Yuriko Schumacher

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Jess Huff |Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martínez |Yuriko Schumacher

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Key coverage Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here.

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Pooja Salhotra |Terri Langford |Yuriko Schumacher

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Daisy Hildebrand became the second Texas child to die of measles on April 3, her physicians reported – per the state health code – the 8-year-old’s death to local officials in Lubbock where she died and in tiny Gaines County where the girl lived.

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Maria Mendez |Yuriko Schumacher

Key coverage Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. There’s another election right around the corner for Texans in cities such as San Antonio and Fort Worth. During the May 3 elections, voters in many parts of Texas will cast their ballots for local leaders or initiatives.

3 weeks ago | inkl.com | Maria Mendez |María Mendez |Maria Méndez |Yuriko Schumacher

During the May 3 elections, voters in many parts of Texas will cast their ballots for local leaders or initiatives. Here’s how to see if there are elections in your community and how to register to vote by the April 3 deadline. What’s on the ballot? Though some cities and school boards held elections in November, many local governments in Texas hold their elections in May of odd-numbered years. That’s why some communities will have elections and others will not.

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid |Yuriko Schumacher

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In their public campaign to create a private school voucher program in Texas, Republican leaders have often countered criticism from people concerned about the challenges facing the state’s public education system by saying school districts receive more than $15,000 for each student. “Public education funding is at an all-time high.