Jasmine Aguilera
@jas-aguilera.bsky.social
Insufferable know-it-all. Also: Audience & Collaboration Strategist for @texastribune.org + @propublica.org. Award-winning journalist. Prev: Senior Health Equity Reporter/Editor @eltimpano.bsky.social; Immigration + Congress Reporter for @time.com
Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers. w/ @texastribune.org
Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.
The Texas education board, which typically approves most charter applications it reviews, rejected Alpha School’s request last year. Then Alpha quadrupled its Texas private school campuses, most of wh...
propublica.org
ICYMI, starting today, Texas hospitals expect to lose $27 million a day in #Medicaid funding, per @texashospitals.bsky.social. Monitoring the house health affordability comm meeting this morning. Let's see if if it come up. www.texastribune.org/2026/08/31/t...
Texas hospitals to lose $27 million in Medicaid funding daily
Starting Sept. 1, the Trump administration will withhold about $9.8 billion in extra annual funding that helps hospitals cover the difference between Medicaid payments and the actual cost of services.
texastribune.org
If you administer SNAP or Medicaid services in your community, we want to know: Have shifting priorities in Washington changed the way you do your work? Here's how you can reach out:
Do You Administer SNAP or Medicaid Benefits? Help ProPublica Report on America’s Safety Net.
We want to hear from the officials and workers who help people navigate SNAP and Medicaid, because no one knows these programs better.
propublica.org
Trump's border wall is set to bulldoze the site of the 1918 Porvenir Massacre, in which 15 unarmed Mexican-American boys and men were killed by the Texas Rangers. The land is considered sacred ground by descendants of the victims.
Trump’s Border-Wall Construction Is Set to Bulldoze the Porvenir Massacre Site
It is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The border wall threatens to erase it from history.
texasmonthly.com
A few overlooked details from my July 18 piece on Rep. Max Miller—threading them below. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
motherjones.com
Starting shortly: Check out @texastribune.org's live virtual discussion, "Fast Development, Slow Policy: Texas communities and the data center boom" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSv4...
Fast Development, Slow Policy: Texas communities and the data center boom
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
youtube.com
NEW: After ProPublica and @texastribune.org revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.
Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law
The complaint asks the Texas secretary of state to examine whether Paxton committed election fraud by voting in the May primary runoff while registered at an address where he no longer appears to live...
propublica.org
“Most people don’t think you’re a nice kid," the owner of an Arkansas private school told a boy before urging other students to take turns attacking him. She repeatedly thwacked him with a footlong plastic cylinder, calling him a liar.
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...
propublica.org
I've watched for over a year while @josephinelee.bsky.social has toiled over this story. It's a feat of reporting and an incredible read: In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10 www.texasobserver.org/texas-school... - via @TexasObserver
In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10
A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age o...
texasobserver.org
DHS didn't answer @texastribune.org qs about why ICE was trying to pull over Salgado Araujo or how he came onto ICE’s radar. According to a public records search, the only Texas resident by that name was a 52-year-old man who has no criminal convictions in Texas www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/i...
ICE agent fatally shoots migrant in Houston
The agency said the man was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. His son said he’d lived here for 35 years and was attempting to obtain a work permit.
texastribune.org
🚨 ATTN local journos: We're seeking reporters in 6 newsrooms — in 6 different states — to join our Local Reporting Network. Launched in 2018, our program aims to help create vital, investigative journalism in communities where such stories might otherwise not be done. 🧵👇
Great example by @zachdespart.bsky.social of journalists showing their work. Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. www.propublica.org/article/ken-... w/ @texastribune.org
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, by @ujohnnyg.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2026/06/30/t...
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
The court’s ruling means children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will continue to be citizens/will no longer receive automatic citizenship.
texastribune.org
This week and last, we’ve been advertising our tip line in workplaces of interest to our reporters across the country. If you’ve seen it, let us know. Insider information fuels our investigations. And to our readers: Consider this our elevator pitch. Where would you put our tips line next?
Big wins last night for @propublica.org's Immigration and Video teams 🏆🏆
ProPublica and Partners Win Two Emmys
propublica.org
Doctors say woman in El Paso ICE detention urgently requires surgery that is being denied. “It is my medical opinion that Ms. Pedro Francisco will suffer irreparable harm if this treatment is not provided promptly." OB-GYNs & an emergency physician agreed. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/e...
Woman detained by ICE wrongfully denied surgery, doctors say
Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she...
texastribune.org
NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law. With @texastribune.org
Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.
The Texas attorney general has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the bo...
propublica.org
"ProPublica’s tally of kids harmed by tear gas or pepper spray is nearly four times the number cited in a recent congressional report that relied on news stories, yet it is likely still a vast undercount."
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo agoNEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
👋Hi! I’m Jessica Lussenhop, and for the last 4 years, I served as ProPublica’s first Minnesota-based reporter. But now I’ve got big news: On May 14, ProPublica is launching a brand new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and I’ll be your host. Thread 🧵
A lot of blame following last year's TX Hill Country floods focused on the camps where many victims died. But TX lawmakers for decades rejected laws that could have saved lives. Read more from Lexi Churchill, @emfoxhall.bsky.social & @pratheekrebala.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods
Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in ar...
propublica.org
NEW: Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods. “We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.
Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods
Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in areas at high risk for flooding.
propublica.org
AMAZING, AMAZING NEWS!! ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting 🎉🎉🎉
ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
propublica.org
What makes a good tip for ProPublica? • Information that isn’t already known • Evidence that powerful people are doing something they shouldn’t • Specifics and receipts How to contact us securely: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
propublica.org
NEW: Eleven U.S. cities will host World Cup games this summer, which is expected to generate $11B for FIFA. The cities get little in return. They do not see a slice of game-day revenues from ticket sales, concessions and merchandise, or parking.
FIFA Could Make Billions From the World Cup. Host Cities Will Get Little in Return.
A review of the contracts host cities signed with FIFA shows that almost all of the costs for organizing the tournament fall on the cities, whose ability to collect revenue is limited. In Texas, that could leave taxpayers on the hook.
propublica.org
Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court weakened but did not eliminate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, making it harder to bring voter discrimination claims against electoral maps.
Supreme Court weakens cornerstone of Voting Rights Act
While the court did not strike down the provision entirely, Justice Elena Kagan said Wednesday’s ruling made Section 2 of the VRA “all but a dead letter.”
texastribune.org
And we're live! 📣
Jasmine Aguilera@jas-aguilera.bsky.social · 5mo agoTODAY: AMA w/ @propublica.org and @texastribune.org reporter Zach Despart at 2 pm CT about what happened to the Colony Ridge settlement last week. DOJ plans to settle without compensating the alleged victims, and $20 mil goes to policing and immigration enforcement www.reddit.com/r/houston/co...
The DOJ plans to settle with Colony Ridge over predatory loan practices. No money will be used to compensate the alleged victims, most of whom are Hispanic. But $20 million will go towards policing and immigration enforcement. Join our AMA on the settlement today at 2 p.m. in r/Houston.
From the houston community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the houston community
reddit.com
Meenu Batra has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002. She’s a court interpreter, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. But, on March 17, Batra was detained by ICE agents at the Harlingen Airport: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport
The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.
texasobserver.org
TODAY: AMA w/ @propublica.org and @texastribune.org reporter Zach Despart at 2 pm CT about what happened to the Colony Ridge settlement last week. DOJ plans to settle without compensating the alleged victims, and $20 mil goes to policing and immigration enforcement www.reddit.com/r/houston/co...
From the houston community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the houston community
reddit.com
