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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at the Trib as an engagement reporter, which meant her name likely landed in your inbox every weekday morning with “The Brief,” a newsletter on all things Texas politics and public policy. Pollock is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism. Pollock left The Texas Tribune in 2021.
More than 50 are dead in Las Vegas after a gunman fired on a crowd of music festival attendees outside a resort in Las Vegas, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history according to the Associated Press. Full Story
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A major deadline for Dreamers is coming up. What's at stake for them — and what could the end of an Obama-era immigration program mean for their futures? Full Story
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How worried should the city of Houston — the fourth largest in the nation — be over a possible failure of the Addicks and Barker dams? Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner have traded a few jabs in the media this week over when and how to spend state funds on recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey. Full Story
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Just like that, parts of the state's "sanctuary cities" ban that a federal district judge halted last month are set to go into effect. Full Story
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It was a newsy weekend at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, with big headlines on everything from the GOP's health care bill to the 2018 elections. Here's what you need to know. Full Story
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Texas again is facing off with its opponents in court today — this time, it's over the state's new immigration enforcement law. Full Story
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Food banks and pantries in Harvey-affected areas are bracing for the months of recovery that lay ahead. Full Story
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Jeff Mateer, one of President Donald Trump's latest judicial nominees and a high-ranking official in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office, said transgender children are part of "Satan's plan" in a May 2015 speech, CNN reported. Full Story
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More than 200 people in Mexico are dead after an earthquake rocked the region on Tuesday. Full Story
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