Ashley Lopez
Ashley Lopez joined KUT in January 2016. She covers politics and health care, and is part of the NPR-Kaiser Health News reporting collaborative. Previously she worked as a reporter at public radio stations in Louisville, Ky.; Miami and Fort Myers, Fla., where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Ashley was also part of NPR’s Political Reporting Partnership during the 2016 presidential election. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Many long-time election workers across Texas have indicated they don’t plan to be poll workers during the pandemic, voting groups say.
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For anyone with a weak immune system, the stakes of the COVID-19 pandemic haven’t changed. As state leaders relax stay-at-home orders, a vaccine is...
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The Texas Civil Rights Project has asked a court to order state officials not to interfere with a previous court order that opened up mail-in voting in...
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Texas has one of the strictest vote-by-mail programs in the country. Democrats have sued, saying such rules don't work during a public health emergency.
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Voter groups are scrambling to figure out how to continue registering young people during the COVID-19 pandemic, since Texas is among a minority of...
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A federal court has – yet again – temporarily halted Texas’ ban on abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Greg Abbott issued on order last month...
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Texas Officials Try To Clarify Who Can Vote By Mail, But They Might Not Be Able To Just Say EveryoneThe Texas Secretary of State’s office sent local election officials an advisory Thursday that was meant to give them guidance on how to handle elections...
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Mental health care providers in Austin say they're finding it hard to provide telemedicine services to a big chunk of their patients – particularly...
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily halted a lower court ruling that stopped Texas officials from banning abortions during the...
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Officials at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas say they have canceled 261 abortions since Tuesday, after the state effectively banned the procedure.
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State officials say they are trying to get protective gear to medical staff at hospitals across Texas as quickly as possible, as the coronavirus...
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The Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday aimed at increasing access to vote by mail as the coronavirus spreads in the state.