The city of Mesquite earlier this week joined the short list of Texas cities that protect city employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We’ve updated the Tribune’s comparison of nondiscrimination protections in the state.
Jolie McCullough
Jolie McCullough was a reporter at The Texas Tribune from 2015 to 2023. She began as a data visualization journalist and then reported on criminal justice policy, ranging from policing and courts to prisons and the death penalty. She joined the Tribune from the Albuquerque Journal, her hometown newspaper. She previously worked at the Arizona Republic and is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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MD Anderson, Katy ISD Updated in Government Salaries Explorer
We’ve updated the Tribune’s Government Salaries Explorer with new data for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Katy ISD and Midwestern State University. College Station ISD and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are new additions.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Court Halts Execution in Dallas Murder
The execution of a man whose original trial included a hypnotized eyewitness was stopped by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday evening.
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Criminal Justice
Webb County Sees Rare Death Sentence
A Webb County jury Thursday gave Demond Bluntson a death sentence for the 2012 shooting death of his 21-month-old son and his girlfriend’s six-year-old boy. It was the county’s first death sentence in almost 25 years.
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Search Texas Death Row Inmates by County, Execution Date
Our Faces of Death Row app has some new features. Now, you can search for inmates by the county where the crime was committed and see who has an execution date scheduled.
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Texas Still Near Bottom of the List for Presidential Primary Turnout
Of the 27 states that have held both Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections so far, only four have had lower voting-age participation rates than Texas, where a mere 21 percent of residents 18 and older cast their ballots last month.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Cities See Crime Rates Dropping
Crime rates in Texas cities fell more over the past two years than in other cities across the nation, a new study finds.
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Texas Prison Inmate Database Updated
The Texas prison inmates database has been updated with the latest data from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Use the app to learn more about the most common crimes and look up any of the more than 144,000 inmates housed in Texas prisons.
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Demographics
Texas Drawing Millions Moving from Other States
Texas has become the top destination for people moving from other states, according to a report from the Office of the State Demographer. Leading the way are Californians.
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Criminal Justice
Killer Executed in 12-Year-Old Boy’s Death
Pablo Lucio Vasquez, who admitted to slitting the throat of a 12-year-old boy and beating him to death before stealing a ring and necklace from the body 18 years ago, was executed Wednesday evening.
