Pooja Salhotra
@PoojaSalhotra
General Assignment Reporter @TexasTribune
Yoga Instructor
Graduate of @yale and @nyu_journalism
Words also in @CNN, @NPR and @Chalkbeat
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03-06-2013 22:14:14
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Loved chatting w/ Pooja Salhotra about Texas' high school voter registration law.
39.6% of Texans ages 18-24 were registered to vote for nov '22 – in part bc of the poor compliance with this law, but other states show opportunities for reform.
See more⬇️ texastribune.org/2024/04/10/tex…
NEW + must read from Pooja Salhotra Yuriko Schumacher @texastribune: Despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools, most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote texastribune.org/2024/04/10/tex… #txlege #tx2024
'The clouds disappeared, opening the sky. Then a curtain of darkness settled in as the moon completely covered the sun, creating a shimmering halo. And a crowd of about 50 eager onlookers at Clymer Meadow Preserve erupted with cheers...'
Alejandra Martinez texastribune.org/2024/04/08/tex…
Great piece by Pooja Salhotra of the Texas Tribune on the Attorney General Ken Paxton trial. One question - SHOULD someone who is a public official be held to a higher standard and thus be prosecuted to the full extent of the law even if not usual?
texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken…
Good context to Ken Paxton's securities fraud charges getting dropped here from Pooja Salhotra.
Legal experts specializing in securities fraud said it's rare that a case like this would be pursued criminally or result in jail time.
texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken…
Highly recommend you read this well-reported and thoughtfully written story about how the state's air-monitoring system has failed a Latino community 15 miles east of downtown Houston. Alejandra Martinez for Texas Tribune
texastribune.org/2024/03/14/tex…
'Before it burned to a pile of ashes, Melanie McQuiddy’s house on the outskirts of Canadian was her family’s home base...Now—after the state’s largest wildfire in history tore across a million acres in the Texas Panhandle — the house is gone.'
Emily Foxhall texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tex…
'I told Votebeat managers that I had never voted and that I knew very little about elections. I told them that’s why I’d be a good candidate for the job: I could bring the perspective...and report on this topic with fresh eyes.' via Natalia E Contreras
texastribune.org/2024/03/05/tex…
The number of people under 30 who voted early in TX is equivalent to the number of people 85 and older who voted early, per Derek Ryan.
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The largest wildfire in TX history has engulfed more than 1 million acres of land and killed at least two people. Get the latest information here Texas Tribune
texastribune.org/2024/03/01/tex…