Zach Despart is a reporter for The Houston Chronicle, specializing in local news coverage in Texas, particularly in Austin. He has written for various news outlets, including KVIA-TV, KWTX News 10, and The Texas Tribune, covering a wide range of topics such as education, politics, and public safety.
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Zach Despart's coverage primarily focuses on local government and political developments in Texas, particularly related to the Texas Legislature, education bills, school vouchers, and legal rulings. He also touches upon real estate industry matters.
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By: Brian Lopez, Zach Despart
An amendment filed by Rep. John Raney has the support of more than a dozen Republicans, enough to effectively kill the push for vouchers in the lower chamber.
By: Brian Lopez, Zach Despart
The Texas House on Friday voted to strip school vouchers from the chamber's massive education funding bill, effectively gutting Gov. Greg Abbott's top priority from the legislation.
By: Zach Despart, Brian Lopez
AUSTIN — The Texas Hous voted Friday to strip school vouchers from the chamber's massive education funding bill, effectively gutting Gov.
By: Zach Despart, Brian Lopez
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By: Zach Despart
Murr, who represents Junction, suggested he wanted to come home to spend more time with family. He had become a target of hardline conservative supporters of Attorney General Paxton.
For more than a year, the state Department of Public Safety has blocked the release of records that could offer more clarity into the police response. The agency can appeal the ruling.
By: Zach Despart
The files would shed light on the disastrous police response that day, in which officers waited more than an hour to confront the shooter after learning he had an AR-15 style rifle.
By: Julius Shieh, Zach Despart
The latest casualties included Senate Bill 5, which would spend $800 million on school safety measures through 2025.
By: Zach Despart
GUNTER — A railroad has, in the literal sense, always divided Gunter. The St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway was built in 1902 through land donated by rancher Jonathan "Jot" Gunter for the North Texas city that now bears his name. The track passes less than 100 yards from City Hall — the frequent din of rumbling freight cars sometimes requiring a pause of city business.
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