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For Texas Monthly I wrote about my seven wonderful summers at Camp La Junta, in the Texas hill country, where teenage counselors performed extraordinary water rescues during last week's flood. texasmonthly.com/being-texan/ce…

I spent the last few days trying to make sense of the failures that may have contributed to the TX flood disaster. This isn't comprehensive but it's an attempt at offering a panoramic view of what went wrong in the hopes of grasping toward "never again." texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Clear, fair minded answers from Forrest Wilder Downed Weather Balloons and Missing Gauges: What Went Wrong With the Central Texas Floods texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Many Texans can't remember a Hill Country summer without Crider's. I'm so grateful to the Moores for taking the time to speak with Texas Monthly while they were grieving, and I hope to see you all back there when they open their doors again ❤️texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

This has taken on a new meaning:

Dondi Voigt Persyn was shocked by what she found in the flood zone. So she launched a Facebook group dedicated to saving personal effects and finding their owners. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Aaron Parsley's story about the flood and his family's tragedy and courage is astonishing. Please read it: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

If you were confused by Angela Paxton's announcement about filing for divorce from Ken on "biblical grounds," read Sandi Villarreal: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

I have found it: the most divorced guy in history

NEW: As part of my effort to track @ElonMusk's influence in the Texas Capitol, I asked for all of his emails with Gov. Greg Abbott for the last several months. Abbott's office rejected my request, saying some of the records are too "intimate and embarrassing" to release. #txlege

I legit cannot think of a worse TV performance this year than Arquette on Severance

No more AL Central pitchers in All Star games or getting Cy Youngs. Their stats are all bogus from getting to face the Guardians, White Sox, and Royals so much

The Texas Legislature reconvenes today after an undeserved rest. It's gonna be explosive: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Two years ago, a lawyer in Texas AG Ken Paxton's trafficking unit cut a deal for a man accused of forcing two girls into sex work. The accused got no prison time and didn't have to register as a sex offender. Now, the deal is falling apart. Read why. The latest from

“There’s no couth, I guess. That’s probably an old Texan word, but I just wish people had a little more couth right now.” Wrote about the content creators posting from the flood zone for Texas Monthly texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

The real book ending may well be Cuellar switches parties

NEW from me: Jacob's Well is dying & Hays County is running out of water. So why did Greg Abbott veto a bill addressing the crisis? My story dives into the murky waters of property rights, GOP infighting & dangerously weak laws governing groundwater. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…