https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jayme-lozano-carver/The latest news by Jayme Lozano Carver.enWed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/19/texas-broadband-low-cost-ted-cruz/Texas is getting more than $3 billion from the federal government to help expand internet access.By Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/19/texas-broadband-low-cost-ted-cruz/Texas lawmakers have focused on developing the state’s broadband availability in recent years, as an estimated seven million residents don’t have internet access.Wired components that help city facilities connect to the internet at Big Lake, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.Mitch Borden for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/31/texas-bird-flu/Across the country, dairy producers have dumped milk and infected chickens have been killed, including millions of egg-laying hens, causing egg prices to skyrocket.By Jayme Lozano CarverFri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/31/texas-bird-flu/The bird flu is evolving as it transmits between birds and livestock, worrying farmers and researchers in Texas.Cattle are brought across the U.S.- Mexico border at a livestock import/export facility in Santa Teresa, New Mexico on January 22, 2021.Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/texas-measles-vaccinations-schools/Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.By Stephen Simpson, Dan Keemahill and Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 30 Jan 2025 14:25:46 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/texas-measles-vaccinations-schools/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/28/texas-trump-federal-spending-freeze/Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions and nonprofits clambered Tuesday to gauge the potential fallout from the suspension, later blocked temporarily by a federal judge.By Jayme Lozano Carver, Jessica Priest, Joshua Fechter, Matthew Choi and Terri LangfordTue, 28 Jan 2025 20:35:02 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/28/texas-trump-federal-spending-freeze/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/28/lubbock-texas-dustin-burrows-speaker/Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 28 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/28/lubbock-texas-dustin-burrows-speaker/House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the chamber after being sworn in on the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 14.State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the House after being sworn in as House speaker, on the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session at the capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/16/texas-water-legislation-charles-perry-supply-infrastructure/Texas’ population is booming and there is not enough water for everyone. State Sen. Charles Perry hopes to fix that.By Jayme Lozano Carver and Alejandra MartinezThu, 16 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/16/texas-water-legislation-charles-perry-supply-infrastructure/State Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, on the Senate floor on May 15, 2019. Perry hopes the Legislature this year will create a dedicated fund for water issues.State Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, on the Senate floor on May 15, 2019.Juan Figueroa/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/10/charles-perry-water-texas-priorities/The Lubbock Republican has been working for years to develop a new statewide approach to managing water and hopes voters will devote $1 billion a year to the problem.By Jayme Lozano CarverFri, 10 Jan 2025 12:54:47 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/10/charles-perry-water-texas-priorities/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/09/texas-farm-bill-2025-extension/The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 09 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/09/texas-farm-bill-2025-extension/A cotton field near Lubbock in 2022 was hit by drought conditions. Texas farmers have been waiting for Congress to update the national agriculture laws to help with crop insurance and other issues.Cotton fields near the High Plains town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Like much of Texas, the High Plains and Panhandle are facing drought conditions and extraordinary heat.Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/30/wesley-hunt-ronny-jackson-investigation/The ethics committee said existing law and guidance from the Federal Election Commission is “often ambiguous” and provides gray areas of spending.By Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 30 Dec 2024 16:12:43 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/30/wesley-hunt-ronny-jackson-investigation/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/farm-bill-extension-texas/The legislation includes financial aid and money for recent natural disasters, but farmers still will be relying on outdated provisions from the 2018 bill.By Jayme Lozano Carver and Matthew ChoiSat, 21 Dec 2024 08:39:36 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/farm-bill-extension-texas/The U.S. Senate voted late Friday to pass a spending package, avoiding a government shutdown by minutes. The U.S. House passed the package hours earlier.The U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/09/texas-abortion-travel-ban-amarillo-funding/Several prominent Amarillo business people donated to support the so-called travel ban. Meanwhile, statewide progressive groups helped the opposition.By Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 09 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/09/texas-abortion-travel-ban-amarillo-funding/Anti-abortion activists from left, Cassie Green, Mark Lee Dickson, and Bonnie Burnett talk outside of a polling location in Amarillo on Election Day. Thousands of dollars were spent on advertising for the local ballot question that would have effectively made it illegal to use a local road to get an abortion.Anti-abortion supporters from left, Cassie Green, Mark Lee Dickson, and Bonnie Burnett talk outside of a polling location in Amarillo on November 5, 2024.