Illustration by Wells Dunbar
Roundtable on Transition, Pardons and Executive Orders
On President Trump’s last day in office he granted 73 pardons and 70 commutations. Rebecca Deen, chair of the political science department at the University of Texas in Arlington and Carlos Huerta, a professor of political science at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi talk to the Standard.
Dallas Eviction Task Force
Just after Christmas, then-President Donald Trump authorized $25 billion in rental assistance as part of that big coronavirus relief package. With rental assistance on the way, communities are scrambling to get ready to actually hand out the money to people who need it. KERA’s Christopher Connelly reports the help for renters comes as many are vulnerable to eviction.