Christopher Connelly
One Crisis Away ReporterChristopher Connelly is a reporter covering issues related to financial instability and poverty for KERA’s One Crisis Away series. In 2015, he joined KERA to report on Fort Worth and Tarrant County. From Fort Worth, he also focused on politics and criminal justice stories.
Before coming to Texas, Christopher covered the Maryland legislature for the NPR member station in Baltimore. He also worked at NPR as a Joan B. Kroc Fellow – one of three post-graduates who spend a year working as a reporter, show producer and digital producer at network HQ in Washington, D.C.
Christopher is a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio – he got his first taste of public radio there at WYSO – and he earned a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.
Email Christopher at cconnelly@kera.org. You can follow Christopher on Twitter @hithisischris.
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A new study from the AARP found people caring for aging loved ones spent $7,242 of their money last year. That’s a big chunk of money for the 3.4 million Texans who care for adult relatives. -
For one North Texas family, the February winter storm came after a year of pandemic-related struggles and launched them into months of new challenges.
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Over the next two years, local governments and agencies plan to spend about $70 million to house more than 2,600 individuals and families.
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The storm’s effects are still lingering for many in the state. That's especially true for low-income Texans.
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This summer, a Dallas nonprofit is launching a mobile food pantry to reach more people who may not be able to get to a brick-and-mortar food location.
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Even with an improving economy and billions of dollars in federal aid, a lot of people are still at risk of losing their homes. This North Texas nonprofit is one of many trying to help people avoid eviction or foreclosure.
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New research looking at data from millions of stops made by police in Texas in 2020 found that officers search Latino people more than any other racial or ethnic group. But, those searches turn up far less contraband than searches of white people.
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A Fort Worth apartment complex owner violated the rules of the state’s rental assistance program by taking funds after evicting the tenant the money was meant to help, according to the department that runs the program.The landlord said the company will return the funds.That doesn’t help the tenant, Mona Ogas.
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Congress has approved nearly $47 billion to help keep struggling renters in their homes and make landlords whole. Those funds are available now to help Texas renters, but applying can be confusing. Here's what you need to know to navigate the process.
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When it launched in February, the Texas Rent Relief program struggled to help tenants who'd fallen behind on rent due to the pandemic. In the first six weeks, 72,000 Texans applied and just 250 got help. Mona Ogas was one of the people who fell through the cracks.
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Voting rights advocates gathered outside of AT&T’s corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas on Thursday to call on the company to stop donating to lawmakers who want to limit voting access.
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In February, Texas launched a program to help people who had missed rent payments because of the pandemic. By the end of March, only 250 people had actually got help paying for rent out of 72,000 completed applications.
