Terri Langford
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Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas camps brace for more mental health issues among youth
Mental health experts expect the July 4 floods have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy hypervigilance and recurring thoughts on disasters among campers.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Turning Point USA talked expansion with Texas education chief
The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Texas couple grieves children, parents lost in July 4 flood
RJ and Annie Harber have leaned on faith, their community and each other to move through each day after losing their daughters and RJ’s parents. But memories of that night still haunt them.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/t...
Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/t...
Head of Texas’ top business group sued for sexual assault
An unidentified woman on Monday sued Glenn Hamer, Texas Association of Business president and CEO, alleging he sexually harassed and assaulted her, then retaliated when she rejected his advances.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/t...
A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/t...
Texas mother died after she couldn’t get an abortion
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/t...
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/t...
Reports: Texas National Guard to return soon from Illinois
Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/t...
UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs? 19thnews.org/2025/11/make... via @19thnews.org
The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Why Texas’ newest rural hospital can’t deliver babies anymore
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Texas Senate race marks another defeat for gambling interests
John Huffman was the best-funded candidate in the Senate District 9 special election thanks to casino interests, but failed to make the runoff. Gambling proponents still have millions more to spend on...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
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A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...
Democrats see promise for 2026 in Texas Senate near upset
Democrat Taylor Rehmet came within three percentage points of winning Senate District 9 — which voted for Donald Trump by over 17 points in 2024 — over his two Republican opponents.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...
Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
Cruz, Cornyn want U.S. to stop sending water to Mexico
The bill is the latest effort from the Texas delegation that demands the U.S. get tougher with Mexico for failing to honor a 1944 treaty that in part governs Rio Grande water.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
Will Texas actually run out of water? Your questions about the state’s water supply answered. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
Your questions about Texas’ water supply answered
You asked our AI chatbot about Texas’ water supply. We answered some of the questions that it couldn’t.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Will Texas actually run out of water? Your questions about the state’s water supply answered. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...
Cornyn "open to" changing Senate filibuster, Hunt and Paxton back Trump's call to scrap it www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/c...
Cornyn open to filibuster reform; Hunt, Paxton want it gone
The president has sharpened his calls for Senate Republicans to kill the longstanding legislative maneuver, saying the GOP’s electoral success could hinge on it.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cornyn "open to" changing Senate filibuster, Hunt and Paxton back Trump's call to scrap it www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/c...
“We don’t know what we’re going to eat”: Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...
Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
Although the federal government has said it will deposit half of November benefits, Texans are still unsure when money will land in their accounts.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“We don’t know what we’re going to eat”: Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/t...
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/l...
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo
The city learned about plans for a new barrier along the southern border during a regular meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/l...
Trump administration will partially fund SNAP in November, but it’s unclear when Texans will receive benefits www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/s...
Feds will partially fund SNAP, but Texans could face delays
Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must keep the food program running during the government shutdown.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump administration will partially fund SNAP in November, but it’s unclear when Texans will receive benefits www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/s...
Texas airports see major delays, long security lines as government shutdown continues www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Texas airports see delays, long waits as shutdown drags on
Airports across the country have experienced shortages of air traffic controllers and security workers, who have gone weeks without pay amid the shutdown.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Texas airports see major delays, long security lines as government shutdown continues www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks as state deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks
At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, state transportation officials told local leaders to remove crosswalk art often used to mark historically LGBTQ+ neighborhoods or risk losing millions in funding.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks as state deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Judicial conduct ballot proposal would expand Abbott's growing influence over courts www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Judicial conduct proposal raises concerns about Abbott overreach
Proposition 12 would allow the governor to appoint a majority of the commission that disciplines judges, as Abbott condemns “activist judges.”
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November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Judicial conduct ballot proposal would expand Abbott's growing influence over courts www.texastribune.org/2025/11/03/t...
Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here's what you need to know. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/t...
Texas comptroller's role in voucher program, explained
The Texas comptroller holds tremendous power over the program, including choosing which companies the state will pay millions to help manage it. Voters will decide who runs the agency next year.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here's what you need to know. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/t...
Your Halloween pumpkin probably came from this small Texas town www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/h...
This Texas town probably grew your Halloween pumpkin
In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Your Halloween pumpkin probably came from this small Texas town www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/h...