Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune
Emma Platoff is a breaking news reporter at The Texas Tribune. She previously worked at the Tribune as a reporting fellow and is a recent graduate of Yale University, where she studied English literature and nonfiction writing. She has also worked as the managing editor of the Yale Daily News and as an intern at The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Hartford Courant.
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Texas Counties Can Offer Only One Drop-Off Ballot Location, Federal Appeals Court Rules, Upholding GCivil rights groups and voting advocates had argued the restriction would disproportionately impact low-income voters, voters with disabilities, older voters and voters of color in Democratic counties. -
In counties where four-year college students make up at least 10% of the population, cases have grown 34% since Aug. 19, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. That’s compared with 23% in counties with a smaller proportion of students. -
As students across Texas return to schools for in-person classes, there will be masks, distancing and lunches eaten at desks. Many students will remain at home, joining in on laptops and phones. -
Texas Lawmakers Want More LGTBQ Safeguards After U.S. Supreme Court Guarantees Workplace ProtectionsLGBTQ Texans marked a major victory Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law prevents employment discrimination on the... -
As Local Officials Shrink Jail Populations, Abbott Blocks Release Of Some Inmates Who Can't Pay BailAs the new coronavirus continues to spread in Texas’ two biggest county jails, Gov. Greg Abbott has made it harder for thousands of inmates to get out... -
Steven Hopwood, a 61-year-old man with a history of pneumonia and scarring on his lungs, was all but set to get out of jail this week. He planned to... -
Royce West was not on the ballot in 2006, the year Democrats swept Dallas County and wrested a GOP stronghold into Democrats’ firm grip. But the... -
The attorney general's office is charged with defending state agencies when they are challenged in court. But Paxton will not defend a commission sued… -
Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional, Federal Court Rules In Texas-Led Affordable Care Act LawsuitThe individual mandate, a critical provision of President Barack Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act, is unconstitutional, a three-judge panel on the U... -
Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to review and overhaul their licensing requirements, with an eye toward providing Texans “the opportunity to...
