ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. LACEY, WA — Late summer sunshine bathed a working-class neighborhood in suburban Olympia, Washington, on the first Thursday afternoon in September as Michael Forest Reinoehl left the…

By Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune Oct. 13, 2020 “High turnout, sporadic problems reported at Texas polling places as early voting begins” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide…

By Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In the spring, Congress created a program to save aviation worker jobs. Then the Trump administration undermined that program by…

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Oct. 13, 2020 “Texas Republicans’ last-minute challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County dismissed by appeals court” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…

Roz Brown, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — There’s a lot at stake in next month’s election, and Texas faith groups are making a push to get voters to the polls by urging them to make a “plan” to vote. Bee Moorhead, executive director of Texa Interfaith Center…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Eagle Pass Independent School District Superintendent Samuel Mijares announced on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 in an exclusive interview with the Eagle Pass Business Journal that another student at Liberty Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in isolation…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Texans flocked to the Early Voting polls in their respective counties in record setting numbers on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 during the first day of voting in the United States Presidential and State General Election, including Maverick County who recorded…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Oct. 13, 2020 “Texas counties can offer only one drop-off ballot location, federal appeals court rules, upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s order” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Oct. 13, 2020 “Early voting begins in Texas’ boisterous and competitive 2020 election” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Early voting…

By Shannon Najmabadi and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Oct. 12, 2020 “Donor accuses Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office of mishandling complaint that led to staff mutiny” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public…