 8, more than a month after the floods. Texas identifies the 119 people killed in Kerr County floods
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misstated the mechanism for replacing Texas House members who had their seats declared vacant by the courts. The Texas Constitution states that the governor would have to call an election to replace the members. Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office for fleeing state
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Correction, : A previous version of this story should have stated that Bill Hobby was lieutenant governor during the 1979 quorum break by state Senate Democrats. Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870
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Correction, : A previous version of the story incorrectly identified Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly. Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods
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Clarification, : The story has been updated to say that to be licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services, camps must post their emergency plans on occupied buildings, but they are not required to post them online. Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods
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Correction, : A previous version of this story misnamed the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a campus rights advocacy group. From racism claims to a $725,000 settlement, a UNT professor's lawsuit mirrors Texas' shifting views on free speech
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Correction, : A previous version of this article incorrectly compared the laws on groundwater to oil and gas. Mineral rights, which include oil, are generally severed from surface ownership rights. East Texans condemn Dallas millionaire’s plan to pump 16 billion gallons of their groundwater to other parts of the state — every year
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Correction, : A previous version of this article incorrectly stated camper Becky J.’s age and that Camp CAMP's canoes and kayaks were swept away in the July 4 flood. In Kerr County, some summer camps are reopening after the devastating July 4 flood
Corrections and clarifications prior to Oct. 21, 2020 are available here.