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Texas Supreme Court: Baby in surrogacy case can leave Texas (opens the original)
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The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a surrogate’s attempt to keep the child she delivered in Texas, clearing the way for the biological parents to take the medically fragile infant to California. On Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the request by McKenna West, an Alaskan surrogate who had tried to block the biological parents from removing the 1-month-old from Texas and taking him to a hospital in Los Angeles, where the couple lives. “Sustaining the life of the medically fragile child i
Feds reimburse Texas for $7.5 billion in border spending (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has awarded a long-awaited $7.5 billion to Texas as reimbursement for the money the state spent on border security during Joe Biden’s presidency. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Administration approved the grant Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday. Release of the funds comes 14 months after Congress first authorized border reimbursement in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a key priority for Texas’ Republican d
Join us Oct. 13 in El Paso to hear from leaders on priorities for the 2027 legislative session - The Texas Tribune (opens the original)
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Whether it’s education, the state budget or affordability, Texas’ state lawmakers will have their hands full when they convene next year for the 2027 legislative session. Join The Texas Tribune for a conversation with El Paso lawmakers on their priorities for the 2027 session and what it all means for El Paso residents. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no
Announcing a major gift to the Texas Tribune (opens the original)
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Foreseeing a market failure in news, Texas Tribune Founder John Thornton seeded his belief in journalism as a public good with $1 million in personal capital in 2008, launching the Tribune in 2009. It did more than work — The Texas Tribune became a model that newsrooms across the country would study and copy, and John spent the rest of his life helping build that same model, city by city, through the American Journalism Project. John carried that belief until his death in March 2025, just weeks
2026 Texas land commissioner race: What you need to know (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about the candidates running for statewide seats, The Texas Tribune is sharing information about the Republican, Democratic and third-party candidates. For more information on midterms and the voting process, check out our election resources here. About this seat: The Texas General Land Office, referred to as the GLO, is the oldest state agency. Established in 1836 at the dawn of the Republic of Texas, the GLO was primarily in charge of collecting and ke
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