Loved chatting w/ Pooja Salhotra about Texas' high school voter registration law.

39.6% of Texans ages 18-24 were registered to vote for nov '22 – in part bc of the poor compliance with this law, but other states show opportunities for reform.
See more⬇️ texastribune.org/2024/04/10/tex…

NEW + must read from Pooja Salhotra Yuriko Schumacher @texastribune: Despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools, most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote texastribune.org/2024/04/10/tex… #txlege #tx2024

'Here we were, just a bunch of primates, seemingly so advanced in intelligence and power, yet awed in the face of the profound.'

nytimes.com/2024/04/08/opi…

'The clouds disappeared, opening the sky. Then a curtain of darkness settled in as the moon completely covered the sun, creating a shimmering halo. And a crowd of about 50 eager onlookers at Clymer Meadow Preserve erupted with cheers...'
Alejandra Martinez texastribune.org/2024/04/08/tex…

Well the clouds covered the full eclipse at the Capitol but we did get to see an eclipse wedding.

Cash bail means wealthy people can buy their freedom while others are forced to remain jailed.

It’s time to end this unequal system once and for all.
texastribune.org/2024/04/01/tex…

1.7 million Texas households are set to lose monthly internet subsidy bit.ly/3TKiYf2

Great piece by Pooja Salhotra of the Texas Tribune on the Attorney General Ken Paxton trial. One question - SHOULD someone who is a public official be held to a higher standard and thus be prosecuted to the full extent of the law even if not usual?

texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken…

Good context to Ken Paxton's securities fraud charges getting dropped here from Pooja Salhotra.

Legal experts specializing in securities fraud said it's rare that a case like this would be pursued criminally or result in jail time.

texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken…

Highly recommend you read this well-reported and thoughtfully written story about how the state's air-monitoring system has failed a Latino community 15 miles east of downtown Houston. Alejandra Martinez for Texas Tribune
texastribune.org/2024/03/14/tex…

'Before it burned to a pile of ashes, Melanie McQuiddy’s house on the outskirts of Canadian was her family’s home base...Now—after the state’s largest wildfire in history tore across a million acres in the Texas Panhandle — the house is gone.'
Emily Foxhall texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tex…

Breaking: Xcel Energy on Thursday acknowledged its involvement in the ignition of the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which has grown to be the largest in state history. bit.ly/3wQGvmu

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their Texas primaries on Tuesday, propelling them closer to a rematch in the November presidential election.
texastribune.org/2024/03/05/don…

'I told Votebeat managers that I had never voted and that I knew very little about elections. I told them that’s why I’d be a good candidate for the job: I could bring the perspective...and report on this topic with fresh eyes.' via Natalia E Contreras
texastribune.org/2024/03/05/tex…

'The city’s scars are on the border, where the fires claimed brick homes and trailer camps...
Even as they reach for normalcy, the surroundings remind them of the phenomenon that ravaged their city.'
@criacuervosvibe re the devastating TX wildfires
texastribune.org/2024/03/03/can…

BREAKING: States may not unilaterally disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot, the Supreme Court rules unanimously..

Only Congress can decide. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

The number of people under 30 who voted early in TX is equivalent to the number of people 85 and older who voted early, per Derek Ryan.
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About 1.8 million Texans voted during the early period that ended Friday, down from 2 million during the 2020 presidential primary.

Democratic turnout accounted for the entirety of the decline. bit.ly/4bWxgS3

The largest wildfire in TX history has engulfed more than 1 million acres of land and killed at least two people. Get the latest information here Texas Tribune
texastribune.org/2024/03/01/tex…

Texas firefighters on Thursday struggled to contain a series of wildfires in the Panhandle that have killed at least two people and have engulfed more than 1 million acres of land.bit.ly/3Ika56A