https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/The latest news by Eleanor Klibanoff.enTue, 29 Apr 2025 19:05:10 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-pill-bill/The bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it’s legally dubious on several fronts.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 29 Apr 2025 19:05:10 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-pill-bill/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-ban-clarification-bill/The bill, which must still go through the House, received unanimous approval from the upper chamber.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 29 Apr 2025 17:21:37 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-ban-clarification-bill/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/28/texas-dementia-research-funding/The measure was briefly delayed by Democrats’ efforts to block the voucher program, but eventually passed with bipartisan support.By Eleanor KlibanoffMon, 28 Apr 2025 13:11:35 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/28/texas-dementia-research-funding/Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a press conference at the Capitol in Austin on April 23, 2025.Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a press conference at the Capitol in Austin on April 23, 2025.Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/22/texas-abortion-bill-clarification/The revised bill, which seeks to clarify when a doctor can perform medically necessary abortions, aims to address concerns from abortion advocates and conservative groups.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 22 Apr 2025 16:37:37 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/22/texas-abortion-bill-clarification/Senate Bill 31, which seeks to clarify Texas abortion laws, now heads to the Senate floor for a vote after receiving committee approval Tuesday. A companion bill awaits a vote from a House panel.A patient returns for a follow up appointment to make sure her abortion treatment was successful hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/18/tribcast-paxton-cornyn/The gang welcomes back an old friend, Patrick Svitek, to preview Texas’ biggest political throwdown in years.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 22 Apr 2025 13:29:47 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/18/tribcast-paxton-cornyn/Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (l.) is being challenged by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The two Republicans will face off in the 2026 primaries.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Sipa USA via REUTERS|Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-college-sports-nil-student-athletes/Already able to collect from private entities, athletes for the first time would be able to receive direct payments from universities under the proposal.By Eleanor KlibanoffMon, 14 Apr 2025 18:18:40 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-college-sports-nil-student-athletes/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-legislature-transgender-bills/The Senate voted Wednesday to give initial approval to a bill that would require buildings, including public schools and universities, among others to segregate private facilities, like bathrooms, by sex.By Eleanor KlibanoffMon, 14 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-legislature-transgender-bills/Attendees wave a trans flag while marching at San Antonio's third annual celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, on March 29, 2025.Attendees wave a trans flag while marching with over 300 activists and supporters from the Bexar County Courthouse to Crockett Park in “March for Us,” San Antonio's third annual celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.Salgu Wissmath for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/texas-abortion-law-lethal-fetal-anomalies/For the first time since Texas outlawed nearly all abortions, lawmakers are clarifying the “life of mother” exception. But they don’t plan to address cases where the fetus won’t survive.By Eleanor KlibanoffFri, 11 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/texas-abortion-law-lethal-fetal-anomalies/Taylor Edwards poses for a portrait in the Texas Capitol on April 7. At 17 weeks, Edwards' pregnancy had started showing signs of a severe brain abnormality. She was one of 22 plaintiffs who sued Texas as a part of Zurawski vs. State of Texas in an effort to restore abortion rights in the state.Taylor Edwards poses for a portrait in the Texas Capitol on April 7, 2025. In 2023 (?), Edwards had to travel out of the state to receive an abortion after learning the child she was carrying would not survive the pregnancy.Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/09/texas-supreme-court-jeff-boyd-retire/Gov. Greg Abbott will have the opportunity to appoint Boyd’s replacement, furthering his influence on the high court.By Eleanor KlibanoffWed, 09 Apr 2025 14:06:17 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/09/texas-supreme-court-jeff-boyd-retire/Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd will retire this summer.Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd explains their judgment process during a Q & A after hearing two a civil cases at the University of Houston Law Center at in the Danny M. Sheena Courtroom at the John. M. O’Quinn Law Building in Houston on Oct. 29, 2024.Douglas Sweet Jr. for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/08/tribcast-texas-abortion-fight/TribCast digs into clarifying bills, crackdowns on pills, lawsuits, arrests and everything else abortion-related.