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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People waiting in Texas' county jails to have their mental competence restored before trial have faced long delays before a state hospital bed is available. -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s controversial political rise began in Collin County as a 'consensus builder.' It may end in Austin with impeachment. -
Texas cities may soon have less power to protect the air you breathe, work site safety or guarantee your rights as a renter after the Texas Legislature passed HB 2127. -
Republicans who control the Texas Legislature want to dramatically limit what local governments can regulate — including wages, hours, evictions, and the environment. -
Texas is at the center of a nationwide war between state and local authorities. It’s an escalating dispute over who has what power — and when. -
A letter sent to Attorney General Ken Paxton from four North Texas United Methodist ministers may lead to a lawsuit challenging Texas’ strict abortion laws. -
Admiral Rachel Levine, a top federal health official, said Saturday she decided to visit Texas in person to speak out on anti-LGBTQI+ laws and policies that have brought the country to a “tipping point.” Texas is at the forefront of anti-trans policies. -
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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Texans know even less about the COVID-19 situation in county jails than they did last spring – and researchers warn the spread of infection among incarcerated people and staff could put communities at greater risk. -
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.