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/03/texas-broadband-expansion-problems/Despite the efforts of local governments and others, the move to provide internet access to millions of Texans has been slow and faces new challenges.By Jayme Lozano Carver, Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Berenice GarciaTue, 03 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/03/texas-broadband-expansion-problems/A sign welcoming visitors to Big Lake on Sept. 24. The town, about 200 miles south of Lubbock, is the county seat of Reagan County, where internet service providers are set to receive money to build infrastructure.A sign welcoming visitors to Big Lake. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.Mitch Borden for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/20/texas-broadband-federal-plan/The federal investment follows the $1 billion approved by Texas taxpayers to help connect the state.By Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 20 Nov 2024 10:36:25 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/20/texas-broadband-federal-plan/Texas' plan to use about $3.3 billion in federal money to expand broadband access was approved this week.A splice can that contains 432 fiber cables in Louisville, Kentucky on April 19, 2021.REUTERS/Amira Karaoudhttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/14/texas-population-changes-rural-urban/Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.By Jayme Lozano Carver, Graphics by Chris EssigThu, 14 Nov 2024 09:30:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/14/texas-population-changes-rural-urban/Cornudas, with a population of less than 20, hosts a chili cook-off hoping to draw more than 1,000 visitors on Sept. 28. Small towns like Cornudas have struggled to grow along with the state's population.Cornudas, Texas with a population of less than 20, hosts a chili cook-off hoping to draw over 1,000 visitors on September 28, 2024.Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/05/texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote-amarillo-election-2024/Tuesday’s vote was a rare chance for Texans to vote directly on abortion restrictions. The state already has a near-total abortion ban.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 05 Nov 2024 22:16:45 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/05/texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote-amarillo-election-2024/Opponents and supporters of the proposed abortion "travel ban" stand on street corner next to the Santa Fe Building in Amarillo during the Tuesday election.Opponents and proponents of Prop A stand on a street corner next to the Santa Fe Building in Amarillo during Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/24/texas-halloween-denton/Denton has renamed itself Halloween, Texas, and has planned 31 days of events to drive up tourism and family entertainment.By Jayme Lozano Carver and Berenice GarciaThu, 24 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/24/texas-halloween-denton/People go in and out of Discover Denton, enjoying an evening of Halloween and interaction on the square on Oct. 18. The North Texas city, renamed Halloween for the month of October, has been hosting 31 days of Halloween, including multiple activities per day and a town full of Halloween decorations.People go in and out of Discover Denton, enjoying an evening of Halloween and interaction on the square on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 in Denton, Texas. The town has been hosting 31 days of Halloween, including multiple activities per day and a town full of Halloween decorations.Maria Crane for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/texas-women-voters-election-2024-kamala-harris-abortion/Democrats in Lubbock and Amarillo hope Kamala Harris’ candidacy and a backlash to abortion laws will help make their long-held vision of a blue wave a reality.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 17 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/texas-women-voters-election-2024-kamala-harris-abortion/Texas State Board of Education candidate Morgan Kirkpatrick, center, hosts a postcard writing campaign event on Oct. 13, at the Mahon Public Library in Lubbock. Kirkpatrick said Kamala Harris' campaign was energizing her own.Texas State Board of Education District 15 candidate Morgan Kirkpatrick, center, hosts a postcard-writing campaign, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, at the Mahon Public Library in Lubbock.Annie Rice for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/30/farm-bill-deadline-texas-lawmakers-producers/Millions of Texans would lose food subsidies and farm insurance if Congress doesn’t act before the end of the year.By Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/30/farm-bill-deadline-texas-lawmakers-producers/Johnson’s Backyard Garden, a large organic farm east of Austin, experienced a near-total crop loss after a massive winter storm devastated Texas. Federal crop insurance is usually part of a package of legislation known as the "farm bill."Johnson’s Backyard Garden, a large organic farm east of Austin, seen on Feb. 22, 2021. The farm experienced a near-total crop loss after a massive winter storm devastated Texas.Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/26/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-mayor/Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley calls himself “pro-life.” But the proposal to police the streets for women traveling out of state to get an abortion is overreach, he said.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 26 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/26/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-mayor/Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley speaks during a City Council meeting on May 28, 2024.Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley speaks during a City Council meeting on May 28, 2024.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/27/lubbock-texas-food-bank-struggle/To help raise money, the Lubbock-area food bank recruited a Michelin-recognized chef.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 27 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/27/lubbock-texas-food-bank-struggle/Orchard manager William Russell picks jona gold apples in the South Plains Food Bank orchard in Lubbock on Aug. 22.Orchard manager William Russell picks Jona Gold apples in their orchard. The South Plains Food Bank has been growing limited crops in their small orchard and garden.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune