A Tabloid Story Gives Talarico a New Opening to Test Attacks on Paxton, @baylisswagner.bsky.social reports. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... via @nytimes.com

Asked whether she would actively campaign for or with James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett said: “I have no idea. I am more focused on down-ballot races in general.” She also won't be speaking at the Texas Dems Convention. Neither will Colin Allred. www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

UT Austin just axed the station manager of its beloved local NPR affiliate after disagreements over a festival the station recently hosted. The manager was told she could resign, to which @dhiott.bsky.social said, "you'll have to fire me," per @kutnews.bsky.social. www.kut.org/education/20...

Breaking News: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soared above $150 on its first day of trading.

To Defeat Democrats, Texas Governor Embraces the Hard Right www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/u... via @NYTimes

NEW: UT Austin is removing its statue of Cesar Chavez months after The @nytimes.com revealed accusations of sexual abuse against the labor leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u... #UT #txlege #txed #highered

ICYMI: The top election official in Texas just announced her retirement, which will take effect less than four months before the state’s most closely watched election in a decade. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u... #TXLEGE

BREAKING: President Said to Be Backing Off Plans for $1.8 Billion Fund After Backlash. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Ken Paxton's last three fundraising texts reference James Talarico's standing in the polls and the Democrat's ability to bring in big cash donors. #txsen

Are Texans Ready for James Talarico’s Kind of Christianity? The @nytimes.com takes a close look at the faith tradition guiding the Democratic pick for U.S. Senate in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

Exclusive: Today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the acquisition of a whopping 54,000 acres of land 125 miles west of San Antonio, which will become Silver Lake State Park and Texas’s second-largest state park to date. 🎉

NEW: The @AP has called the race for Texas Railroad Commission, the states oil and gas regulatory body, for insurgent candidate Bo French. With his win, Texas Republicans have advanced a slate of anti-incumbent, hard line candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

A good day to read or re-read what @lmcgaughy.bsky.social and I wrote about Ken Paxton.

Happy Election Day, Texas! 🤠🇺🇸 We’ll have a live blog of voting across the state today. Everyone has their eye on the U.S. Senate runoff but there’s lots of other important matchups. Catch all the updates here. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05... #txlege

Another $1M just dropped for Chip Roy in his bid for Texas Attorney General. It appears Alex Fairly, the same West Texas donor who gave him $2.75M a few days ago, is not done yet. More on Fairly's 11th-hour contribs here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u... #txlege

“None of us control what the president does,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who’d urged the president yo back John Cornyn, said. “He made his decision. That doesn’t change the way I feel.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

ICYMI: Who Is Ken Paxton, Trump’s Pick in the Texas Senate Race? This story brought together 12 years of my reporting here in Texas with @michaelkruse.bsky.social’s on the ground insight and wonderful writing. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u... via @nytimes.com

BREAKING: President Trump says he will endorse in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate race in Texas today around 12:30 EST today. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

While you were sleeping: The GOP candidates duking it out to replace Ken Paxton as Texas AG reported new fundraising numbers. One just got a late infusion of cash that could buoy him in the last week of the race. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u... #txlege

NEW: In his bid for Texas Attorney General, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy has been chasing Sen. Mayes Middleton, his self-funded opponent. Tonight, Roy reported raising nearly $8M — $2.75M from one donor. Middleton raised $5.7M, most from himself. The race to the runoff is on. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Teamed up with @lmcgaughy.bsky.social to write about Ken Paxton.

Huh?

Ken Paxton was charged with fraud. He was impeached by his own party. His wife is divorcing him for alleged infidelity. Through it all, how has Paxton stayed not only politically viable but highly popular with his base? Story w/ @michaelkruse.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

tl;dr Of course, potato, egg and cheese is a proper breakfast taco order. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...

Last year, Bo French was such a headache for some GOP leaders that they asked him to resign as a county party chairman. Now he’s running an insurgent campaign for the state’s powerful oil and gas regulatory body, and challenging his party’s boundaries of decency. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...

