Apurva Mahajan, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/apurva-mahajan/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png Apurva Mahajan, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/apurva-mahajan/ 32 32 249301168 This East Texas city is intentionally attracting people with kids amid growth boom https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/02/tyler-texas-families-growth-economic-development-support/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=225525 Andrea Tucker and her daughter Marciella, 8, spend their evening on a bench at Bergfeld Park as her twin daughters Jhene and Javeya play, on Jan. 6, in Tyler.

Tyler has spent the last decade remaking its parks and sidewalks to allure families. At the same time, a constellation of groups are helping parents take care of their families.

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Rep. Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid amid pressure over affair scandal https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/05/tony-gonzales-drops-out-republican-primary-texas-23rd-district-congress/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:23:01 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=223282 U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, in his office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2023.

The San Antonio Republican was pushed into a runoff in the primary for his border district. Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP members had called on him to exit the race.

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Texas primary voters smash recent midterm turnout records https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/04/texas-2026-primary-turnout-democratic-republican/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:54:13 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=223056 Voters stand in line at the Cody Branch Library polling location on primary election day in San Antonio on March 3, 2026.

Turnout in the Democratic primary outpaced that on the Republican side for the first time since 2020, a notable distinction given the draw of high-profile Senate primaries in both parties.

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Six deaths in six weeks: What to know about ICE detentions in Texas https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/ice-detention-deaths-texas-east-montana-dilley-campos/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=221011 An aerial view of the East Montana Detention Facility at Fort Bliss on the outskirts of El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025.

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

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These maps show how Latino voters helped Democrats flip a reliably red Texas Senate seat https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/06/texas-senate-district-9-taylor-rehmet-latino-voters-swing-democrats/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:00:25 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=219841 Democrat Taylor Rehmet addresses attendees at his election night watch party for the Senate District 9 special election runoff in Fort Worth on Jan. 31, 2026.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s stunning upset victory is explained in part by the massive swing by Latino voters toward his campaign compared to other Democrats in recent elections.

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