I’m thrilled to finally be able to share that I’ve joined the Texas Tribune to cover the Rio Grande Valley as a Report for America corps member.

Already, I’ve been having an amazing time working with this team and I’m excited for what’s to come.

Harris County prosecutor hands criminal case into Lina Hidalgo’s staffers over to state attorney general texastribune.org/2024/04/25/kim… via Texas Tribune

Under proposed guidance from the Texas Medical Board, doctors who perform life-saving abortions would have to document whether they tried to transfer the patient to avoid performing an abortion.

Here’s why this is worrying doctors and their lawyers:
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JUST IN: Our photographer has been charged with criminal trespassing. FOX 7 Austin

Update: As of 9 p.m., 34 arrests have been made by law enforcement on the UT Austin campus related to today’s protest.

A little before 9 p.m. tonight, UT Austin President Jay Hartzell sent out an email to the campus community about the university’s response to today’s protests: t.e2ma.net/message/vmvv1j…

Carol Haddock, the first woman in Houston's history to lead the city's Public Works Department, has left her role. Her departure follows a series of leadership overhauls under new Mayor John Whitmire. Read more ⬇️

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To be clear: I am wholly prepared to embrace arrests of students violating laws or university rules. Student transgressions need to be clearly defined. Cracking down on “antisemitic speech” is a broad and chilling 1A slippery slope. Specific solutions for specific problems.

University of Texas-Austin’s official order of dispersal.

'I'm with the media,' he says, as he's being arrested. 'I'm sorry ... They were pushing, so I tripped, and I almost fell --'

The officer escorting him says, 'I wasn't there to see it.'

Others around them start to shout, saying, 'He's press! What are y'all doing?'

Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Texas public school teachers should be barred from wearing clothes that don’t conform to traditional gender norms, raising the prospect that the state Legislature could pursue restrictions on trans teachers and how they dress. bit.ly/3JwvdqC

The Senate Border Security Committee has scheduled a hearing in September to go over Dan Patrick's interim charges, which include looking at how OLS is affecting the 'health and well-being' and 'regular employment' of National Guard personnel capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/sc… #txlege

New: Greg Abbott endorses Team Tony in the #TX23 GOP runoff vs Brandon Herrera

The #TX GOP policy of annually spending $3.5b on border security is supported by:
61% of #TX likely voters.
67% of whites, 58% of Hispanics & 41% of Blacks
70% of Hispanics who live in border counties/STX
86% of Rs, 64% of Indies & 33% of Ds
#txlege #Border
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New this morning: North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOP texastribune.org/2024/04/24/tex… #SD30 #txlege