The Texas Tribune
Our investigations stand on The Texas Tribune's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
7 stories, each opening at its source.
- The Texas Tribune — all pro-Palestinian UT-Austin arrest cases from April 24 dropped
- The Texas Tribune — more pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at UT-Austin (April 29)
- The Texas Tribune — Elon Musk gave $158 million to Senate GOP group helping Paxton
- Texas Tribune — Texas's newest prison book ban curbs hardback and used texts (2026)
- The Texas Tribune — Abbott orders universities to update speech policies on antisemitism (names PSC and SJP)
- Texas Tribune — 'FEC dismisses complaint over Ted Cruz podcast super PAC' (Feb 21, 2025)
- The Texas Tribune — student groups sue Abbott over campus antisemitism order (May 16, 2024)
Where their work appears on this site
- The senator, the podcast, and the foreign government's ad money →
- Mein Kampf Is Fine. The Color Purple Isn't. →
- The State of Texas v. Freedom of Speech →
- The Only Donor →
- Israeli Influence on the United States →
- Return on Investment →
- Surveillance State(s) and the Criminalization of Dissent →
- Who Controls What You Get to Know →
How we graded the claims built on their work
5 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- The State of Texas v. Freedom of Speech →
'These protesters belong in jail': ~80 arrested at UT, then 57 charges dropped.
FACT - The Only Donor →
$158 million, in two checks.
FACT - Mein Kampf Is Fine. The Color Purple Isn't. →
Civil-rights lawyers call it arbitrary and unconstitutional in effect — and it's expanding.
PROBABLY TRUE - The State of Texas v. Freedom of Speech →
Executive Order GA-44: adopt a definition, punish a slogan, name the groups.
FACT - The senator, the podcast, and the foreign government's ad money →
The FEC already looked at the iHeart pipeline — and dismissed the complaint.
FACT - The State of Texas v. Freedom of Speech →
The lawsuit: CAIR sued the governor and two universities over GA-44.
FACT