By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Feb. 7, 2020 “Analysis: Messing with elections messes with democracy” 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. Editor’s note: If you’d like…

(Press Release) On Thursday, February 6, 2020, a federal grand jury in El Paso, Texas, indicted Patrick Wood Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, on hate crimes and firearm charges in connection with the murder of 22 people and attempted murder of 23 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas,…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Feb. 6, 2020 “Report: Six Texas oil refineries spewing cancer-causing pollutant above federal threshold” 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. Eight…

By: Daniela Porat and Patricia Callahan, 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 February 2012, a safety engineer at Evenflo, one of the biggest sellers of children’s booster seats, wanted the company…

By Naomi Andu, The Texas Tribune Feb. 6, 2020 “After black student suspended over dreadlocks, some Texas lawmakers want to ban hair discrimination” 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…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Feb. 6, 2020 “El Paso shooting suspect expected to be charged with federal hate crimes” 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….

By Paul Kiel 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. More than 14 million taxpayers paid for tax prep software last year that they could have gotten for free, according…

Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO DENVER — People with disabilities make up 22% of the American public, but they remain largely undercounted in the U.S. Census Bureau’s once-a-decade population tally. The Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition is just one group working to get an accurate count in this year’s census….

Roz Brown, Public News Service – NV RENO, Nev. — A founding member of the Beach Boys is protesting a performance by the famous band’s offshoot at a trophy-hunting convention in Reno this week, where Donald Trump Jr. will be the keynote speaker. Brian Wilson signed a petition circulated by…

By Abby Livingston and Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Feb. 4, 2020 “Partisan tension hung over State of the Union — even before Texas congresswoman gave rebuttal from El Paso” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them…