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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Housing policy decisions in Dallas will drive racial equity over the next decade. At least, that’s the goal of a new policy approved by the city council on Wednesday.
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With the return of pre-pandemic Medicaid rules, nonprofits and community organizations are working to help low-income and vulnerable Texans navigate the renewal process and maintain health coverage.
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A northern Dallas affordable housing project moved one step closer to being built after being on hold for nearly two years.
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A long-delayed apartment complex is emblematic of the challenges facing efforts to locate affordable housing in more affluent areas.
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The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will take applications for rental assistance until noon on March 16, almost two weeks earlier than planned.
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March 14 is Equal Pay Day, highlighting the gap between men’s and women’s earnings. Nationally, women average $0.77 for every $1 white men earn.
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Two food banks serving Dallas-Fort Worth organized a pop-up food distribution as inflation continues to strain family finances.
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Starting this month, Texans who use SNAP benefits to buy groceries will have an average of $212 less per month to buy groceries, as pandemic-era increases to the food assistance program are ended.
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A long-delayed affordable housing development in northern Dallas faced another setback on Tuesday.
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A proposed apartment development shows the challenges of building affordable housing near low-poverty neighborhoods in northern Dallas.
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The Dallas City Council approved a settlement to end a lawsuit involving a downtown apartment project — but no one wants to talk about why it took so long.
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A new $22.8 million federal grant will help a coalition of nonprofits and government agencies in Dallas and Collin counties to find permanent homes for the most visible unhoused people with the greatest needs.