A short but sweet impact piece with :
Closing Critical Gun Background Check Loophole Gains Bipartisan Support in Texas propublica.org/article/texas-
#txlege #uvalde
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I have seen this strategy before -- and experienced it personally -- and it always fails.
Going to all-caps this: MORE STORIES DO NOT GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC.
FEWER, BETTER STORIES GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC.
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Incredible that Craddick used a LOBBYIST as his spokesperson when responding to this great piece on the massive conflict of interest posed by earning $10 million a year in oil holdings while also regulating the oil industry
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For decades, Tom Craddick he has sat on the Texas house committee overseeing the oil industry.
His daughter, Christi Craddick, is the state's top oil regulator.
Last year, the family made $10 million for their oil holdings. And no one knew. Until today.
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Breaking: The husband of a Texas woman who had an abortion is suing the three women who helped her terminate her pregnancy. The lawsuit is the first of its kind since brought since the state's near-total ban on abortion last summer.
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NEW: The Uvalde District Attorney says records related to the mass shooting should continue to be withheld, claiming ALL of the families who lost children agree.
But attorneys for the vast majority of the families say that's not true.
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“We can have good ideas, but if we can’t get it passed, it’s not going to make a difference,” Huffman said. “I wanted this bill to make a difference.” The legislation addresses a glaring loophole and I found after the Uvalde shooting: propublica.org/article/texas-
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Lawmakers in the Texas Senate have passed their first bill of this session, closing a loophole in state law that had allowed gun sales to people who were involuntarily hospitalized for mental illness between the ages of 16 and 18.
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NEW: Following an investigation from and me, a bipartisan effort to ensure court-ordered mental health commitments of juveniles reaches the federal firearms background check is gathering steam at the Legislature:
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Just an incredible map no matter how many times I see it. A city split right down the center
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For over a year, and I have been trying to get our hands on an engineering report into a controversial privately built border fence that the U.S. government has tried to hide from the public. We finally got it and the results were more alarming than we imagined.
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DOJ Tried to Hide Report Warning That Private Border Wall in Texas Could Collapse
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., COLA alumnus and investigative reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative said her time at UT Austin, and especially at helped her to learn vital skills she still uses today. #UTCOLAalumni
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On this Election Day, I'm reminded of the barriers some people face to vote and the challenges election administrators face to do their jobs. A 🧵about some recent stories:
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BIG NEWS: is the next CEO of ! She will drive our strategy, finance, operations and growth as I continue to oversee our newsroom. I couldn’t be more excited.
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Or my wedding 🥲
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"Sacrifice Zones: Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution"
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NEW from : Migration at the border is higher today than it was before launched Operation Lone Star texastribune.org/2022/09/28/gre #txlege #tx2022 #txgov
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One of the most illuminating panels I went to at TribFest:
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Nice lil writeup of my #TribFest22 panel:
TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come? austinchronicle.com/daily/news/202 via @austinchronicle
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Nice lil writeup of my #TribFest22 panel:
TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come? austinchronicle.com/daily/news/202 via
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Hi folks (and ),
Did you see the Lt. Gov's press release this morning? That's me he's talking about (and my cobyliner )...
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NEW from : Laredo approves air pollution monitoring following investigation texastribune.org/2022/08/29/lar #txlege #tx2022
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Impact! Texas-Mexico Border Town Approves Air Pollution Monitoring Following and Investigation propublica.org/article/texas-
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Why I (we) do what I (we) do 🙂 #impact #journalism
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Texas-Mexico Border Town Approves Air Pollution Monitoring Following and Investigation
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NEW: A & investigation found that Army soldiers accused of nonviolent crimes like:
▪️ Disobeying commanders
▪️ Drug use
▪️ Burglary
Are more than TWICE as likely to be confined ahead of trial than those accused of sexual assault.
Here's how it happens
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29. talks water woes and severe drought with and Suzanne Scott festival.texastribune.org #txlege #tx2022
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Following reporting by and , the EPA Has Identified 23 U.S. Facilities Whose Toxic Air Pollution Puts People at Risk propublica.org/article/epa-to by
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Every year on this date — the anniversary of Charles Whitmn’s shooting spree — I post a link to ’s amazing oral history of those horrific 96 minutes. So proud to have published it google.com/amp/s/www.texa #txlege #tx2022
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The is expanding its environmental coverage and hiring a second reporter on this vital beat.
Come work w/ , who will be focusing on climate change and its impacts throughout Texas. Join our growing newsroom!
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Are you an undergrad junior or senior considering investigative journalism as a career? 's Emerging Reporter's program will give you a $9K stipend, training and mentorship, as a part of our goal to ⬆️industry diversity. Apply by Mon. Aug. 8!
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"ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have uncovered a major gap in implementing a 13-year-old Texas law requiring that involuntary mental health commitments be reported to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)."
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Gun Background Checks In Texas Exclude Juvenile Mental Health Records
Unlike adult records, juvenile records are tightly controlled under Texas law, which includes criminal penalties for officials who release them unlawfully. thecrimereport.org/2022/07/13/gun @TheCrimeReport
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NEW: Texas' gun background check law has holes because some juvenile mental health hospitalizations aren't reported. Important story from and .
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NEW from : Texas’ law on gun background checks plagued by critical omissions of minors’ mental health records texastribune.org/2022/07/13/tex #txlege #tx2022
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Texas law requires courts to send mental health commitments—for adults & juveniles—to the FBI's background check system.
After an 18-year-old carried out the Uvalde massacre, & I set out to find out if juvenile records were being reported.
They weren't.
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Important story: Critical Omissions Plague Texas Gun Background Check Law propublica.org/article/texas-
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From the bill's author: “In light of what is happening too many times these days and in recent years, it bothers me tremendously to hear that this law may not have been implemented in the way that it clearly was intended to be implemented.”
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For : Fearing consequences of the state's near-total ban, some Texas doctors are waiting until high-risk pregnant patients are on "death's doorstep" before offering abortion care, an unsettling harbinger of what could come in a post-Roe world:
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With all the *tech* here why can’t Texas perform simple electronic handoffs of records? Great read via Texas’ law on gun background checks plagued by critical omissions of minors’ mental health records texastribune.org/2022/07/13/tex via
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