https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/lexi-churchill/The latest news by Lexi Churchill.enTue, 29 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/29/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-mary-howard-elley/Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Natalia Contreras, VotebeatTue, 29 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/29/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-mary-howard-elley/Mary Howard-Elley, 52, a Splendora resident, was removed from the state’s voter rolls after being inaccurately labeled as a noncitizen.Mary Howard-Elley, 52, a Splendora resident, was removed from the state’s voter rolls after being inaccurately labeled as a noncitizen.Danielle Villasana for ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/exas-noncitizen-voting-proof-of-citizenship/Gov. Greg Abbott gave an inflated number of noncitizens removed from the state’s voter rolls, officials acknowledged, confirming findings by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Votebeat.By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune, Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Jen Fifield, VotebeatWed, 16 Oct 2024 20:19:45 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/exas-noncitizen-voting-proof-of-citizenship/Ken Cuccinelli, a former acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and former acting deputy secretary of DHS, speaks at a state Senate hearing at the Texas Capitol on Oct. 16, 2024.Ken Cuccinelli, a former acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and former acting deputy secretary of DHS, speaks at a state Senate hearing at the Texas Capitol on Oct. 16, 2024.Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/texas-legislature-voter-rolls-noncitizens/Here’s what you need to know after a ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat investigation found that Gov. Greg Abbott likely inflated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls.By Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas TribuneWed, 16 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/texas-legislature-voter-rolls-noncitizens/Voting signs direct voters outside of the Rolling Fork Castle Club during Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 in Houston. The castle was built in the late 1970s and has served as a voting location for almost forty years.Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/15/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-included-americans/An investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat found that U.S. citizens were incorrectly labeled as noncitizens or removed from the rolls because they did not respond to letters about their citizenship.By Lexi Churchill and Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, VotebeatTue, 15 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/15/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-included-americans/Gov. Gregg Abbott speaks at a podium in a photo collage that also includes a sign for a polling location.Photo illustration by Tiffany Herring/ProPublica. Source images: Amna Ijaz/The Texas Tribune, Montinique Monroe/The Texas Tribune.https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/08/uvalde-school-shooting-videos-released-lawsuit/The new videos largely affirm prior reporting and investigations that detailed law enforcement’s failures to confront the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.By Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Zach Despart, Terri Langford and Pooja Salhotra, The Texas TribuneTue, 08 Oct 2024 11:36:54 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/08/uvalde-school-shooting-videos-released-lawsuit/Previously released video shows officers gathered in the hallway of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. A gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in May 2022.Previously released video shows officers gathered in the hallway of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.Obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/10/uvalde-school-shooting-records-release-lawsuit/The city’s release ends a legal battle with news outlets, but other government agencies are withholding materials.By Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Zach Despart, Terri Langford and Kayla Guo, The Texas TribuneSat, 10 Aug 2024 12:37:21 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/10/uvalde-school-shooting-records-release-lawsuit/Authorities gather outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after a gunman entered and killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24, 2022.Authorities gather outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after a gunman entered and killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24, 2022.Courtesy of Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/05/texas-hurricane-beryl-carbon-monoxide-poisonings/Little has changed since the 2021 Texas winter storm. Power outages following Beryl’s July landfall led to two deaths and roughly 400 Texans hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 05 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/05/texas-hurricane-beryl-carbon-monoxide-poisonings/Van Turman, 76, and his wife, Debbie Wells, 72, were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. Their daughter, Jenny Hare, 49, was also sickened and hospitalized.Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-school-board-bond-elections/We want to hear about how heated elections affect the people learning, teaching and living in districts across Texas.By Jessica Priest, Jeremy Schwartz, Lexi Churchill and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 15 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-school-board-bond-elections/A group that calls itself “pro public education” offers ballot suggestions outside a voting center in Granbury.Shelby Tauber for ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/25/texas-school-districts-violated-election-transparency-law/The Texas Tribune and ProPublica analyzed 35 Texas school districts that held trustee elections last fall and found none that posted all of the required campaign finance records.By Jessica Priest and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Research by Dan Keemahill and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 25 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/25/texas-school-districts-violated-election-transparency-law/A photo illustration shows a web search box with “BOARD ELECTION Campaign Finance Report” and “Page Not Found” over a photo of a Texas school building.Photo illustration by ProPublica. Photo by Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune.https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/19/us-army-soldiers-violent-crimes/The change comes after reporting from ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Military Times revealed that hundreds of soldiers charged with offenses like sexual assault and domestic violence left the Army without facing courts-martial.By Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Davis Winkie, Military TimesFri, 19 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/19/us-army-soldiers-violent-crimes/Joan Wong for ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/29/uvalde-shooting-investigations-status-personnel-changes/As a grand jury considers whether any law enforcement officers are criminally charged for their inaction during the Robb Elementary shooting, some families say they feel they’ve been let down and betrayed by elected officials.