Josh Hinkle is the Director of Investigations & Innovation at KXAN News in Austin, Texas. He is also the host of the State of Texas program and the Catalyst podcast. Josh's work focuses on investigative journalism, covering a wide range of topics including politics, education, LGBTQ+ issues, and border security.
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Josh Hinkle's coverage primarily focuses on local Texas politics, legal policy regulation, and government announcements. He often covers topics related to LGBTQ+ rights, legislative proposals, education funding, property tax relief, police transparency, Paxton impeachment and border issues.
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By: Avery Travis, John Thomas, Ryan Chandler, Will Dupree, Josh Hinkle
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – As students across Texas returned to school, House lawmakers headed to the Capitol to do some studying of their own. A brainstorming session happened for hours Monday at th…
By: Ryan Chandler, Josh Hinkle, Areebah Bharmal, John Thomas
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – With one month to go before election day, Texas remains a hot spot for campaign activity. While progressives worked to rally young voters in the state, former President Donald Trump made a quick stop in the Lone Star State to raise campaign cash.
By: Ryan Chandler, Josh Hinkle, Matt Grant, John Thomas, Areebah Bharmal, Eric Henrikson
Democratic candidate for Senate Colin Allred raised over $30 million in the third Federal Election Commission quarter, outpacing incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz by over $9 million.
By: Ryan Chandler, Matt Grant, Josh Hinkle, Nadia Lathan, John Thomas, Sandra Sanchez
Both major presidential candidates came to Texas Friday, just over a week before election day. That’s not unusual for voters in battleground states to see, but it’s something Texas vote…
By: John Thomas, Ryan Chandler, Josh Hinkle, Matt Grant
Texas law prohibits abortion in nearly all cases, without exceptions for rape or incest. Physicians may be punished for performing abortions with six-figure fines, the loss of their medical license…
By: John Thomas, Ryan Chandler, Josh Hinkle
In addition to solid wins at the top of the ticket, Republicans also flipped seats held by Democrats, adding to the GOP majority in the Texas legislature.
By: Josh Hinkle, John Thomas, Ryan Chandler, Mercedez Hernandez
Some of the first bills filed this year targeted border security as Republicans look to bolster their immigration enforcement under a new Trump administration.
By: Mercedez Hernandez, Areebah Bharmal, Josh Hinkle, John Thomas, Ryan Chandler
Democrats filed bills addressing abortion and voting access, including a bill to create an exception for rape in the abortion ban and to allow electronic and same-day voter registration.
By: Matt Grant, Josh Hinkle, Avery Travis, Daniel Marin, Monica Madden, Lizzie Jensen
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — More than a week after the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season raised concerns about President Joe Biden's
Nearly 60 years later, the mystery of a girl’s strangulation now brings to light concerns over the influence some in the Texas judicial system have to determine cause and manner of death – wi…
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