https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jayme-lozano-carver/The latest news by Jayme Lozano Carver.enThu, 21 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/21/hispanic-farmers-texas/According to the most recent census, Texas has fewer than 26,000 Hispanic farmers compared to 236,000 white farmers.Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 21 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/21/hispanic-farmers-texas/Arnaldo Serrato, left, and his daughter Yuleida Serrato look over a failed cotton field that they had to plow because it was too dry. The Serrato family own and run their multi-generational family farm in and around Floydada. Arnaldo Serrato, his wife and father came to the United States, where they and their American born children have created a successful agricultural business.From left, Amaldo Serrato and his daughter, Yuleida Serrato look over a failed dry-land cotton field that they had to plow under because it was too dry. The Serrato family own and run their multigenerational family farm in and around Floydada. Amado Serrato, his wife and father came to the United States, where they and their American born kids have created a successful agricultural business.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/19/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote/After weeks of debate, the council took no action at a politically-charged meeting Tuesday. It is the largest city in Texas to debate an ordinance that would outlaw travel on its roadways to get an abortion.Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 19 Dec 2023 18:57:34 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/19/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote/Members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider a so-called abortion travel ban during a work session at the Amarillo Civic Center Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Amarillo. The council has debated the issue since October.Members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider banning travel to access abortion services during a work session Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Amarillo.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/18/levelland-texas-downtown-theater/Rural Texas towns like Levelland on the South Plains are increasingly turning to the arts to help revitalize their downtowns and provide more attractions for families.Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/18/levelland-texas-downtown-theater/Workers remove a plywood covering on the front of the Wallace Theater in Levelland on Dec. 5th, 2023. The historic theater, which has been vacant since the 1980s, is now under restoration and is expected to reopen in 2024.Workers remove a plywood covering on the front of the Wallace Theater in Levelland on Dec. 5th, 2023. The historic theater, which has been vacant since the 1980s, is now under restoration and is expected to reopen by Dec. 2024.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/13/abortion-travel-ban-amarillo-texas/A handful of local governments have already put the legally dubious bans in place. The news that Amarillo will take the issue up again comes shortly after a Dallas woman left the state for an abortion after losing a legal battle to obtain one here.Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 13 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/13/abortion-travel-ban-amarillo-texas/The Amarillo City Council is set to consider a local ordinance that would prohibit using roads and highways in the city to obtain an abortion. If approved, the Panhandle city would be the largest in Texas to put such a rule in place.Downtown Amarillo, Thursday May 28, 2020. Potter and Randall Counties have been under extra scrutiny as a Covid-19 hotspot.Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/11/tim-dunn-occidental-petroleum-sale/Tim Dunn has used his wealth to establish a network of organizations that push his ultraconservative views across Texas. The deal comes amid a time of consolidation in the Permian Basin.Jayme Lozano Carver and Robert DownenMon, 11 Dec 2023 15:14:37 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/11/tim-dunn-occidental-petroleum-sale/Tim Dunn speaks during The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016. On Monday, he sold his West Texas oil company for $12 billion to Occidental Petroleum Corp.Tim Dunn, CEO of CrownQuest Operating and chairman of Empower Texans, speaks during The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 24, 2016.Brett Buchanan for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/22/texas-panhandle-mental-health-care/The region that includes Amarillo, a Panhandle city of more than 200,000 people, and surrounding towns has long been a mental health care desert. Officials hope a new $159 million hospital can help reduce a massive spike in suicide attempts.Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 22 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/22/texas-panhandle-mental-health-care/Amarillo is home to more than 200,000 people. But the Panhandle city, roughly the same size as several Dallas suburbs, has few mental health resources.Residential area near downtown Amarillo on May 29, 2020.Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/14/texas-marijuana-vote-lubbock/Voters in several Texas cities have sought to decriminalize marijuana. However, their efforts have been met by reluctant city councils that say they can’t go against state law.Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 14 Nov 2023 17:53:18 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/14/texas-marijuana-vote-lubbock/A shirt promotes the legalization of marijuana in Lubbock at the South Plains Fair in Lubbock on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The city council on Tuesday rejected a petition to decriminalize the drug. Voters are expected to decide the matter next year.A shirt promotes the legalization of marijuana in Lubbock at the South Plains Fair in Lubbock on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/09/texas-water-broadband-upgrades/The legislation behind the historic investment directs state agencies to send money to the state’s smaller, cash-strapped towns that have difficulty paying for upgrades. Federal money is also expected to flow to regions that need broadband.Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 09 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/09/texas-water-broadband-upgrades/Tom Bailey flushes out a water line in Zavalla on April 10, 2023. Like many small towns, Zavalla has struggled to keep up with repairs to its water infrastructure.Tom Bailey flushes out a water line in Zavalla on April 10, 2023.Mark Felix/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/03/proposition-1-constitutional-amendment-farming/Supporters of the amendment say it will protect farmers as the state’s largest cities continue to grow. Opponents suggest the amendment is too broad and ambiguous.Jayme Lozano Carver and Ayden RunnelsFri, 03 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/03/proposition-1-constitutional-amendment-farming/Plants and vegetables are seen in the community garden at the Catholic Charities Guadalupe Community Center in San Antonio, Texas in 2021.Plants and vegetables are seen in the community garden at the Catholic Charities Guadalupe Community Center in San Antonio, Texas on February 25, 2021.Christopher Lee for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/31/texas-horror-movies-ghost-tours/From “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” to “Friday the 13th,” Texas is an ideal landscape to shock and delight audiences and ghost hunters.Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 31 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/31/texas-horror-movies-ghost-tours/Two life-sized horror movie dummies sit in front of a movie prop vending machine at We Slaughter BBQ in Bastrop on Oct. 27. The roadside rest stop and tourist attraction, now restored, is one of several Central Texas locations where the 1974 film "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was filmed.Two life-size horror movie dummies sit in front of a movie prop drink vending machine at We Slaughter BBQ on Oct. 27, 2023 in Bastrop. The roadside rest stop and tourist attraction, now restored, is one of several Central Texas locations where the 1974 film Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed. Julius Shieh/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/25/texas-amarillo-abortion-travel-ban/Amarillo's city council said it will continue to study the issue. The city is one of just a few in Texas to reject the policy pushed by anti-abortion activists.Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 25 Oct 2023 16:13:56 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/25/texas-amarillo-abortion-travel-ban/The Amarillo City Council said it would not rush to put in place a rule prohibiting people from using city roads to seek an abortion.Downtown Amarillo on June 28, 2021.Madison Walker for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/abortion-travel-ban-lubbock-county/Lubbock is now the fourth, and largest, county to pass the ordinance which would punish people through civil lawsuits for aiding pregnant women seeking abortions outside of Texas.Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 23 Oct 2023 17:02:20 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/abortion-travel-ban-lubbock-county/Downtown Lubbock on July 6, 2023.Downtown Lubbock on July 6, 2023.Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/18/texas-high-school-water-workforce/Nearly two-thirds of the state’s water and wastewater agencies say they need more workers.Pooja Salhotra and Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 18 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/18/texas-high-school-water-workforce/Consolidated Water Supply Corporation employees patch a broken pipe on April 19, 2023 in Crockett.Consolidated Water Supply Corporation employees patch a broken pipe on April 19, 2023 in Crockett.Mark Felix for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/05/texas-farmers-retiring/After 70 years on the farm, Jimmy Drake retired from the cotton business. With no family stepping up to take over the farm, he turned to a young neighbor.Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 05 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/05/texas-farmers-retiring/Tanner Heffington, left, talks to Jimmy Drake. Drake passed on his farm and equipment to long-time neighbor Heffington last year, making this the first time in more than 70 years that a member of the Drake family didn’t harvest the land.From left, Tanner Heffington talks to Jimmy Drake next to Drake’s truck outside of their shop. Drake passed on his farm and equipment to long time neighbor Heffington last year making this the first time in 71 years that a member of the Drake family didn’t harvest the land.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/03/texas-marijuana-legalization-lubbock/Home to more than 260,000 people, the West Texas town of Lubbock is no stranger to passing local laws by petition. In 2021, residents overwhelmingly approved a local ban on abortion.Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 03 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/03/texas-marijuana-legalization-lubbock/Giselle Ramirez stands with a clipboard, gathering signatures to support a petition to decriminalize marijuana in Lubbock at the South Plains Fair Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lubbock.Giselle Ramirez stands with her clipboard of signatures to support the petition to legalize marijuana in Lubbock at the South Plains Fair Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lubbock, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/28/texas-county-approves-abortion-travel-ban/Cochran County, which borders New Mexico, joins a small group of other rural Texas counties that have passed these ordinances. Abortion-rights supporters say the new policies are not legal.Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 28 Sep 2023 16:15:01 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/28/texas-county-approves-abortion-travel-ban/Mark Lee Dickson spoke at the Cochran County Commissioners meeting Thursday morning, Sept. 28. Dickson, an anti-abortion advocate, supports a new policy that forbids using county roads to seek an abortion.Mark Lee Dixon talks during the meeting. Members of the public talk about abortion issues during the Cochran County Commissioners meeting Thursday morning, Sept. 28, 2023.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/27/abortion-travel-ban-texas-new-mexico/Cochran County commissioners meet Thursday to discuss the ban. Abortion-rights supporters say the bans are unenforceable and meant to stoke fear.Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 27 Sep 2023 12:25:24 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/27/abortion-travel-ban-texas-new-mexico/A highway in West Texas. A growing number of rural Texas counties are considering local policies that would make it illegal to drive on a county road for the purpose of getting an abortion.A highway in West Texas.Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/23/ted-cruz-texas-tribune-festival/The junior U.S. senator from Texas talked with the Tribune’s Patrick Svitek on why he should be reelected to a third term.Jayme Lozano CarverSat, 23 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/23/ted-cruz-texas-tribune-festival/Texas Tribune political reporter Patrick Svitek asks U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz why he should be reelected to a third term at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 23, 2023.Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/15/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-texas-am/Impeachment at all levels of government are becoming more common, a political scientist said. It could make the political tool pointless.Jayme Lozano Carver and Kate McGeeFri, 15 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/15/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-texas-am/Senior Student Body President Hudson Kraus at a Texas A&M Student Senate meeting in College Station on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.Senior Student Body President Hudson Kraus at a Texas A&M Student Senate meeting in College Station on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.Courtesy of Chris Swann/The Battalionhttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/13/deborah-birx-texas-tech-university/Birx served in the Trump administration, helping states navigate COVID-19. Her work in public health largely focused on HIV and AIDS.Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 13 Sep 2023 13:47:35 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/13/deborah-birx-texas-tech-university/