Congressman Tony Gonzales was in Fort Davis this week to mark the opening of the new Jeff Davis County Community Center, a project supported by $1.3 million in federal funding he previously secured for the […]
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“SEIZED” documentary on Kansas newspaper raid premieres at Sundance
“SEIZED,” a documentary examining the August 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record, made its world premiere Jan. 25 at the Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition. The film, SEIZED, […]
Texas’ social studies shakeup creates divide over whose histories to teach, and how
Photo: State Board of Education meeting attendees listen to the discussion as school workbooks span a table across the room on June 26, 2024 at the William B. Travis Building in Austin. Olivia Anderson/The Texas Tribune […]
Hundreds of Texas public school students walk out to protest ICE killings
Photo: Memorial High students in San Antonio walk out of school in protest against ICE on Jan. 30, 2026. School staff and Edgewood ISD Police Department officers blocked off access to public sidewalks and the […]
Two CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti shooting are from South Texas
ProPublica, The Texas TribuneFebruary 1, 2026 This story was originally published by ProPublica. The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus […]
After El Paso’s ME ruled migrant’s death a homicide, ICE sent the next body to an Army hospital
Photo: The East Montana ICE Detention Facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025 while it was under construction. Image by Paul Ratje for The Texas Tribune Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas TribuneFebruary 3, […]
Texas defends law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments. Here’s what to know.
Image: The Ten Commandments in the foreground of the Texas Capitol, seen on June 30, 2025. Image by Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribune Jaden Edison, The Texas TribuneJanuary 20, 2026 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
GOP Sen. Cruz, Rep. McCaul call for investigation after federal agents fatally shoot man in Minneapolis
Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas TribuneJanuary 26, 2026 Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Michael McCaul became the first Texas Republicans in Congress to call for an investigation into the actions of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis […]
Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center
Photo: Protestors at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley on Wednesday January 28, 2026. The protestors called for the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who is being held in the detention center […]
As immigrant arrests rise, here’s what to know about ICE operations in Texas
Photo: Austin Police Department officers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents guide a van out of the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin on April 1, 2025. Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Colleen DeGuzman, The […]
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