Kristian Hernández

Kristian Hernández writes about social services and housing for Stateline and reports from Texas. Before joining Stateline, he was an investigative reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Center for Public Integrity. Previously, he was an immigration reporter for The Monitor newspaper in South Texas and a courts reporter for Homicide Watch in Washington, D.C. Hernandez is a first-generation Mexican-American with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso and a masters in investigative journalism from American University.

Twenty-three states have voluntary agreements to implement monarch butterfly conservation measures. Kentucky is not among them.
By Kristian Hernández
A monarch butterfly on a purple coneflower at Michigan’s Malan Waterfowl Production Area. (Photo by Jim Hudgins, USFWS, public domain)