Managing editor for news & state affairs @texastribune, where we inform Texans about #txlege, state policy and seismic events.
Austin, TX
Joined January 2009
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Great job alert: @TexasTribune is hiring an education editor to lead the finest edu reporters in the biz. Come work with @edisonjaden @snehadey_ & @jessica_priest as they cover a transformative time for K-12 schools, community colleges & higher ed. texastribune.org/education-e…
Could not be more excited to welcome @EvaMarieAyala to @TexasTribune. Can't wait to see what she, @edisonjaden, @snehadey_ and @jessica_priest do for Texans who deeply care about education. texastribune.org/2026/04/21/…
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Great news:
@PatrickSvitek is back writing for the @TexasTribune for the next 3 weeks to boost our political coverage of the Texas primary election!
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MUST READ: One county is sending more kids than any other to youth prisons in Texas — Tarrant County — and 70% of them are Black.
So much more information in this story from @alexnguyen2311 @TexasTribune.
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Texas is home to more federal civilian employees than all but three other states, counting over 130,000 workers as of September 2024.
Here's how the gov shutdown will affect Texas via @birenbomb @marijkefriedman
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Texas is investigating messages hundreds of teachers made after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Free speech experts say those inquiries could be infringing on the educators’ rights. texastribune.org/2025/09/30/…
Today is the last day of @TexasTribune's fall member drive. We're less than 100 people away from hitting our goal of 500 new members to help support the ambitious, thought-provoking journalism that helps Texans understand their state. trib.it/friend
100% accurate. Dad took us to the original on Greenville as kids before local suburbs got outposts. To many of us North Texans, it is very much not a chain, just something we proudly offer to elevate American strip centers and airports. Y’all are welcome.
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A few months ago I noticed something unusual: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is increasingly outsourcing big cases to private lawyers — even though his office has 700+ attorneys in-house, with several specialized divisions. So we dug in...
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As the Texas Legislature convenes in a special session, in part to address flooding after the July 4 Kerr tragedy, we found that they repeatedly underfunded such efforts & did not pass key recommended legislation to help rural communities w/ @LChurchilll propublica.org/article/texas…
