Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods.
“We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-flooding-protections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Flood #Environment #Climate #Law #Safety #TX #USPolitics
Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #NorthCarolina #TexasFloods #Hurricane #TX #Disaster #Emergency #Flood
NEW: James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Texas attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-james-talarico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Fraud #Law #KenPaxton #JamesTalarico
Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.
NEW: Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say
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The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture of his wealth.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-senate-financial-disclosures-ethics-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #KenPaxton #Law #Ethics #Financial #Transparency #Rent #Mortgages
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he's willing to "micromanage" Corpus Christi's water crisis.
But he's gone quiet on the financial troubles of an agency that could help expand the region's water supply — despite Abbott having appointed its entire board.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-nueces-river-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Water #TX #Politics #River #GregAbbott #CorpusChristi
NEW: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Vote #Election #Law #TX #USPolitics
After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
https://www.propublica.org/article/james-talarico-texas-election-law-ken-paxton?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NEW: “He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.
Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.
#News #Texas #MentalHealth #Immigration #TX #Health #Medicine #Immigrants
They Rebuilt After Texas’ Devastating Floods. Then Their Home Flooded Again.
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Research shows more flood deaths occur in Texas than in any other state. But state lawmakers have cleared the way for residents to stay in risky places, even after flooding killed at least 119 people in Kerr County last summer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-2026-kerr-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #House #Home #Flood #TX #USPolitics #KerrCounty #TexasFloods
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-calls-camp-east-montana-texas-detention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #Immigration #ICE #Emergency #Medicine #Health
Last year, the Texas education board rejected Alpha School’s pitch to open a charter amid concerns about its AI-driven curriculum.
But now Alpha’s private school campuses are set to benefit from the state’s new voucher program.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alpha-school-texas-vouchers-ai?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #Education #School #Students #Parenting #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
