Since the 2020 election, Texas Republicans have dramatically rewritten the state’s voting laws, which have made some long-standing practices illegal.

The Texas attorney general’s office searched the home of Cecilia Castellano and a Democratic legislative aide. It said it’s investigating vote harvesting. Activists called it “intimidation.”

PEARSALL, Texas – This article is copublished with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The first death due to COVID-19 inside an immigration detention center was reported Wednesday. That town also has a large detention center, run by CoreCivic, another giant in the for-profit detention business. Immediately he became interested in the for-profit detention center visible from his home and started asking questions. “It’s been horrible,” said Yanet Cabrera, whose 54-year-old mother was recently transferred from Pearsall to another detention center in Laredo.