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Every event recorded in Texas between 2008 and 2024, the themes they fall under, and everything published about the state.

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Texas has events in 14 of the 17 years covered, with the most in 2022. In the finished database this curve is the first thing a reporter checks against the year they are writing about.

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The events

Recorded in Texas

Sample democratic erosion events recorded in Texas, most recent first.
Date	Category	Theme
Nov 27, 2023	Emergency powers extensionLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Nov 23, 2023	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Apr 26, 2023	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Feb 18, 2023	Refusal to enforce an enacted lawExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Feb 11, 2023	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration
Jan 28, 2023	Public records law narrowingPublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Jan 25, 2023	Public broadcaster interferencePress freedom	Press freedom
Dec 13, 2022	Legislative session curtailmentLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Oct 5, 2022	Judicial selection rule changeJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Sep 12, 2022	Agency leadership purgeExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Sep 2, 2022	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration
Jul 3, 2022	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
May 16, 2022	Emergency powers extensionLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Mar 25, 2022	Voter identification restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Feb 24, 2022	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Feb 9, 2022	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Dec 1, 2021	Preemption of oversight authorityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Nov 22, 2021	Public records law narrowingPublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Oct 4, 2021	Surveillance of advocacy groupsCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Aug 27, 2021	Legal action over published reportingPress freedom	Press freedom
Jun 6, 2021	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Apr 15, 2021	Polling place closure or relocationElection administration	Election administration
Jan 2, 2021	State preemption of a local ordinanceLocal government autonomy	Local government autonomy
Dec 25, 2020	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Nov 20, 2020	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
May 11, 2020	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Feb 9, 2020	Registration deadline changeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Dec 21, 2019	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
Nov 10, 2019	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
Jan 1, 2019	Refusal to enforce an enacted lawExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Jul 9, 2018	Confirmation process bypassExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Apr 26, 2018	Protest permit denialCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Dec 26, 2017	Confirmation process bypassExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Jun 11, 2017	Voter identification restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Jan 22, 2017	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Aug 26, 2016	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
May 6, 2016	Non-compliance with a court orderJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Mar 28, 2016	Redistricting process irregularityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Dec 9, 2015	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Dec 9, 2015	Agency leadership purgeExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Sep 28, 2015	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
Jul 23, 2015	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Jul 3, 2015	Surveillance of advocacy groupsCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Nov 13, 2013	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Oct 16, 2013	Protest permit denialCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
May 24, 2013	Polling place closure or relocationElection administration	Election administration
Dec 12, 2012	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Dec 24, 2011	State preemption of a local ordinanceLocal government autonomy	Local government autonomy
Oct 5, 2011	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Apr 20, 2011	Preemption of oversight authorityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Jan 13, 2011	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
Jun 17, 2009	Agency leadership purgeExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Dec 2, 2008	Legislative session curtailmentLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Jul 1, 2008	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
May 26, 2008	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration

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