NEW: More than half the U.S. is in drought. But few places are dealing with the kind of crisis facing Corpus Christi, Tex., which could see water demand outstrip supply w/in a year. One official told me: "This is actually the canary in the coal mine. 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

NEW: Ken Paxton said he needed $20M to take John Cornyn's Senate. But, less than a month to the primary runoff, he's fallen short. I analyzed Paxton's campaign money and found he's lost many of the big donors that backed his last re-election as attorney general. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

John Cornyn holds a significant fund-raising edge over Ken Paxton, with four weeks to go before early voting begins in the U.S. Senate runoff. But both fell short of the campaign cash amassed this year by James Talarico. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

ICYMI: At a meeting with #txlege in DC last week, Stephen Miller asked why the state hasn't passed a bill to stop paying for the education of undocumented children. He also asked whether Texas has a RINO problem. The room, according to attendees, went silent. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

BREAKING: An investigation by the @nytimes.com reveals civil rights icon Cesar Chavez allegedly groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the labor rights movement for years. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

ICYMI: The deadline to withdraw from the ballot in Texas has passed and both Ken Paxton and John Cornyn remain in the race for U.S. Senate. Either man can still withdraw, but they WILL remain on the ballot for the May 26 runoff even if they do. All eyes are on Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/u...

UPDATE: Looks like Dallas voters will be able to vote at any polling place countywide. Dallas County GOP chair Allen West just said that sticking with precinct-only voting for the May runoff will exposed the party "to increased risk and voter confusion." #txlege

I just spoke with the head of Dallas Co elections. After widespread confusion on primary election day this month, he told me they are now considering returning to countywide voting for the May runoff. But doing that would require the OK of BOTH the county Dems and GOP. #txlege

ICYMI: 2A activist and YouTuber Brandon Herrera became the default nominee for a TX congressional seat after Tony Gonzales' decision to drop out. I asked Herrera about Dem hopes he is a more beatable opponent than Gonzales — and his copy of "Mein Kampf." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

Greg Abbott is on the verge of a record fourth term as governor in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u... #txlege

BREAKING: Dallas police detain man outside of Ken Paxton campaign event. Officers pulled what appeared to be ammunition for several types of weapons from a blue sedan that hotel workers said the man had been driving, according to our reporter on the scene. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

NEW: A Texas G.O.P. incumbent is facing a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant. We're watching this race. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u... #txlege

Sure, everyone is watching the Senate primary election in Texas. But some of us also have our eye downballot — especially since two of the races pit the governor's pick against President Trump. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u... #txlege

Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Texas has been on the rise for months. On Sunday, the deadly shooting in Austin thrust Islam to the forefront of the political discussion just as voters are heading to the polls. Election Day in Texas is tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u... #txlege

Hey, y'all! 👋 I am officially on the job at @nytimes.com covering all things Texas politics and policy. That means I now have an email! You can reach me at [email protected] or on Signal at lmcgaughy.40. Chat soon. #txlege

Commuting to my first day at the new job was a bit different than usual. 🤠🥶 @nytimes.com

For all those reaching out: I start my new job at The New York Times at the end of the month. Taking a little break until then. For now, send tips via Signal at LMcGaughy.40 or on any social media platform. See y’all in March! 👋🏻

I know we're having a lot of fun with the whole penis doping thing, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't point out that this should be the scandal in ski jumping that everyone is screaming about apnews.com/article/olym...

Today I published my last story for The Texas Newsroom @KUTNews. We analyzed years of data from Texas prisons w/o AC and found — more often than not — temps would violate standards for county jails. Jails must keep temps between 65-85°. State prisons don’t. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege

Every journalist has that feeling of waking up in the middle of the night to recheck a fact in a story set to publish the next morning. Last night, mine was, “what k-pop generation did BTS debut in??” (Spoiler: I got it right) A fun story, for once! one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5693...

Burkina Faso’s military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them.

Recording a radio feature about K-Pop on the same day I finish editing a yearlong data story on prison conditions? Yeah… that seems about right for my last day @kutnews.bsky.social @npr.org! I’ve learned a ton at public radio. I hope they have me back to talk about future stories! #txlege

📰 After two years in public radio, next week will be my last with @kutnews.bsky.social @npr.org. I'll soon join @nytimes.com as their first Texas politics correspondent. I'm staying in #ATX, and am excited to jump back into daily coverage. Here I come, y'all! www.nytco.com/press/nation... #txlege

"Grind your coffee beans tonight," Jennifer Stayton @kutnews.bsky.social reminds us ahead of winter weather this weekend. ERCOT does not expect widespread outages like five years ago, but, understandably, Texans are still wary! More info here: www.kut.org/energy-envir...

Y’ALL. It’s happening!