Hugely important story and brilliant reporting from @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

“They want to get Christians in office to change the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations to fit the Bible,” said one GOP activist who knows the Wilks family personally. (Published Oct. 2024)

‪After watching and reading comments about the horrific Minnesota shooting, it appears most Americans people missed our stories about the secret roots to the madness. I pray this repost helps. www.propublica.org/article/gunm...

A ProPublica & CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers was riddled with waste. Now nonprofits must provide a detailed accounting of their expenses. / News tip? Contact: @jeremykohler.bsky.social or @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social

We don’t talk enough about the nexus between weather forecasts and evacuation orders. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social did so recently with this stunning story about Hurricane Helene’s unheard warnings in Yancey County, North Carolina

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.

In one of the more surprising moves of the just completed legislative session, Texas lawmakers significantly increased oversight and inspections of migrant farmworker housing, the culmination of nearly a decade of legislative attempts sparked by a 2016 Austin American-Statesman investigation.

NEW: The Texas House is poised to pass legislation to grant parents unprecedented control over school library book selection. SB 13 would require schools to prohibit books that are "indecent," "profane" or "sexually explicit." #txlege www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

Congrats to @houstonchronicle.com for publishing the first piece out of our new collaboration w/ @texastribune.org and five newsrooms! A Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins

1/ 🚨 Yesterday, @propublica.org management confirmed that it will again deny steward representation at disciplinary meetings. Our full statement 👇

The Texas House has approved a $1 billion private school voucher bill — the culmination of more than three decades of work by Christian conservative donors. @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social explains how we got to this moment (published 2024):

How we got here: Inside the 30-year push to bring school vouchers to Texas, an effort that was revived by the pandemic and allegations of “indoctrination”: www.propublica.org/article/texa...

NEW: Leader at the 3rd largest school district in Texas considers chapters in a textbook that discuss how to teach diverse learners, and that raise the concept of cultural competence for aspiring teachers, to be unlawful under the state's landmark "anti-CRT" bill. @propublica.org @texastribune.org

"The legislation comes in response to a @propublica.org investigation last fall that revealed how three Texas women died after they did not receive critical procedures during miscarriages." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

1/ A year ago, I was examining North Carolina’s budget when two unusual items caught my attention–spurring an investigation that reveals how political and religious favoritism by lawmakers can harm some of society’s most vulnerable people. #ncpol @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/nort...

Power. Politics. Race. Schools. Kids. This story is so important. How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social and Dan Keemahill w/ @texastribune.org

I'm a huge supporter of ProPublica's excellent reporting. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

“What you’re seeing happening in Texas is how at-large districts make it easy for somebody to come in, usually from the outside, and hijack the process and essentially buy a board." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

"In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

On paper, the school districts in Keller and Richardson, Texas, look a lot alike. But they have followed divergent paths in culture war battles. One has been taken over by a conservative school board that is banning books. The other hasn't. @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social explains what's going on.

Really smart story by my current and former colleagues in Texas. @alexazura.bsky.social and I wrote about the lawsuit in Richardson for our investigation on the legacy of school segregation in Texas, back in 2018: www.texastribune.org/2018/12/11/r...

NEW STORY🧵: Since the pandemic, Texas school boards have seen ideologically driven conservatives win supermajorities pledging to rid districts of so-called "crt.". A key, if often overlooked, factor in election outcomes, is how those districts elect their trustees. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad. They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? @lizweil.bsky.social (from 2020)

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

Once again, we need anti-SLAPP laws in every state and a federal anti-SLAPP law. You shouldn't be able to sue a publisher because you disagree with the framing of their accurate story.

No one covers Austin’s Latino community and cultura like the amazing Austin Vida team. Help them continue their mission of amplifying Latinidad in the capital city and unlock triple matching funds by donating before the end of year! austinvida.com/support-us/?...

Fantastic digging into the locations of the mostly secretive Texas state border wall. The resulting graphics are pretty amazing: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...

A group that helps low-income students attend college is warning immigrant families that the federal loan-application process may soon put them at risk of deportation www.chronicle.com/article/will...

🚨@propublica.org is expanding its collaboration with The Texas Tribune and hiring a deputy editor to help lead our partnerships with five local newsrooms. 🙋🏾‍♀️5+ years experience managing/editing/leading investigative projects 💰$140K-$160K 📌 Anywhere in TX Apply here by Dec. 16: grnh.se/4a631dae6us

UPDATE: Hours after this @propublica.org story published, Lincare announced internally that “effective immediately, Greg McCarthy is no longer Chief Operating Officer. Greg is leaving Lincare to pursue other opportunities.”

“The lawmaker who wrote one of Texas’ recent abortion bans wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle defending the current exceptions as ‘plenty clear.’ But more than 100 Texas OB-GYNs disagree with his position.”

New here, hello! I’m a reporter with @propublica.org and @texastribune.bsky.social. I’ve spent a lot of time covering immigration, the border, and most recently the Uvalde school shooting. Email me [email protected] or Signal 832-729-3421. I believe in the ocean.

Some *very* interesting news in Texas politics: One of the top political groups for far-right billionaires Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks appears to be claiming that Farris Wilks is not giving anymore. Wilks has given tens of millions of dollars pushing Texas to the far right.

Well let's see how this goes. I'm a @propublica.org / Texas Tribune investigative reporter based in Austin, born and raised in San Antonio. I want to hear your stories!

In Texas, Gov. Abbott framed election results as a signal that Texans have shown a “tidal wave of support” for pro-voucher lawmakers. But in reality, pro-voucher PACs and candidates mostly focused on issues like border security and public safety rather than school choice during their campaigns.

Courtney Gore, a TX school trustee who rejected the far right platform she ran on when she was first elected in 2021, has won re-election in her deep red district. A vocal voucher opponent, her victory cuts against a big pro-voucher night in the Texas Legislature. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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