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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A lawsuit filed by former inmates against Smith County, east of Dallas, has prompted others to speak out. -
After abortion rights took a staggering blow, LGBTQ Texans are afraid that they'll be targeted next. -
Getting a COVID-19 test in Texas may become even more difficult for the uninsured as funding expiresCommunity-based health clinics are worried that getting a COVID-19 test will be even more difficult for the uninsured, especially after a major source of funding ended last week. -
It's primary day in Texas. Voters there will decide who to nominate for governor, attorney general and a host of other offices.
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The low temperatures in Texas last week led to the high energy demand on the grid. That means a lot of fossil fuels got burned, contributing to climate change, which in turn increases the frequency and severity of natural disasters. -
Elected leaders at the county, city and school board level have largely avoided the scrutiny targeted at Republicans in the state legislature earlier this year when they drew state and federal lines to overwhelmingly favor white Texans. But the stakes are high in the fight over local district boundaries as well. -
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. -
Regional planners are looking for ways to ensure residents have enough water for decades to come, but there's not a simple solution. -
New voting maps in Texas are already facing legal challenges for discrimination, but that's just the start of how gerrymandering affects the nation's democracy.
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Lawmakers adjourned sine die in the early hours of Tuesday morning, securing changes to the state’s political maps and other conservative goals.