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 08 Apr 2025 14:20:29 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/08/tribcast-texas-abortion-fight/An examination room in Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio on June 14, 2022.Kylie Cooper/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/07/texas-abortion-law-clarification-legislation/While Democrats and abortion access advocates pushed to ensure pregnant women aren’t criminalized, some conservatives questioned whether this bill is needed.By Eleanor KlibanoffMon, 07 Apr 2025 16:41:41 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/07/texas-abortion-law-clarification-legislation/Texas lawmakers are debating legislation that could add clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban.An empty emergency room at Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton on August 3, 2021.Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/04/texas-ken-paxton-san-antonio-abortion-travel/Attorney General Ken Paxton previously sued the City of Austin for helping residents travel out-of-state for abortions.By Eleanor KlibanoffFri, 04 Apr 2025 16:21:59 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/04/texas-ken-paxton-san-antonio-abortion-travel/San Antonio City Council's approval Thursday of $100,000 for abortion travel prompted a lawsuit Friday from Attorney General Ken Paxton that seeks a temporary injunction blocking the allocation.Pedestrians walk by La Antorcha de la Amistad sculpture in downtown San Antonio on Nov. 2, 2021.Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/03/greg-abbott-texas-courts-ut-jim-davis/Abbott’s closed-door address to the Federalist Society at UT Law Thursday drew peaceful protests.By Eleanor KlibanoffThu, 03 Apr 2025 16:25:41 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/03/greg-abbott-texas-courts-ut-jim-davis/From left: University of Texas Interim President Jim Davis, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Law Federalist Society President Jordan Lamb participate in an event at The University of Texas Law School in Austin on April 3, 2025.From left: University of Texas Interim President Jim Davis, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Law Federalist Society President Jordan Lamb participate in an event at The University of Texas Law School in Austin on April 3, 2025.Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/01/tribcast-texas-thc-ban/Will the House agree to ban consumable hemp products? If not, Lt. Gov. Patrick says he’ll THC us in a special session.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 01 Apr 2025 14:56:40 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/01/tribcast-texas-thc-ban/A container of dried hemp plant with leaves and stems on Jan. 23, 2019.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/houston-midwife-abortion-case-waller-county/Maria Rojas’ attorneys got their first chance to address the claims against her Thursday. She was released on bond but a judge ordered the clinics to remain closed.By Eleanor KlibanoffThu, 27 Mar 2025 20:19:21 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/houston-midwife-abortion-case-waller-county/Clínica Waller Latinoamericana, one of Maria Rojas' network of clinics in Waller, Texas, remains closed after a Waller County judge granted a temporary injunction prohibiting the facilities from providing medical services.On March 27, 2025, Clinica Waller Latinoamericana, one of Maria Margarita Rojas' network of clinics in Waller, Texas, remains closed after a Waller County judge granted a temporary injunction prohibiting the facilities from providing medical services. Rojas, a licensed midwife, has been charged with the illegal performance of an abortion and practicing medicine without a license.Hope Mora for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/texas-abortion-pill-ban-senate-2880/Some health care providers in support of Senate Bill 2880 said people who are mailed abortion pills aren’t given instructions and do not receive follow-up care.By Pooja Salhotra and Eleanor KlibanoffThu, 27 Mar 2025 19:30:03 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/texas-abortion-pill-ban-senate-2880/An examination room in Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio on June 14, 2022.An examination room in Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio on June 14, 2022.Kylie Cooper/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/texas-abortion-bill-senate-31/Senate Bill 31 supporters say it would clarify when doctors should intervene to save a pregnant woman’s life, but critics say its vagueness and a measure to resurrect pre-Roe laws hamper it.By Pooja Salhotra and Eleanor KlibanoffThu, 27 Mar 2025 18:19:58 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/27/texas-abortion-bill-senate-31/Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a patient returns for a follow-up appointment to Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.A patient returns for a follow up appointment to make sure her abortion treatment was successful hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/25/tribcast-texas-space-race/The gang talks about Texas’ role in the modern space race, what the aeronautics industry wants from the Legislature and, of course, Elon Musk.By Eleanor KlibanoffTue, 25 Mar 2025 13:05:55 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/25/tribcast-texas-space-race/SpaceX rockets at the launch pad at the Brownsville facility on Oct. 20, 2021. On Oct. 22, Elon Musk said via Twitter the Starship rocket would be ready for an orbital launch by next month.Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/21/texas-abortion-fight-pills-travel-fund/A flurry of bills aims to restrict the flow of abortion pills into the state and abortion seekers traveling out of the state.By Eleanor KlibanoffFri, 21 Mar 2025 12:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/21/texas-abortion-fight-pills-travel-fund/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/texas-covid-pandemic-readiness/Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.By Terri Langford, Jayme Lozano Carver, Pooja Salhotra, Eleanor Klibanoff and Stephen Simpson, Graphics by Dan Keemahill and Yuriko SchumacherTue, 18 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/texas-covid-pandemic-readiness/Illustration by Diana Branzan for The Texas Tribune