https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/yuriko-schumacher/The latest news by Yuriko Schumacher.enThu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott-landowners/At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.By Zach Despart, Yuriko Schumacher and Uriel J. García, Photos by Eli HartmanThu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott-landowners/Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/trump-cruz-2024-election-republicans/Cruz beat his challenger by 9 points, while Trump prevailed over his by 14 points. Still, Cruz performed better this year than he did in 2018By Carla Astudillo, Yuriko Schumacher and Pooja SalhotraFri, 08 Nov 2024 18:11:30 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/trump-cruz-2024-election-republicans/President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.From left: President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/texas-voter-turnout-election-2024-registration/A historic 18.6 million Texans were registered to vote in the 2024 election, and 61% cast ballots, a nearly 6% drop from the 2020 presidential race.By Pooja Salhotra, Data reporting by Yuriko SchumacherWed, 06 Nov 2024 16:44:28 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/texas-voter-turnout-election-2024-registration/Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2024 general election at the Esperanza Acosta Memorial Library. Voters waited in line in upwards of two hours on Election Day.Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election at the Esperanza Acosta Memorial Library. Voters waited in line in upwards of two hours in El Paso, Texas on November 5, 2024.Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/04/texas-early-voting-turnout-rate-down/The turnout rate dropped more than 8 percentage points compared to four years ago — a high-water mark for the Lone Star State.By Juan Salinas II, Data reporting by Yuriko SchumacherMon, 04 Nov 2024 17:58:51 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/04/texas-early-voting-turnout-rate-down/East Texans wait to vote at the Gilmer Civic Center during the first day of early voting on Oct. 21 in Gilmer.Voters visit the Gilmer Civic Center during the first day of early voting on Monday October 21, 2024, in Gilmer.Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/25/texas-2024-election-early-vote-turnout/State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.By Juan Salinas II, Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherFri, 25 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/25/texas-2024-election-early-vote-turnout/Voters in Rosenberg line up outside of the Rosenberg Annex as early voting begins in Texas on Monday. Fort Bend County, which includes Rosenberg, is one of only two of the state's most populous counties to see an increase in their voter turnout rate during the first three days of early voting.Voters line up outside of the Rosenberg Annex as early voting begins in Texas on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Rosenberg.Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/03/texas-italy-primary-care-homes/In Italy, as in Texas, funding hospitals over primary care leaves many feeling “medically homeless.” Italy’s post-COVID plans show another way.By Eleanor Klibanoff, Graphics by Yuriko Schumacher, Photos by Margherita MirabellaTue, 03 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/03/texas-italy-primary-care-homes/Cardiologist Paolo Pattoneri runs into several of his patients that see him at the community health clinic in San Secondo Parmense outside Parma, Italy.Parma_Casa Della Salute di San Secondo Parmense, Cardiologist, Paolo Pattoneri with patients met by chance Margherita Mirabella for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/texas-voter-guide-2024-election/Election Day is Nov. 5. Here is everything you need to know about casting a ballot in Texas.By María Méndez and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas TribuneWed, 21 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/texas-voter-guide-2024-election/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/14/texas-heat-deaths-undercount/Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills.By Emily Foxhall, Alejandra Martinez and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune, and Dylan Baddour and Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate NewsWed, 14 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/14/texas-heat-deaths-undercount/Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment inside an Austin-Travis County EMS ambulance on a 102 degree day outside Austin Wrench A Part in Del Valle on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun.Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment from Austin-Travis County EMS first responders inside an ambulance during a 102 degree summer day outside Austin Wrench-A-Part in Del Valle on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun.Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/01/texas-extreme-weather-climate-change/Climate scientists say that extreme rain and drought are likely to become more common due to climate change.By Alejandra Martinez and Yuriko SchumacherMon, 01 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/01/texas-extreme-weather-climate-change/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/14/texas-staar-scores-math-science/The latest results in math are a setback after two years of modest progress toward recovering from the pandemic.By Sneha Dey, Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherFri, 14 Jun 2024 12:47:49 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/14/texas-staar-scores-math-science/Texas elementary and middle school students' STAAR scores dropped in math and science, data released Friday shows. The latest results highlight the challenges to recover from the pandemic's disruption on students' learning.A calculator and a test sheet on a desk at Elsik High School in 2018.Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/14/texas-senate-hemp-marijuana/Thousands of hemp dispensaries have sprung up in Texas in the years since consumable hemp became legal.By Karen Brooks Harper and Yuriko SchumacherTue, 14 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/14/texas-senate-hemp-marijuana/Shayda Torabi, owner of Restart CBD, inside her store in Austin on May 9. Torabi, along with her two sisters, became curious about the properties of the plant after Torabi had an accident and started using CBD to manage her pain.Owner Shayda Torabi, poses for a photo inside of Restart CBD on Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Austin. Torabi, along with her two sisters, become curious about the properties of the plant after Torabi had an accident and started using CBD as a solution to manage her pain.Maria Crane/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/07/east-texas-flooding-2024-graphics/These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May.By Yuriko Schumacher and Andrew ParkTue, 07 May 2024 17:48:50 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/07/east-texas-flooding-2024-graphics/Residents’ homes and possessions are submerged in floodwater following significant rainstorms in Coldspring on May 4, 2024.Residents’ homes and possessions are submerged in floodwater following significant rainstorms in Coldspring on May 4, 2024.Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/weather-flooding-polk-liberty-montgomery-harris-county/Since Sunday, multiple rounds of rainfall have soaked the region, causing rivers and creeks to swell and rise out of their banks.By Alejandra Martinez and Emily Foxhall, Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherFri, 03 May 2024 17:23:27 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/weather-flooding-polk-liberty-montgomery-harris-county/The Lake Livingston Dam is seen releasing water on May 3, 2024, in Livingston. The Southeast Texas reservoir reached capacity during several days of intense rainstorms this week.The Lake Livingston Dam is seen releasing water on May 3, 2024, in Livingston. The Southeast Texas reservoir reached capacity during several days of intense rainstorms this week.Drone Bros LLChttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/texas-property-appraisal-district-board-elections/In the state’s larger counties, voters can now elect people to the agencies that appraise property values.By Joshua Fechter, Jess Huff and Yuriko SchumacherFri, 03 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/03/texas-property-appraisal-district-board-elections/Texans in more populous counties are electing appraisal district board members for the first time. Appraisal districts determine property values, a figure that helps determine tax bills.Some Texans will soon have a say in who sits on their tax appraisal boards.Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/26/texas-voting-2024-runoff-elections/The last day to register to vote is April 29. Early voting runs from May 20-24.By María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherFri, 26 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/26/texas-voting-2024-runoff-elections/Voting stickers for 2024 primary election voter guide.https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/22/texas-border-migrant-apprehensions-abbott-operation-lone-star/Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.By Alejandro Serrano, Graphics by Yuriko SchumacherMon, 22 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/22/texas-border-migrant-apprehensions-abbott-operation-lone-star/Texas DPS special agents apprehend a group of undocumented migrants from Honduras as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville on Nov. 8, 2021.Texas DPS special agents apprehend a group of five undocumented migrants from Honduras that were caught in private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville on Nov. 8, 2021. The owner of the property did not sign an affidavit for arrests of undocumented migrants to be taking place at their property so the group of Hondurans will be processed by Border Patrol instead.Verónica G. Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/17/texas-local-elections-voting-may-2024/Early voting runs from April 22-30. The last day to apply to vote by mail is April 23.By María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherWed, 17 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/17/texas-local-elections-voting-may-2024/Graphic that reads, Local voter guide; above a collection of voting stickers.The Texas Tribunehttps://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/fraction-of-texans-vote-in-primaries/In Texas, who’ll run the state is usually decided in the primary. Because of gerrymandering and noncompetitive elections, few people participate.By Yuriko Schumacher and Matthew WatkinsMon, 04 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/fraction-of-texans-vote-in-primaries/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/15/texas-voting-primary-2024/Texans can vote early in person between today and March 1.By María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherTue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/15/texas-voting-primary-2024/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/15/texas-voting-primary-2024/New voters must complete and submit a paper voter registration application by today, Feb. 5, to vote in the March 5 primary election.By María Méndez and Yuriko SchumacherMon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/15/texas-voting-primary-2024/