Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune
Morgan Smith reports on politics and education for the Tribune, which she joined in November 2009. She writes about the effects of the state budget, school finance reform, accountability and testing in Texas public schools. Her political coverage has included congressional and legislative races, as well as Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, which she followed to Iowa and New Hampshire. In 2013, she received a National Education Writers Association award for "Death of a District," a series on school closures. After earning a bachelor's degree in English from Wellesley College, she moved to Austin in 2008 to enter law school at the University of Texas. A San Antonio native, her work has also appeared in Slate, where she spent a year as an editorial intern in Washington D.C.
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HOUSTON — Texans whose homes were wiped out when Hurricane Harvey slammed ashore and dumped more than 50 inches of rain on some parts of this region may…
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The Texas Legislature closed out the special session Tuesday night amid a stalemate on property tax reform, leaving unfinished Gov. Greg Abbott's top…
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A bill that would require physicians and health care facilities to report more details on abortion complications to the state — and would fine those that…
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Texas women would have to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for non-emergency abortions — what an opponent dubbed "rape insurance" —…
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus had their first meeting in months on Monday. "The Speaker and I had a substantive meeting today where we…
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The Texas House has given early approval to a bill requiring physicians and health care facilities to report more details on abortions complications to…
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Texas women would have to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for non-emergency abortions under a bill tentatively passed by the Texas…
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Expected to formally plead not guilty to three felony charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to appear in court Thursday for the first time…
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Texas will be well on its way to allowing gun owners with concealed weapons permits to start carrying their handguns openly in public places if the state…