Recovering scientist turned journalist. Reporter for @ALReflector. Opinions are my own. Retweets not endorsements.
Montgomery, Alabama
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Someone has already made a dent in the peanut M&Ms. Looking at you, @AnthonyDaniels…
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Via @TheLensNOLA, New Orleans is working to expand fair-chance hiring for people with criminal convictions.
A related amendment to the city's Bill of Rights is on ballots this fall: thelensnola.org/2025/07/22/u…
Sorry folks, this site has lost its appeal. This place has been overrun by bots and fake accounts ... not to mention people with the most vile comments. If you need to get a hold of me then head over to bsky.app/profile/rchapoco.bs…. That is where I will be.
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Ann Selzer is leaving election polling--importantly, a decision she had reached even before her last bombshell poll for the Des Moines Register showed Harris ahead in Iowa (as it turned out Trump won Iowa). Her commitment to truth and accuracy continues.
Opinion: Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving 'to other ventures and opportunities' desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for Robert Roberson in 2-year-old daughter’s death. cnn.com/2024/11/15/us/texas-… @CNN @KilloughCNN @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @TexasHouse @innocence @WTIUSA @texasccatdp #deathpenalty
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
NEW Trump rapidly unveils appointments to Cabinet, staff posts in dizzying post-election week @Ashley__Murray @statesnewsroom DC newsfromthestates.com/articl…
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In the election’s aftermath, we recognize that readers may be disaffected from journalism that they perceive as by and for elites.
At EHRP, we believe that one of the best ways to counter that (broad) perception is by providing reporting by, for and about working class people.
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Our updated story on Kristi Noem as DHS secretary with Trump announcement: Trump readies for mass deportations with pick of Noem as Homeland Security chief @statesnewsroom DC @ArianaLFigueroa newsfromthestates.com/articl…
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
A historic recovery in manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023 was concentrated in small urban areas.
via @stateline_news @TimHendersonSL
newsfromthestates.com/articl…
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Despite her victory, Twinkle Cavanaugh received more write-in votes against her—41,880, or 2.66 percent of all votes cast—than any other statewide candidate on Alabama’s ballot. insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
The @statesnewsroom DC Bureau has written 7 stories so far post-election (as in, after our final day-of story at 4 a.m. on Wednesday). A thread, with the first a look ahead at big big changes in education policy in a Trump admin from @ShauneenMiranda newsfromthestates.com/articl…
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Via @alanderrocha: Alabama's 3% shift to Donald Trump over 2020 appears to be less about new GOP voters than a nearly 10% decline in Democratic votes between the two presidential elections. alabamareflector.com/2024/11… #alpolitics
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Tonight’s Evening Wrap took lots of hours to compile with zero full hours of sleep.
@statesnewsroom journalists have written hundreds of stories on hundreds of races and issues this week.
Read some here (then go to your home state’s site for more):
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Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Via @alanderrocha and @JK_Stephenson: Figures' victory in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District means Alabama with have two Black U.S. House members serving at the same time for the first time in state history. alabamareflector.com/2024/11… #alpolitics
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Via @alanderrocha: Polls are now open in Alabama, and will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. Here's a rundown of what you need to vote and an overview of the contested races on the ballot. alabamareflector.com/2024/11… #alpolitics
Ralph Chapoco retweeted
Nearly 200 people in line around 10:30am at my Huntsville, Alabama polling location. One guy just leaving said he’d waited 2 hrs to vote, but “it’s worth it because this is important.”
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We've got 200+ journalists on the ground in all 50 states. Get the latest news from them, and check out what they're seeing and hearing as Election Day unfolds on the @statesnewsroom feed:
newsfromthestates.com/live-f…
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