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2 weeks ago | 
texasstandard.org | Joshua Fechter |Yuriko Schumacher |Shelby Tauber
To Princeton Mayor Eugene Escobar, the reason why so many people moved there is simple: It’s cheaper to buy a home there than in neighboring cities and suburbs. The typical home in Princeton is valued at around $325,000, according to Zillow — compared with more than $500,000 in nearby McKinney or $685,000 in Frisco. Escobar purchased his home in 2017 for $240,000. “It’s affordability,” Escobar said. “That’s really the driving factor.”With growth comes change.
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2 months ago | 
propublica.org | Jeremy Schwartz |Dan Keemahill |Molly Parker |Shelby Tauber
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.
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2 months ago | 
propublica.org | Doug Bock Clark |Jeremy Schwartz |Dan Keemahill |Shelby Tauber
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. GOP lawmakers directed millions of dollars away from longstanding Democratic-led agencies to a tiny commission controlled by Republicans. Lawmakers singled out money for faith-based groups.
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2 months ago | 
propublica.org | Jeremy Schwartz |Dan Keemahill |Shelby Tauber |Jennifer Smith Richards
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Jeremy Schwartz |Dan Keemahill |Shelby Tauber
11 hours agoTrump administration ends "segregated facilities" ban in federal contractsThe Trump administration has announced the federal government will no longer unequivocally prohibit contractors from having segregated restaurants, …6 hours agoMy name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
texasstandard.org | Joshua Fechter |Shelby Tauber
From The Texas Tribune:DALLAS — Buying or renting a home in Texas used to be relatively cheap. Amid the state’s economic boom, its once-celebrated housing affordability has slipped. Texas renters now spend more on keeping a roof over their heads than ever. As home prices have vastly outpaced incomes, homeownership has become a distant fantasy for many Texas families.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
texasstandard.org | Kayla Guo |Shelby Tauber
From The Texas Tribune:The trial judge who presided over death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s capital murder case found last month that she is innocent of her daughter’s death and recommended that her sentence and conviction be overturned, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. Judge Arturo Nelson of Cameron County found on Oct.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
kxxv.com | Jasper Scherer |Shelby Tauber
In the weeks leading up to Election Day, a series of polls found that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was in a familiar position: fighting for political survival in a state where other Republicans were routinely dominant. But Cruz’s team felt confident. They were better positioned this election cycle overall and they’d identified what they saw as their ace in the hole: Democratic challenger Colin Allred’s record on transgender rights — specifically, the issue of transgender children playing in youth sports.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
kxxv.com | Terri Langford |Shelby Tauber
County Commissioner Rick Bailey knows immediately when one of his Johnson County constituents has suffered a health scare. That’s typically when the calls and texts roll in from residents wanting to know more about ambulance service for those living outside the city limits of Cleburne or Burleson. “I do get complaints if there has been an accident or a heart attack, saying ‘Hey, why did it take so long?’” Bailey said.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
texasstandard.org | Andrew Schneider |Shelby Tauber
Cruz poured much of his war chest into an advertising campaign that sought to paint Allred as too liberal for Texas. He aimed to link Allred to the immigration and border security policies of the Biden administration, even though Allred was one of a handful of Democratic House members who signed onto a Republican resolution condemning those policies. He also heavily criticized Allred for opposing Republican measures to bar transgender athletes from participating in school sports.
