Texas watchdog journalism roundup: Sexual abuse in Baptist churches
Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup — investigative stories in Texas that uncover hidden facts and hold officials accountable.
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Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup — investigative stories in Texas that uncover hidden facts and hold officials accountable.
Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup, a showcase of investigative stories that uncover hidden facts, hold officials accountable and demonstrate why journalism matters.
Trapped between the Rio Grande and border checkpoints, Sandro Garcia Moreno is among thousands of undocumented immigrants being ripped off by unscrupulous employers. The San Antonio Express-News analyzed a database of federal wage-theft investigations and found the Rio Grande Valley is a prolific source of worker complaints. Read more …
Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup, a showcase of hard-hitting investigative stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts, held officials accountable and demonstrated why journalism matters.
Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup, a series that showcases hard-hitting investigative stories in Texas that uncover hidden facts, hold officials accountable and demonstrate why journalism matters. Read more …
Welcome to the latest installment of the Texas watchdog journalism roundup, a series that showcases hard-hitting investigative stories in Texas that uncover hidden facts, hold officials accountable and demonstrate why journalism matters. Read more …
Investigative stories in Texas about vicious dog attacks, immigration raids, and a city official using public resources for personal business. Read more …
If it seems like facts no longer matter in politics, there’s a sliver of good news:
Investigative journalists are still writing powerful, evidence-based stories that help us understand a complicated world.
Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that show why facts still matter
Bigger wells, but more water | San Antonio Express-News
“Shale wells are swallowing twice as much water as they did a few years ago — around 10 million gallons each, or about 15 Olympic-sized swimming pools.” Read more …
The latest investigative stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable:
Centro San Antonio CEO quits amid allegations of embezzlement by staffer | The San Antonio Express-News
A former employee of Centro San Antonio, the nonprofit organization focused on building a “more prosperous downtown,” is accused of embezzling $175,000 by fabricating emails and audits and using an accomplice who posed as an auditor to cover the theft. In response to the discovery, Pat DiGiovanni, Centro’s president and CEO, quit last week. Read more …
The latest investigative stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable:
Apple served with search warrant in Sutherland Springs shooting | The San Antonio Express-News
Texas Rangers investigating the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs have served a search warrant on Silicon Valley giant Apple Inc. and are seeking digital photos, messages, documents and other types of data that might have been stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself. Read more …
The latest investigative stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable:
How renting furniture in Texas can land you in jail | The Texas Tribune
“Rental companies can avail themselves of a little-known law written decades ago by the rental industry lobby — in Texas and in many other states — that can turn a dispute over a love seat or big screen TV into a criminal offense report, a trip to jail and even felony theft charges.” Read more …