Kailey Broussard
Arlington Accountability ReporterKailey Broussard covers Arlington, one of the country's largest news deserts, for KERA News and The Texas Newsroom. Kailey moved to the region in May 2020 and initially reported for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
As the only full-time reporter in the 50th largest city in the United States, Kailey covers Arlington with a focus on how communities are affected by the city's development and redevelopment.
Kailey holds a master's in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and a bachelor's from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. During their time in graduate school, Kailey reported on federal environmental policy for Arizona PBS, federal disaster response for Carnegie-Knight News21 and pedestrian deaths in the southwestern United States for PBS Newshour and the Los Angeles Times. In Louisiana, Kailey worked for The Advocate, the state's largest daily newspaper, as a digital content editorial intern and freelance reporter in her home region of Acadiana.
Kailey is passionate about local news that helps people make informed decisions in their communities. Help them cover yours by reaching out on Twitter @KaileyBroussard or emailing them at kbroussard@kera.org.
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A handful of used car dealers east of State Highway 360 asked city council members to let them continue operations as usual in a more industrial part of the entertainment district. -
Arlington city hall will work with internet service providers to fill in service gaps after the company SiFi said it could no longer build a citywide network. -
The Ask Arlington app has nearly 200 options for reporting problems like weeds, burnt out streetlights and potholes. -
Trademark Property Company will redevelop the Arlington shopping center known as Lincoln Square into a walkable, mixed-use development called "Anthem." -
Following vocal opposition from more than a dozen residents and environmental advocates, Arlington City Council members gave the go-ahead to new natural gas wells near the eastern edge of the city. -
Developer Mojy Haddad received approval to build 68 townhomes along Ballpark Way near Arlington's entertainment district. -
Helen Moise will roll off Arlington City Council in May after six years representing North Arlington, which includes the entertainment district and the master-planned community Viridian. -
Brian Daugherty, code compliance director, said his department and Republic Services are focused on education as Arlington transitions to automated garbage collection. -
When the rigs went up just over 300 feet from his backyard, Phil Kabakoff thought he knew what would come next. -
The student was transported to a hospital after bringing a gun to Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy Oates Campus, police said. -
Coyote sightings uncommon in Arlington park where children were bitten, animal control officials sayArlington's Parkway Central Park was the subject of only two wildlife sightings since 2021, according to Animal Services Manager Ashley Woolnough. -
KERA-Fort Worth Report collaboration features work by Arlington's 'unofficial' historian O.K. CarterAfter a 40-year career in local journalism, O.K. Carter will write weekly columns for the Arlington Report, a publication powered by the Fort Worth Report and KERA.
