Chris Essig, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/chris-essig/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png Chris Essig, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/chris-essig/ 32 32 249301168 T-Squared: We’re relaunching our Texas Public Schools Explorer to better serve parents and teachers https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/01/texas-tribune-public-schools-explorer-relaunch/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=225316

Today, we are unveiling our most ambitious update yet to The Texas Tribune’s schools explorer, with more information and added context to help Texans interpret information about our schools.

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Nate Sheets promises to fire everyone linked to Sid Miller at Texas agriculture department after primary win https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/04/nate-sheets-sid-miller-election-2026-texas-agriculture/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:52:37 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=223017 Nate Sheets during a debate with Sid Miller to become the next Agriculture Commissioner of Texas, in Denton on Jan. 15, 2026.

Sheets, in an interview with The Texas Tribune, also promised to lower costs for farmers and work with federal officials to beat a parasitic fly heading toward Texas.

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Texas primary election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2026/primary-election-results-2026/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=222210

Follow The Texas Tribune’s coverage of election results for the 2026 primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, the Texas Legislature and more.

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Texans are voting in new congressional districts. See how yours looks for the March 2026 primaries. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/04/2025-texas-redistricting-maps/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/04/2025-texas-redistricting-maps/

Last year, Texas Republicans drew new districts aimed at picking up five more U.S. House seats. This tool compares previous and new districts.

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Here are the most important stories from our data visuals team in 2025 https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/29/texas-tribune-data-visuals-top-stories-2025/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=215046

The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more.

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Residents protest high-voltage power lines that could skirt Dinosaur Valley State Park https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/16/texas-state-park-energy-transmission-line/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=214196 Nicholas Hanson and Haley Write of Austin with their dog Beans at Dinosaur Valley State Park on Nov. 7, 2025. A proposed transmission line could be visible from the park.

One of three possible routes would border the North Texas park. The project is part of a statewide effort to keep pace with Texas’ rapidly growing energy needs.

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Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/16/texas-immigrants-trump-administration-halts-applications/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=214377 Migrants hold up a Venezuelan flag near the migrant center in Juarez, Mexico on March 28, 2023. The Trump administration halted immigration applications for people from 19 countries, including Venezuela, in late November.

Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago.

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Texas Education Agency taking over Lake Worth, Connally and Beaumont school districts https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/11/texas-lake-worth-isd-takeover/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:51:57 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=214101 Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath announced on Thursday his agency will take over the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts.

The three interventions come after the state’s education agency announced plans to take over Fort Worth ISD in October.

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These graphics show the scope of Texas’ Hill Country floods https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/hill-country-texas-flooding-2025-graphics/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/hill-country-texas-flooding-2025-graphics/

These maps and charts show the scale and intensity of the Hill Country floods and highlight Camp Mystic’s proximity to high-risk flood zones.

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Central Texas flooding death toll rises to at least 100 as search continues for survivors https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/05/texas-hill-country-flooding-updates-kerrville-camp-mystic/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:22:52 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/05/texas-hill-country-flooding-updates-kerrville-camp-mystic/ A small boat is wrapped around a tree along with other debris in Ingram on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ingram is a small town about seven miles northwest of Kerrville.

About two dozen people were still missing. Many more people could still be unaccounted for, officials warned, noting that visitors to the area for the July 4th weekend make it difficult to assess an exact number.

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