Kayla Guo

General Assignment Reporter

Kayla Guo is an Austin-based general assignment reporter. She previously covered the U.S. Congress for The New York Times as a reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C. Kayla has also covered transportation policy for Politico and local news for The Raleigh News & Observer, and she was a part-time digital producer for The Boston Globe. She graduated in 2022 from Brown University, where she studied public policy and served as editor-in-chief and president of the independent student newspaper. She was born and raised on Long Island, New York.

Latest Contributions

Supreme Court delays execution of Ruben Gutierrez for 1998 Brownsville murder

By Kayla Guo Updated: July 16, 2024

For more than a decade, Gutierrez has fought unsuccessfully for DNA testing of evidence that he says would prove he did not kill Escolastica Harrison. Full Story

Credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Days after Beryl, Texans toil to cope with debris, heat, rain and no power

By Jaden Edison, Jess Huff, Pooja Salhotra and Kayla Guo July 11, 2024

More than 1 million Texans still don’t have electricity. For those hardest hit by Beryl, the wait will stretch into next week. Full Story

Credit: Hope Mora for The Texas Tribune
Millions of Texans face third day without power in summer heat

By Pooja Salhotra, Emily Foxhall and Alejandra Martinez Updated: July 10, 2024

Power companies and Texas officials say restoration efforts could take days. Experts say Texans without electricity are facing a dangerous situation. Full Story

Credit: Joseph Bui for The Texas Tribune
Beryl power outage updates: More than 98,000 Texas electricity customers remain without power a week after Beryl

By Pooja Salhotra, Alejandra Martinez, Emily Foxhall and Jess Huff Updated: July 16, 2024

Tens of thousands of households and businesses aren’t expected to have electricity for most of this week. Full Story

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Texas to double $5 billion state fund aimed at expanding the power grid

By Kayla Guo July 1, 2024

The announcement came soon after a new prediction by the state’s main grid operator that power demands will nearly double by 2030 Full Story

Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
Texas sets execution date for East Texas man accused in shaken baby case

By Kayla Guo July 1, 2024

Lawyers for Robert Robertson say the science used to sentence him to death is questionable and that prior health issues could explain the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2003. Full Story

Credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder

By William Melhado and Kayla Guo Updated: June 26, 2024

Gonzales, who was on death row for the rape and murder of Bridget Townsend in Medina County, is the second person to be executed in Texas this year. Full Story

Credit: Jenevieve Robbins/Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas State released from contract to host debate, as Biden and Trump sidestep tradition

By Kayla Guo June 24, 2024

Texas State was slated to be the first Texas university to host a presidential debate before the leading candidates sidestepped the traditional debate schedule Full Story

Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Texas electricity demand could nearly double in six years, grid operator predicts

By Emily Foxhall and Kayla Guo June 20, 2024

The prediction by ERCOT reflects a new way of counting future demand and a spike in requests to connect to the grid from large power users. Full Story

Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune
Speakers pull out of prominent activist group’s pro-Christian nationalist conference

By Robert Downen Updated: June 14, 2024

The venue also canceled, but Fort Worth city officials demanded it still host the event. True Texas Project blamed public backlash on “woke attacks.” Full Story

Credit: Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribune