Bret Jaspers
Bret Jaspers is a reporter for KERA. His stories have aired nationally on the BBC, NPR’s newsmagazines, and APM’s Marketplace. He collaborated on the series Cash Flows, which won a 2020 Sigma Delta Chi award for Radio Investigative Reporting. He's a member of Actors' Equity, the professional stage actors union.
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Texas is at the center of a nationwide war between state and local authorities. It’s an escalating dispute over who has what power — and when. -
After abortion rights took a staggering blow, LGBTQ families are afraid that they'll be targeted next. They worry their marriages might be nullified — or that they will never be able to get married. They also worry they might not be able to adopt children or that their right to be parents will be even more under attack. -
Texans left many grocery store shelves empty this week as they stocked up for the winter storm. -
Las cárceles pueden ser centros de contagio de COVID, pero los tejanos no saben lo que ocurre dentroLos tejanos saben aún menos sobre la situación del COVID-19 en las cárceles condales que en la primavera pasada, y los investigadores advierten que la propagación de la infección entre las personas encarceladas y el personal que trabaja en estos centros podría poner a las comunidades en mayor riesgo. -
Texans know even less about the COVID-19 situation in county jails than they did last spring – and researchers warn the spread of infection among incarcerated people and staff could put communities at greater risk.
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The bill would bring an estimated $30 billion or more of infrastructure spending into the state. That includes money for federal highway programs, public transit and the state’s electric vehicle charging network. -
Lawmakers adjourned in the early hours of Tuesday morning, securing changes to the state’s political maps and other conservative goals. -
Four people were injured in a shooting at a North Texas high school Wednesday morning. Three people were taken to local hospitals. One was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon. -
The bill passed 79-37 on second reading late Thursday night then passed 80-41 on a third reading Friday afternoon. The measure includes bans on 24-hour voting and drive-through voting. -
With quorum restored, the GOP marches toward restricting counties' ability to provide 24 hour voting and curbside voting, among other changes.
