Jason Beeferman, Author at The Texas Tribune

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Jason Beeferman

Jason Beeferman was a spring reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune, until June 2022, and a junior at Northwestern University where he studies Journalism, International Studies and Latin American Studies. He has previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and The New York Post, where he reported for the papers’ metro desks covering city politics, crime and social justice initiatives. A native New Yorker, he is passionate about the workings of city and state governments. He has also written for The Daily Northwestern where he covered Evanston, Ill.’s reparations program.

Staci Crosswell, a second grade teacher at Lakeshore Elementary School, has been teaching online from her Houston home for two years. She recently submitted her resignation to Humble ISD and will be pursuing a master’s degree and publishing a children’s book.

Public Education

Amid a teacher shortage, some Texas educators are losing their licenses for quitting during the school year

By Brian Lopez and Jason BeefermanApril 19, 2022

The policy sidelines educators, often for two school years, at a time when districts are already struggling to keep teachers in the classrooms.

Eladio Cordero sorts through mixed-quality jalapeños at Trinidad Fresh Produce at the McAllen Produce Terminal Market in McAllen on Thursday.

State Government

In McAllen, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border inspections meant late deliveries, rotten produce and lost business

By Jason BeefermanApril 15, 2022

The delays caused by the state’s inspections are the latest blow to farmers and produce businesses in the Rio Grande Valley recovering from the pandemic and losses from last year’s winter storm.

The U.S. Capitol through a tattered U.S. flag on a truck. A group of about 30 migrants arrived in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday after accepting an offer from the state of Texas to be taken there.

Immigration

First bus of migrants arrives in Washington, D.C., from Texas under Abbott’s new controversial plan

By Andrew Zhang, James Barragán and Jason BeefermanApril 13, 2022April 14, 2022

About 30 people from Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua traveled to the U.S. capital as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42.

A distribution center for fruits and vegetables in Pharr on Monday. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Gov. Greg Abbott’s “economy killing action” is exacerbating already strained supply chains and causing massive produce shortages resulting in “untold losses” for Texas businesses in an open letter addressed to the governor.

Transportation

Predicting food shortages, Sid Miller calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to stop new vehicle inspections at the border

By Jason BeefermanApril 12, 2022

Abbott’s new policy has resulted in hourslong delays and protester blockades at border crossings. The state’s agriculture commissioner criticized the measure as an “economy killing action.”