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KXAN Investigates

Listen to KXAN’s investigative podcast, highlighting some of our award-winning team’s latest reports exposing corruption, safety concerns and system failures across Texas. We also feature audio versions of our weekly “Inside the Investigation” discussion with the journalists working on those stories.

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9:39

KXAN Investigates – E24: Can a new law help families...

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2025/08/31

Starting September 1, a new Texas law will take effect, aimed at helping families who are collectively owed billions of dollars in back child support. This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Arezow Doost explains why some parents waiting on child support are not hopeful the new law will help them.

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20:03

KXAN Investigates – E23 Austin ISD's plan to bring...

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2025/08/23

After a Texas school board adopted a plan to replace school leadership and some teachers from its lowest-performing schools… a KXAN investigation found district leaders scrambled to fill vacancies with quote “highly effective” educators… just days before the start of school. This week on Inside the Investigation, we break down why Austin Independent School District leaders believe the plan will prevent the state from intervening in the local control of its schools.

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04:59

KXAN Investigates -- E22: Target shooter kills 3...

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2025/08/15

Three people, including a four-year-old girl, are dead after a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of the Northwest Austin Target. This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley and City Hall Reporter Grace Reader breakdown the alleged shooter's long history of violence.

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25:57

KXAN investigates -- E21: The small town fight over a...

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2025/08/08

The Texas Historical Commission is ordering a small Texas town to stop working on a multimillion-dollar flood mitigation project after learning it could impact a historic cemetery where people who were enslaved are buried. This week on Inside the Investigation, Senior Investigative Reporter David Barer and Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley explain why a city of less than 1,300 people may have to pay back more than $1 million in grant funds they’ve already used.

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12:09

KXAN Investigates -- E20: Texas city ditches $250K...

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2025/08/01

The City of Pflugerville spent more than $250,000 on a brand-new dispatch and record management system for its police department. But records show just one year later, the city is ditching the new system and cutting ties with the developer. This week on Inside the Investigation, Senior Investigative Producer David Barer explains the issues city officials say they faced during their brief experience with the software.

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14:14

KXAN Investigates -- E19 Texas lawmakers recovene...

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2025/07/25

In what was supposed to be a special legislative session focused on consumable THC and congressional districts, Texas lawmakers are now focused on how they could have prevented the deadly floods that killed more than 100 people in Central Texas weeks earlier. This week on Inside the Investigation, KXAN’s Director of Investigations and Innovation, Josh Hinkle, explains the state’s missed opportunities to save lives.

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03:48

KXAN Investigates – Bonus: The Legislative Grim...

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2025/07/18

A bill prompted by a KXAN investigation that would have modernized Texas’s antiquated system for investigating deaths in the state did not become law during the 89th legislative session. This week on Inside the Investigation … KXAN’s Director of Investigations and Innovation, Josh Hinkle, explains how lawmakers who pushed for changes -- plan to keep the topic alive.

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20:10

KXAN Investigates -- E18: Devastation in Texas on...

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2025/07/11

On what was supposed to be the long holiday weekend, quickly rising flood waters devastated many parts of Central Texas, killing more than a hundred men, women, and children and leaving even more missing. This week on Inside the Investigation, the KXAN team breaks down the desperate search for missing campers and loved ones and explains the concerns surrounding preparedness and response from officials at all levels.

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10:35

KXAN Investigates -- E17: Shredding Texas' paper tag...

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2025/07/04

Following years of widespread fraud and abuse that touched every state, Texas is eliminating most temporary paper license plates and replacing them with new color-coded metal ones. This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Matt Grant explains the new challenges that may arise with a new system.

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09:51

KXAN Investigates -- E16: A Texas county got death...

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2025/06/27

For years, as Williamson County has grown, Justices of the Peace have been asking for help with the increasing number of death cases.This week on Inside the Investigation, Arezow Doost explains why a new solution to help the judges is already facing challenges.

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10:33

KXAN Investigates -- E15: A "credible threat" at the...

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2025/06/20

Hours before demonstrators were set to protest President Donald Trump and his administration at the Texas Capitol, law enforcement evacuated the building and its surrounding grounds over what they called a “credible threat” to state lawmakers. This week on Inside the Investigation, Digital Data Reporter Christopher Adams and Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley explain what happened at the protests over the weekend and why Texas law enforcement is on heightened alert.

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KXAN Investigates - E14: A veto for "Botox party"...

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2025/06/13

On the last day of the legislative session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill aimed at enhancing safety and transparency for Texans getting Botox. This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Arezow Doost explains why, at the last hour, the state’s top leader rejected the measure.

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07:54

KXAN Investigates - E13 They were pulled over for...

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2025/06/06

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, federal immigration authorities, with the help of state law enforcement, say they have detained thousands of undocumented immigrants in Texas. On a special episode of Inside the Investigation, we tell the story of how a traffic stop in front of a public school led federal authorities to transport a family of five, including their U.S.-born children, out of the country over a matter of days.

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KXAN Investigates - Bonus: Senator vows to re-file...

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2025/05/31

Despite an “aggressive lobbying effort” by the Texas Hospital Association to kill a bill aimed at preventing vehicle crashes at emergency entrances, a state senator is pledging to refile the same safety measure next session.

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08:55

KXAN Investigates - E12: Texas remains "in the dark"...

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2025/05/30

A bill that would require the state to track what happens to students served and summoned to court for missing too much school is not likely to pass this legislative session. This week on Inside the Investigation, Senior Investigative Producer David Barer explains how challenging it is to understand the reach and efficacy of Texas’ truancy court when the state is not tracking the students who experience it.

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17:48

KXAN Investigates – E11: The looming threat of ICE on...

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2025/05/23

On this week’s episode of Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporters Kelly Wiley and Arezow Doost explain how federal, and state changes are causing fear in the places where people are meant to feel most safe.

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21:32

KXAN Investigates – E10: ICE’s “force multiplier”...

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2025/05/16

A KXAN investigation found the federal government’s use of immigration enforcement law focuses far more on migrants than the bosses who hire and pay them. This week on Inside the Investigation, Senior Investigative Producer David Barer and Investigative Reporter Matt Grant explain how mass deportations impact the workforce and how law enforcement is increasingly partnering with the federal government to enforce immigration laws through what they call 287G agreements.

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07:54

KXAN Investigates - Bonus: Texas family, experts...

KXAN Investigates ·

2025/05/12

In the months after President Trump resumed office, immigration advocates say they have worried about fear and anxiety in the immigrant community – including those working to stay in the country legally. KXAN Investigative Intern Talisa Treviño takes a closer look at how this issue is playing out for some living in Texas.

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04:17

KXAN Investigates - Bonus: Geothermal gets renewed...

KXAN Investigates ·

2025/05/10

As politicians in D.C. and Texas squabble over solar and wind power, an underground resource is getting renewed attention. KXAN Investigator Matt Grant explores one green energy source finding strong red state support — something that could help strengthen Texas’ power grid.

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17:01

KXAN Investigate – E9: Is musician payout worth the...

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2025/05/09

While SXSW claims to pump hundreds of millions into Austin’s economy each year, A KXAN investigation found a striking gap between the event’s financial impact and the paychecks of those who help make it happen. This week on Inside the Investigation, Digital Reporter Abigail Jones explains the movement to increase pay for SX musicians.

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