Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune
Reporter with The Texas TribuneMorgan Smith was an editorial intern and columnist at Slate in Washington, D.C., before moving to Austin to enter law school at the University of Texas in 2008. (She has put her degree on hold to join the Tribune's staff.) A native of San Antonio, she has a bachelor's degree in English from Wellesley College.
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After more than six hours — and a testy debate that escalated dramatically when unusual alliances formed between a few Democrats and a group of Tea… -
From the Texas Tribune: Second Amendment advocates plan to manufacture guns at the Texas Capitol during an armed rally set for the opening day of the 2015… -
As momentum grows behind a push to let Texans carry handguns openly, the biggest fight may be among Second Amendment advocates themselves.A conflict is… -
A conservative grassroots group formed by a San Antonio man with ties to a national anti-Muslim organization has made a late entry into debate over new… -
Texas school districts dominate the list of those receiving military equipment — including firearms and armored vehicles — through a federal initiative,… -
In 2013, when Texas passed its first overhaul of charter school policy since 1995 — the year the publicly funded but privately operated schools were first… -
Federal officials along the border have scrambled in the last few months to house and care for tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central… -
Studying technology's impact on higher education and evaluating public school students' writing scores on state assessments are among the tasks Lt. Gov.… -
SAN ANTONIO — Long rumored to be a contender, state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte has now made it official: She is running for lieutenant governor."I want to… -
State district court Judge John Dietz likened the state's school finance case to the soap opera As The World Turns when he opened Wednesday's hearing on…
