Steve Johnson, 75, says trying to get his first COVID-19 vaccine dose in Wise County highlighted the shortcomings of the distribution plan. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.
Alana Rocha
Alana Rocha was the director of news partnerships for The Texas Tribune until June 2022. She was previously a multimedia reporter, after working in television and radio news for eight years. Alana covered politics for stations in Florida, Kansas and Texas and traveled the country reporting from the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaign trails. She was the lead reporter on several award-winning projects and launched “The Brief,” a daily audio update. A native of Tampa, Florida, Alana received bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from the University of Florida.
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Watch: Joaquin Castro discusses pro-Trump rioters storming U.S. Capitol
The Texas Tribune’s multimedia reporter Alana Rocha spoke Wednesday afternoon with Castro, D-San Antonio, who was in lockdown in his office.
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Coronavirus in Texas
A grieving daughter, a dedicated teacher and a former bar owner: We check back in with Texans about the pandemic and 2020
Like so many people, everyone we spoke to for this special edition of The Brief podcast said they’re ready for this year to be over.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Watch: Here’s what you should know heading into the 2021 Texas legislative session
We surveyed some of The Texas Tribune’s reporters and editors about what they’d be watching come Jan. 12, when state lawmakers are scheduled to gavel in the new session.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Long wait times and broken machines: Nothing could stop this Dallas voter from casting a ballot
In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, Gwendolyn McMillan Lawe reflects on the challenges she and other Black and Latino voters faced at the polls in November.
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COVID-19 Recession in Texas
No job, no car and living on $85 a week: Some Texans are facing economic crisis months into the pandemic
Jessica Tyson, an out-of-work hairdresser in Texarkana, says Congress cannot delay passing a second stimulus package. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Watch: A UT-Austin researcher explains the role his lab played in several leading COVID-19 vaccines
At least four of the COVID-19 vaccines showing promise are using technology developed in Jason McLellan’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Incarcerated Texans enlisted to work in county morgue as COVID-19 deaths overwhelm El Paso
The inmates working in the morgue will earn $2 an hour. They are low-level offenders that are part of the detention facility’s trustee program.
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Texas 2020 Elections
“It’s not purple. It’s not blue. It’s conservative.” Watch what happened in the Texas elections
The Republican party dominated races up and down the ballot, dashing Democrats’ high hopes. Our analysis sheds light on what happened.
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Texas 2020 Elections
He had a state-issued voter ID and says he still got flagged casting his ballot
Mike Wright says nothing made sense, and even the poll workers couldn’t explain it. But like millions of Texas voters this cycle, Wright says he was determined to cast his ballot. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.