By: Melissa del Bosque, 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. Laura Peña could see that her 36-year-old client was wasting away. Gaunt and haggard after nearly two months in jail, he ran…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Aug. 13, 2019 “Julián Castro buys Fox News ad to tell Trump, “Americans were killed because you stoked the fires of racists”” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about…

By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Aug. 12, 2019 “Texas Rangers asked to investigate allegations against House Speaker Dennis Bonnen” 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. The…

Andrea Sears, Public News Service – NY NEW YORK — Nutrition and immigrant advocates are condemning a new rule denying green cards to immigrants who have received or might receive needs-based public assistance. The rule, issued Monday, would force immigrants in families with citizens and legal permanent residents to choose…

Jenn Stanley, Public News Service – MA BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says she intends to sue the Trump administration over new rules that would gut the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit she announced Monday alleges that the changes are illegal and that the administration failed to review…

(Press Release) – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector arrested a 29-year-old United States citizen, a 36-year-old Mexican national and one juvenile for attempting to smuggle 12 undocumented immigrants in two separate smuggling incidents on Aug. 10. “We have recently seen more juveniles risking their future…

By: Christopher Leonard, 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 March of 2014, Jim Hannan joined a group of executives at Georgia-Pacific to discuss a burgeoning crisis. Hannan was CEO of Georgia-Pacific,…

(Press Release) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released semifinal text of a new regulation that could affect millions of Texans—including over 1.6 million U.S. citizen children—who may go without needed health care, food, and housing out of fear that meeting those needs will prevent a family member from earning…

By Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Aug. 12, 2019 “Texas almost mandated an HPV vaccine before politics got in the way. Now, the state has one of the country’s highest rates of cervical cancer.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans —…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 12, 2019 “Latina organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez enters Democratic primary to challenge Cornyn” 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. Leading…