By A.C. Thompson, 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. Brian Hastings, a top Border Patrol official, stared grimly at the television cameras. It was July 1, 2019, and Hastings was facing down…

Mike Moen, Public News Service – MD BALTIMORE — Dozens of prosecutors and corrections officials are calling for youth prisons across the country to close permanently. Their message coincides with a new report on the operating costs of these facilities, and they point to efforts in Maryland as progress. With…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2020 “An abrupt change to the census deadline shortened the response period by a month, increasing fears of an undercount in Texas” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them…

Roz Brown/Cynthia Bishop Jonas, Public News Service – NV LAS VEGAS — Legislation to expand Nevada’s vote-by-mail for the November election was signed by Gov. Steve Sisolak late Monday, despite attacks by President Donald Trump earlier in the day. During a special session on Sunday, the Nevada Senate approved implementation…

Por: Selene M. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal © 2020 A los extranjeros que cuentan con la Tarjeta Verde ó Green Card desde hace ya varios años, que les ha permitido residir y trabajar legalmente en los Estados Unidos, ahora quizá les sea más difícil poder realizar los trámites para…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Due to the exposure of 293rd Judicial District Attorney Office personnel to a Maverick County inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 at a Court hearing in the 365th Judicial District Court on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, District Attorney Roberto Serna…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Without a national plan to combat the deadly COVID-19 virus in the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to infect tens of thousands of Americans daily with no end in sight as the school year commences in most communities…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 The deadly novel coronavirus remains relentless and unabated in Maverick County during the first weekend of August 1-3, 2020 with five more local citizens dead and 99 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, August 3, according to…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2020 “Gov. Greg Abbott stresses local school officials “know best” whether schools should reopen” 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 Emma Platoff, Edgar Walters and Sarah R. Champagne, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2020 “Why Texas’ coronavirus data comes with caveats” 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…