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 29 Mar 2024 11:20:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/29/uvalde-shooting-investigations-status-personnel-changes/A copy of the Department of Justice’s review of law enforcement officers’ actions at Robb Elementary School.Copy of the Department of Justice's Critical Incident Review Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School, at the Herby Ham Activity Centerin Uvalde on Jan. 18, 2024.Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/active-shooter-training-schools-law-enforcement/No states mandate annual active shooter training for police officers, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE. In comparison, at least 37 states require such training in schools, typically on a yearly basis.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 08 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/active-shooter-training-schools-law-enforcement/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that had responding officers followed general procedures, some victims would have survived.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 18 Jan 2024 09:33:37 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/Students flee after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.Students flee and authorities help others evacuate after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.Courtesy of Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/27/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions/A lack of national standards leads to wide variability in after-action examinations of law enforcement’s response, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE found.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 27 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/27/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions/After-action reports can vary widely in what they examine and what information they release because there is no national standard for how they should be conducted.After-action reports can vary widely in what they examine and what information they release because there is no national standard for how they should be conducted.Compilation image by The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings/Across the country, states require more training to prepare students and teachers for mass shootings than for those expected to protect them. The differences were clear in Uvalde, where children and officers waited on opposite sides of the door.By Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Jinitzail Hernández, The Texas TribuneTue, 05 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings/Collage by ProPublica. Body camera stills obtained by ProPublica and The Texas TribuneCollage by ProPublica. Body camera stills obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/29/uvalde-shooting-dps-records/The state police agency had been withholding nearly all of its records on law enforcement’s botched response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. DPS will have an opportunity to redact the files before they are released.By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and William Melhado, The Texas TribuneThu, 29 Jun 2023 18:29:17 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/29/uvalde-shooting-dps-records/Family members and friends participate in a march on July 10, 2022, in support of those killed and injured in the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.Family members and friends participate in a march in support of those killed and injured in the school shooting at Robb Elementary, in Uvalde on July 10, 2022.Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/08/inside-30-years-kenny-hansmire-troubled-businesses/Politicians across the country have allocated millions to the National Child Identification Program. The company stands out as a success amid a decadeslong string of businesses plagued by legal and financial problems.By Kiah Collier and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 08 May 2023 05:05:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/08/inside-30-years-kenny-hansmire-troubled-businesses/Lauren Crow for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/10/military-army-administrative-separation/A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction and with little record of the allegations against them.By Vianna Davila, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Davis Winkie, Military TimesMon, 10 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/10/military-army-administrative-separation/Joan Wong for ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/08/uvalde-district-attorney-fights-release-public-records-despite-family/Joining the Texas Department of Public Safety’s fight against the release of records, the district attorney claims the support of every family who lost a child in the 2022 mass shooting. Attorneys representing many of the families refute that claim.By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 08 Mar 2023 12:50:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/08/uvalde-district-attorney-fights-release-public-records-despite-family/A memorial sprung up last year in Uvalde for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.A cross in memory of Eva Mireles is decorated for the holiday season, at the Memorial Plaza in Uvalde on Dec. 21, 2022.Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/15/army-military-pretrial-confinement-sexual-assault/Comparing the cases of Pvt. Olivia Ochoa and Pfc. Christian Alvarado provides a striking example of Army commanders’ uneven use of pretrial confinement.By Ren Larson, Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/15/army-military-pretrial-confinement-sexual-assault/Joan Wong for The Texas Tribune and ProPublica