The Tyler Loop

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Will Tyler reverse 174 years of unjust housing?

October 20, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Peter Milne, County Commissioner Precinct 1 candidate

October 18, 2020

📷 courtesy Peter Milne Precinct 1 covers Flint, Gresham, the city of Noonday, and parts of Bullard...

Is COVID-19 behind us? The numbers say otherwise.

October 15, 2020

“How can I know when it is safe for my family and me to go back to normal?” That has been my...

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The Tyler Loop interview: Neal Franklin, County Commissioner Precinct 1 candidate

October 10, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Matt Schaefer, Texas House District 6 incumbent

October 10, 2020

How are social media groups striving for justice? Help freelance fellow Karen Mendoza find out.

October 4, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Don Warren, candidate for city of Tyler mayor

October 4, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Julie Gobble, candidate for Texas House District 6

September 27, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Derrith Bondurant, Tyler City Council District 2 candidate

September 27, 2020

How Ark Habitat Restoration is cultivating and harvesting East Texas one yard at a time

September 27, 2020

The Cut Beef Boudin Burger: Kameron Mitchell’s go-to comfort food

September 21, 2020

The Tyler Loop interview: Broderick McGee, Tyler City Council District 2 incumbent

September 19, 2020

Out of the Loop

A field of weeds or an oasis of flowers? How an incident in Brookshire’s gave Yasmeen Khalifa resolve to show up in Tyler

February 25, 2020

When it comes to the future of East Texas wine, Michael McClendon is crushing it

May 19, 2019

91-year-old Foy Magee recalls a day to remember

February 27, 2020

A high schooler’s unexpected homework: Trying to save a stranger’s life

June 3, 2019

Out of the Loop Season 3, July 17-18! Grab your tickets today

March 13, 2020

Essay: Holding on to Tyler’s green spaces

August 27, 2019

Data-Driven Reporting

After 40 years of Hispanic growth, we’re now a majority-minority city

May 2, 2017

Tyler’s voter turnout is so low, 100 votes could swing an election

April 27, 2017

Has Tyler’s economic boom helped everyone? We crunched the numbers

April 13, 2017

These eight maps show how annexation shaped Tyler, from 1940 to today

June 8, 2017

Tyler, Texas population growth by age group

You’re not imagining it: Tyler is getting younger

April 3, 2017

A foreclosure sign.

In Tyler, as in America, the wealth gap between blacks and whites is all about housing

August 29, 2017