KXAN Investigates – E52: Trump 2.0 brings rise in ATX minors' detained by ICE (March 21, 2026)
The largest school district in Central Texas, Austin Independent School District, said it believes increased immigration enforcement is one factor driving a decline in enrollment at several schools se...
21 Mar 15min
KXAN Investigates -- E51: Texas officials warn of unlicensed childcare risks (Mar. 14, 2026)
Texas officials say there are hundreds of childcare providers operating out of their homes without a license, lacking oversight and potentially putting kids a risk. This week on Inside the Investigati...
14 Mar 18min
KXAN Investigates – E50: Texas police don’t always follow custodial death reporting rules (March 7, 2026)
On a “From the Vault” edition of “Inside the Investigation,” KXAN Director of Investigations & Innovation Josh Hinkle and Senior Investigative Producer David Barer revisit KXAN’s “Dead & Undone” inves...
7 Mar 13min
KXAN Investigates -- E49: Why is Texas clawing back money earmarked to help crime victims? (Feb. 28, 2026)
A KXAN investigation found after the Texas Attorney General's Office agreed to pay an assault victim $5,000 from the state’s crime victims’ compensation fund, the state kept nearly half the money to p...
28 Feb 11min
KXAN Investigates -- E48: Texas probe into educators’ Charlie Kirk posts faces legal challenge (Feb. 21, 2026)
Dozens of Texas educators risk losing their ability to teach over comments they made on social media in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. This week on Inside the Investig...
21 Feb 20min
KXAN Investigates -- E47: Solutions after 30 drownings in Lady Bird Lake (Feb. 14, 2026)
Rumors of a serial killer still cloud Mitchell Gutierrez's mind years after his little brother, Martin, disappeared from a shoreside entertainment district in downtown Austin. For days, their family j...
14 Feb 10min
KXAN Investigates – E46: Texas jails and a backlogged mental competency system (Feb. 7, 2026)
On a “From the Vault” edition of “Inside the Investigation,” KXAN Director of Investigations & Innovation Josh Hinkle and Senior Investigative Producer David Barer revisit KXAN's "Locked in Limbo" inv...
7 Feb 13min
KXAN Investigates -- E45: New details two years after teen's mysterious death (Jan. 24, 2026)
Two years have passed since 14-year-old Treysuhr Carter was found lying unconscious on a residential street just blocks from her Northeast Austin home. After police determined Carter’s death was an ac...
31 Jan 20min
