Texas courts reporter @blaw. Type 2 fun. News or parenting tips? DM me or email [email protected].
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New: Gov. Greg Abbott must let his political opponent, Gina Hinojosa, review more than 1,000 pages of his unredacted communications with Elon Musk, a Travis County Dem judge rules.
Abbott likely to appeal before Hinojosa reviews anything. #txlege
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NEW: After a Longhorns win 9/12, @UTAustin celebrated, posting an “apply now!” link & tracking who posted a photo with PJD (UT’s Jim Davis)
But 9/13, when Bo French posted a racist tweet about its student, UT was quiet. What happened behind the scenes⬇️
statesman.com/news/education…
In suing OpenAI & Sam Altman, AG Ken Paxton hires two of his go-to outside firms.
Tony Buzbee, his impeachment lawyer, now has 4 contracts - BlackRock, Snapchat, TikTok, OpenAI
Keller Postman, 5 - Google, Whatsapp, Tylenol, OpenAI, and Meta (settled)
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One of the most cruel things I've ever heard an organization doing.
The Knicks' assistant coaches did not receive their championship rings during Tuesday's ceremony, despite being handed ring boxes, according to league sources.
Many longtime employees at Madison Square Garden will not receive rings at all, per team sources.
Those employees got their hopes up in late September, when they were sent a fake championship ring offer as part of a phishing test.
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Wrote on new Judge Shawn Thierry and her push to show Gov. Greg Abbott she had fully converted to Republican after her ouster from Texas House.
Thierry's appointment application, obtained by @blaw, shows a sharp turn to the right.
No paywall. #txlege
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Mike Collier, who failed to qualify for Lt. Gov election, survives Texas' bid to dismiss challenge to ballot restrictions for independents.
Collier wants to run in future cycle, so case proceeds.
A win, I suppose, for independent defender @McConaughey.
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Wrote on new Judge Shawn Thierry and her push to show Gov. Greg Abbott she had fully converted to Republican after her ouster from Texas House.
Thierry's appointment application, obtained by @blaw, shows a sharp turn to the right.
No paywall. #txlege
news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
Helpful election information from @statesman editorial board, especially on Austin specific races that don't get much attention.
statesman.com/projects/2026/…
Good job, Duck, for getting to the bottom of this mystery.
Banned not just from the sideline but the stadium.
In his weekly newsletter, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte formally addresses this past Saturday’s postgame incident, announces that the unnamed individual has been banned permanently from DKR and apologizes to the Florida football team. #HookEm
“(McConaughey) wants to be everything for everyone, and he ends up as nothing instead.”
Blogged about Matthew McConaughey's deeply exhausting schtick of saying a whole lot about absolutely nothing and also sort of bizarrely plugging Joe Manchin's new think tank: chron.com/culture/article/ma…
Gov. Greg Abbott sued by opponent Gina Hinojosa over his communications with Elon Musk.
Last year, @lmcgaughy got redactions when she sought the records.
Rep. Hinojosa said she's entitled to them for #txlege purposes but Abbott won't release them.
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Here is my original story on Greg Abbott and Elon Musk's redacted emails.
This reporting came out last year, before I joined The @nytimes and was co-published with @propublica @texastribune: propublica.org/article/greg-… #txlege
Gov. Greg Abbott sued by opponent Gina Hinojosa over his communications with Elon Musk.
Last year, @lmcgaughy got redactions when she sought the records.
Rep. Hinojosa said she's entitled to them for #txlege purposes but Abbott won't release them.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
Matthew McConaughey, who in 2021 the Texas Tribune reported had voted just twice in the past decade, lectures us on elections before early voting starts tomorrow.
texastribune.org/2021/03/18/…
#txlege
Dallas based Trump appointee
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
John Thomas, former Abbott strategist, called the governor’s delay in defining Hinojosa using his massive war chest “a pretty significant error.” #txlege
When Gina Hinojosa first launched her bid against Greg Abbott, her polling had her 9 points down — and she felt good about it.
Now, she's daring Democrats to wonder if she could actually topple this mainstay of the Texas GOP establishment.
@TexasTribune: texastribune.org/2026/10/16/…
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+1 to newspapers doing this style of anti-endorsements
If you’re tempted to vote straight-ticket Democratic or Republican, please read this list of the worst candidates on the ballot and adjust your selection accordingly. houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Justice Brett Busby the lone Texas Supreme Court justice to get Houston Chronicle editorial board endorsement.
Board complimented two others it didn't endorse, Jimmy Blacklock and Kyle Hawkins.
But it had nothing kind to say about James Sullivan.#txlege
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
And this despite Gov. Greg Abbott committing tens of millions to bid to turn Harris County red #txlege
New University of Houston poll of #TXSEN in Harris County:
James Talarico (D) 58 (+22)
Ken Paxton (R) 36
Ted Brown (L) 2
Unsure 4
(Oct. 3-8; 2,750 LVs; +/-1.87%)
The county, which is Texas’ most populous and home to Houston, was Harris +6 in 2024, O’Rourke +10 in 2022, Biden +13 in 2020 and O'Rourke +17 in 2018.