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A Scoop: Trump officials reverse course -- now telling agents to keep raiding farms & hotels for immigrants. ICE is told White House wants higher numbers W ⁦Natalie Allison⁩ ⁦Marianne LeVine⁩ ⁦Lauren Kaori Gurley⁩ washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Texas DPS asked a migrant if he had tattoos. He didn't. They searched his phone and found a pic of him standing next to of a man that did. That was enough to label him Tren de Aragua, getting him shipped to El Salvador, lawyers say. via Alejandro Serrano texastribune.org/2025/06/18/tex…

My sister told me this morning she didn't vote, so I guess I don't even owe this to trying to game the system. Thanks Austin Chronicle for the nod!

Last year Austin's water utility lost 9.3 billion gallons of water due to leaks in the distribution system. That's enough to fill Lady Bird Lake about four times over and 31% rise from the previous year. kut.org/energy-environ…

Breaking News: The real estate brokerage Compass has sued Zillow, the largest real estate site in the U.S, in a legal showdown that accuses Zillow of gatekeeping home listings and breaking federal antitrust laws. nyti.ms/4k6nHm9

ICYMI: Gov. Abbott vetoes THC ban, breaking with other top Texas Republicans kut.org/politics/2025-… #txlege

A woman who said her ex frequently confronted her in public with guns & knives, threatening to kill her, called Houston Police for help. They called ICE on her. via @degroodmatt Sam Gonzalez Kelly houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Applied in February, was told I'd hear back in 45 business days. Still have heard nothing. Every time I call I'm told they cannot give me any sort of timeline.

Texas Supreme Court rules that trial courts do NOT have the authority to compel the governor and attorney general to release info under the public information act. Nonprofit American Oversight had sought records about Jan. 6 and Uvalde. Background: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

NEW: TX lets out-of-state students buy homes to get in-state tuition. The law has led to an industry of families paying in cash for condos, owning them for 2 years, and selling them to the next out-of-state family. Often, the students never live there: kut.org/education/2025…

If you meet someone on an app & they spend your 1st date asking leading questions about your job in government or media, they could be secretly filming you for Project Veritas. Brent Efron found that out the hard way. He shared his story w/ Lisa Friedman nytimes.com/2025/07/01/cli…

In 2013, Elon Musk had to beg TX lawmakers to pass bills helping his business. But still, he got nothing. This year, he got what he wanted and didn't even have to show up at the Capitol. The latest from Austin's Elon watcher, Lauren McGaughy: propublica.org/article/elon-m…

A niche but growing industry specializes in helping students buy Texas homes to save tens of thousands of dollars in tuition at public universities. Via KUT Austin: bit.ly/4luWevM

Life-threatening flash floods possible in Austin area as storms hit on Fourth of July kut.org/energy-environ…

A rare Flash Flood Emergency is in effect for parts of Burnet, Travis and Williamson counties until 10 a.m. Up to 10 inches of rain have fallen in the warned area. l8r.it/Qu8x

Michael McCown, father of Linnie, went to Camp Mystic to walk and search. He needed to find his daughter. I respectfully share this short dispatch about a grieving father and am so grateful to him for letting me in. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…

Texas officials have long worried about the dangers to children who packed into camps each summer along the flood-prone Guadalupe River. They knew that warning systems were inadequate. So why was nothing done? We have reviewed documents spanning a decade to find answers. 🧵 1/9

New from The Big Bend Sentinel - Marfa city council members "discussed limiting city administrator search to male candidates in open session." Remarks caught on a hot mic - Sentinel has posted the recording: bigbendsentinel.com/2025/07/08/jus…

A "hilarious and blunt" retiree. Two 8-year-old campers. A 15-year-old about to enter his sophomore year. kut.org/texas/2025-07-…

NEW: In his first presser after the deadly floods, the Kerr County Judge said they do not have an emergency alert system. But we've learned that not only does the county have such a system, but first responders asked that it be triggered very early Friday AM. Some residents