Pooja Salhotra

Austin

Reporting Fellow at The New York Times

Reporting Fellow @nytimes National desk, send me tips/email me at [email protected] Graduate of @yale, @nyu_journalism

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What We Know About How the Minnesota Assassination Case May Unfold

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Pooja Salhotra |Ernesto Londono

Federal and state prosecutors have brought 10 charges against a man they say killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a political assassination. Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday and accused of shooting and killing State Representative Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark, at their home in a suburb of Minneapolis. The gunman, who posed as a police officer, also shot and injured Democratic State Senator John A.
Minnesota Manhunt and Arrest: What We Know

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Bernard Mokam |Pooja Salhotra

Minnesota State Patrol Special Response Team officers during a manhunt for a man suspected of assassinating a Democratic state lawmaker and attempting to kill another, in Green Isle, Minn., on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Tactical teams mobilized to a rural stretch of Minnesota on Sunday after officers found what they believed was a vehicle belonging to the man suspected of assassinating a Democratic state lawmaker and trying to kill a second.
House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032

2 months ago | krgv.com | Pooja Salhotra |Stephen Simpson

"House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032" 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. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032

2 months ago | sacurrent.com | Pooja Salhotra |Stephen Simpson

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A House panel approved on Wednesday a bill to require prisons to have air-conditioning by the end of 2032. House Bill 3006, by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, would require the installation of climate control in phases to be completed by the end of 2032, if the Legislature allocates funding.
House panel passes bill requiring air conditioning in Texas prisons by 2032

2 months ago | palestineherald.com | Pooja Salhotra

A House panel approved on Wednesday a bill to require prisons to have air-conditioning by the end of 2032. House Bill 3006, by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, would require the installation of climate control in phases to be completed by the end of 2032, if the Legislature allocates funding. The House Committee on Corrections approved the legislation 7-1, making it the first prison heat-related bill to gain traction through the Legislature.
Anti-vaccine advocates battle over narrative in West Texas, downplaying role of measles in deaths

2 months ago | dentonrc.com | Pooja Salhotra

When Daisy Hildebrand became the second Texas child to die of measles on April 3, her physicians reported — per the state health code — the 8-year-old’s death to local officials in Lubbock where she died and in tiny Gaines County where the girl lived. But Holbrooks’ plans were dashed when the day before Daisy’s funeral, communication of her death was leaked by private channels and commandeered by a vocal, growing movement critical of vaccines.
Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives

2 months ago | sfgate.com | Pooja Salhotra

Huffman successfully pushed through an amendment that would give an additional 2.5% incentive to faith-based productions, despite some strong objections from Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, and Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin. The bill already directs the Texas Film Commission to offer extra grant funding to films labeled “Texas Heritage Projects,” as determined by the governor’s office.
Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives

2 months ago | kdhnews.com | Pooja Salhotra

The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would more than double the amount of money the state spends to lure film and television production to Texas. Senate Bill 22, filed by Houston Republican Sen. Joan Huffman, would direct the comptroller to deposit $500 million into a new Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund every two years until 2035. That figure is more than state lawmakers have ever allocated for media production since they first started funding a film incentive grant in 2007.
Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives

2 months ago | krgv.com | Pooja Salhotra

"Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives" 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. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Texas Senate approves $500 million infusion for film incentives

2 months ago | apnews.com | Pooja Salhotra

The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would more than double the amount of money the state spends to lure film and television production to Texas. Senate Bill 22, filed by Houston Republican Sen. Joan Huffman, would direct the comptroller to deposit $500 million into a new Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund every two years until 2035. That figure is more than state lawmakers have ever allocated for media production since they first started funding a film incentive grant in 2007.