Heat-related deaths keep piling up in Texas even as candidates shy from climate

Originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises. When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off for their first — and likely only — debate before the November election, they offer

Opinion: Trump would doom the U.S. Department of Education and harm Texas teachers

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Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton this week withdrew an eight-year-old legal opinion that gave private nonprofits the green light to ban guns on land they lease from a city — a move

Texas civic group wants judge to block Ken Paxton’s investigation into voter registration efforts

Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. A nonprofit focused on increasing Latinos’ civic participation sued Attorney General Ken Paxton in feder