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Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

by Lexi Churchill

June 6, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

by Lexi Churchill

May 16, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

by Doug Bock Clark

April 8, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

485 stories published since 2016

He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

March 24, 2026, 5:30 am EDT
Transportation Lobbyists Have Donated Thousands to Sean Duffy’s Son-in-Law as He Runs for Congress

by Megan O’Matz

March 18, 2026, 2:15 pm EDT
Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then Politicians Had Their Say.

by Rob Davis

March 13, 2026, 5:30 am EDT
How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina

by Doug Bock Clark

December 29, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors

by Doug Bock Clark

December 22, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer

by Megan O’Matz

December 11, 2025, 5:30 am EST
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.

by Anna Clark

December 1, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power

by Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

November 24, 2025, 5:30 am EST
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office

by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America, and Cecilia Lenzen, Fort Worth Report

November 10, 2025, 5:00 am EST
“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War

by Jeremy Kohler

September 24, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
ProPublica and Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Divorce Records

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom

September 17, 2025, 4:30 pm EDT
The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy

by Robert T. Garrett for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

August 25, 2025, 11:45 am EDT
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

by Brandon Roberts, Annie Waldman and Pratheek Rebala, illustrations by Sam Green for ProPublica

August 21, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
How We Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies

by Pratheek Rebala, Annie Waldman and Brandon Roberts

August 21, 2025, 4:55 am EDT
These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

by Joel Jacobs

August 6, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

by Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report and Report for America

August 4, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

by Zach Despart

July 24, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Why Gov. Greg Abbott Won’t Release His Emails With Elon Musk

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom

July 14, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

by Abe Streep

July 8, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists This Year. State Law Keeps the Extent of Their Influence Under Wraps.

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom

July 3, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Inside Elon Musk’s Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom

July 2, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue

by Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

June 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

by Lexi Churchill

June 6, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

by Jeremy Kohler

May 30, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

by Lexi Churchill

May 16, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.

by Lexi Churchill

May 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Kroll

April 24, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

by Doug Bock Clark

April 8, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

April 4, 2025, 3:25 pm EDT
How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

by Megan O’Matz

March 28, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

by Doug Bock Clark

March 28, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

by Jeremy Schwartz, and Dan Keemahill, photography by Shelby Tauber for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

March 19, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch

March 17, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

March 6, 2025, 7:00 am EST
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

by Robert Faturechi

March 4, 2025, 7:00 am EST
Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

February 28, 2025, 9:45 am EST
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

by Sharon Lerner and Pratheek Rebala

February 6, 2025, 5:00 am EST
ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies

by ProPublica

January 31, 2025, 6:00 am EST
North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

by Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica

January 24, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

January 22, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

by Vianna Davila

January 17, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

by Anna Clark

January 10, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

by Eli Hager and Jeremy Schwartz

November 9, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters

by Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill

November 6, 2024, 10:45 pm EST
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration

by Stephen Engelberg

November 6, 2024, 4:00 pm EST
El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de “blando” con la inmigración

por Perla Trevizo, fotografía por Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica

November 5, 2024, 2:30 pm EST
Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.

by Andy Kroll

November 4, 2024, 1:00 pm EST
Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration

by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo

November 3, 2024, 6:05 am EST
A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

by Perla Trevizo, photography by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica

November 3, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes “America First”

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

November 2, 2024, 6:07 pm EDT