https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/perla-trevizo/The latest news by Perla Trevizo.enThu, 06 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Saying that manufacturers failed to make generators safer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving forward with proposed regulations to bolster protections. The proposal comes after reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsThu, 06 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Photo illustration by NBC Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Most of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms, an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 23 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Gov. Greg Abbott speaks in Uvalde three days after a man used legally purchased firearms to kill 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School.Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a presser at Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022.Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/State lawmakers have rejected dozens of bills that would have prevented people from legally obtaining weapons used in many mass shootings. Instead, they’ve made it easier for residents to get guns and harder for local governments to regulate them.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 16 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/A group of men embrace during a vigil on Aug. 4, 2019, one day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas.A group of men embrace during a vigil a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E05433300Callaghan O’Hare/Reutershttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/The report confirms a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation that found the privately built fencing could collapse during major flooding. The federal government resisted making the findings public for more than a year.By Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/Erosion can be seen along a privately funded border wall in Mission in June 2020.Erosion can be seen along the privately funded border wall that was built less than a year ago on June 19, 2020 in Mission, Texas. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicaVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Churches in Texas invited Beto O’Rourke and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to speak to their congregations before the 2022 midterms, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Johnson Amendment.By Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 06 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Juanjo Gasull for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Abbott has consolidated power like none before him, at times circumventing the GOP-controlled Legislature and overriding local officials. A flurry of executive measures has solidified his base and raised his national profile.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublicaTue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Gov. Greg Abbott after a Houston press conference in 2017.Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Gov. Greg Abbott and others have been sending thousands of migrants to Washington. D.C. District Attorney General Karl Racine is investigating whether migrants have been deceived.By Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 14 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Two buses from Texas transporting immigrants arrive at Washington D.C.’s Union Station on April 21.Union Station, Washington, DC - Activists line up to impede journalists from photographing as two buses of migrants arrive near Union Station as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency health order to that allowed immigration authorities at the border to deny entry to migrants in Washington, DC, on Thursday, April 21, 2022.Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/The generator industry has touted automatic shut-off switches as a lifesaving fix for carbon monoxide poisoning. But the voluntary standard falls short of what federal regulators say is necessary to eliminate deaths.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC NewsWed, 21 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.Briggs & Strattonhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/uvalde-shooter-warnings-background/Identified as at-risk, he never received special education services and ultimately flunked out, according to a Texas House committee report.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 17 Jul 2022 12:01:12 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/uvalde-shooter-warnings-background/School chairs sit outside a store on June 2, 2022, in remembrance of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting.Storefronts around downtown were painted in memorial of the 21 people who died in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on June 2, 2022.Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 06 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/Texas Department of Public Safety special agents apprehend a group of five men from Honduras who were caught on private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville in November 2021.Texas DPS special agents apprehend a group of five undocumented migrants from Honduras that were caught in private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville, Texas on Nov. 8, 2021. The owner of the property did not sign an affidavit for arrests of undocumented migrants to be taking place at their property so the group of Hondurans will be processed by Border Patrol instead. Verónica G. Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths-generators/Many generators on the market have not received potentially lifesaving safety upgrades. Citing an investigation by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and NBC News after the February 2021 winter storm, a House committee wants to know why.By Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 29 Jun 2022 14:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths-generators/Laila Milevski/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/04/texas-private-border-wall-environmental-damage/Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence control over where to inspect for damage and leeway over which issues they choose to repair.By Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSat, 04 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/04/texas-private-border-wall-environmental-damage/The 2020 storm Hurricane Hanna left waist-deep cracks on the banks of the Rio Grande along parts of a private border fence, which threatened the structural integrity of the project, experts said.The 2020 storm Hurricane Hanna left waist-deep cracks on the banks of the Rio Grande along parts of a private border fence, which threatened the structural integrity of the project, experts said.James Hord for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/02/texas-border-wall-kolfage-plea/Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding donors to the private wall effort.By Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/02/texas-border-wall-kolfage-plea/Brian Kolfage faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month.Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via APhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/As reporters investigated Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, they repeatedly found situations in which Abbott and Department of Public Safety officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples.By Perla Trevizo and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Kengo Tsutsumi, ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectWed, 27 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/Photo Illustration by John Whitlock for ProPublica/Texas Tribune/The Marshall Project. Source images: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune; Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Jordan Vondehaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office.By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectMon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Photo illustration by John Whitlock for The Texas Tribune/ProPublica/The Marshall Projecthttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/21/operation-lone-star-lacks-clear-metrics-measure-accomplishments/Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Claiming drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers.By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall ProjectMon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/21/operation-lone-star-lacks-clear-metrics-measure-accomplishments/A photo collage a map of the Texas-Mexico border, images of the border fence, a handcuffed pair of hands and Operation Lone Star paperwork.Photo illustration by John Whitlockhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/04/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-firefighter/After half of a Houston family was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News revealed that a fire crew had failed to enter the house to check on them. A firefighter has now been disciplined.By Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC NewsFri, 04 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/04/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-firefighter/Laila Milevski/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/25/generators-carbon-monoxide-safety-rules/The announcement comes two months after an investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News detailed the deadly cost of the government’s failure to regulate portable generators.By Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 25 Feb 2022 14:30:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/25/generators-carbon-monoxide-safety-rules/Laila Milevski/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/texas-generators-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths/Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by a system that lets the industry regulate itself.By Lexi Churchill, Perla Trevizo and Ren Larson, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsFri, 17 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/texas-generators-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths/Laila Milevski/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/19/scott-sanford-retirement-texas-house/Sanford’s announcement came a day before the Texas Legislature reconvenes for a third special session of 2021.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 19 Sep 2021 13:44:07 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/19/scott-sanford-retirement-texas-house/State Rep. Scott Sanford, R-McKinney, announced Sunday that he would not file for reelection.State Rep. Scott Sanford, R-McKinney, announced that he would not file for re-election on Sept. 19, 2021.Texas House of Representatives