Allie Morris

@HoustonChron Deputy Texas Editor • Former @dallasnews @ConMonitorNews.

[Neena Satija @neenareports]

A stunning update to this story today: @KUT general manager @dhiott has been fired by @UTAustin following a dispute over the station's inaugural spring festival.
Here's our story, which will be updated: https://t.co/xfmDB4Y93M
Context here: https://t.co/rfsIOEpOi3

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Dem fundraising giant ActBlue last month while complaints about the platform he personally uses, WinRed, piled up in his own office, per records we obtained.

Some donors say they lost thousands to recurring charges they never meant to authorize.🧵

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

On the Texas Take, Jeremy Wallace interviews RNC chair Joe Gruters about the GOP’s midterm strategy. Gruters says Republicans must defy history to hold control of Congress. He points to Texas as a key battleground in that effort. 🔗https://t.co/c6JITUktLG

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

Tony Gonzales asked a staffer for nude photos more than 12 times in 3 days during his 2020 congressional campaign, persisting each time she demurred.

"I know what I want and I won't stop until I get it," the future Congressman said at one point.
https://t.co/VJ1slhxQ7j

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

Just when you thought you’d heard it all in Texas politics…

This Democrat won a Texas House primary race he thought he dropped out of. Now the party wants him off the ballot.

Sound simple? Think again. https://t.co/VBdgqrUlYr

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

Months after he said rumors that he was sleeping with his staffer were false, and 2 weeks after we first reported evidence that it happened, Rep. Tony Gonzales admits to the affair.

He does not, however, own up to lying about it:

https://t.co/S6S3Yh0VVW

[Ben Wermund @benwermund]

New: A state trooper, who is the son of Texas DPS director Freeman Martin, was suspended for 15 days without pay after he blew through a red light and seriously injured a bystander during a high-speed chase in Austin last year. https://t.co/wJT1WbRj86

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

BREAKING: Adrian Aviles broke months of silence on his wife's affair w/ Rep. @TonyGonzales4TX, R-San Antonio, today after we reported on a text message acknowledging the affair.

In an exclusive interview w/ @nancypjohnson, he said his wife showed him graphic texts w/ the rep 🧵

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

NEW: An Austin jury has found the Texas Department of Public Safety liable for racial harassment of two of its officers and awarded them nearly $1.7 million in damages. https://t.co/Md8Dmvi1IH

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

NEW: Spending has blown way past $3 million in the GOP primary battle between state Rep. @LaHood4Texas & his TLR-backed challenger @DavidMcArthurTX, per my analysis of new campaign finance filings.

Some revelations from my story on the brutal #txlege showdown…🧵

[Allie Morris @MorrisReports]

Read their reporting here: https://t.co/BPo0CxiNlo

And keep following them for more reporting on the state voucher rollout. Student applications opened Wednesday.

#txlege

[Allie Morris @MorrisReports]

ICYMI: @isaacyu_ found not a single Islamic school has been allowed into Texas’ voucher program.

@KHancock4TX has sought to keep out schools with ties to CAIR. But Isaac and @eliz_sander talked to 3 schools that said they had no ties and no info about why they’re blocked.

[Isaac Yu @isaacyu_]

That means per our analysis none of the roughly 25 accredited Muslim-serving priv schools in TX are now in the program. Some say it's religious discrimination. https://t.co/QzrQNb4PxI

[Isaac Yu @isaacyu_]

Two stories from me and @eliz_sander for @HoustonChron on how Texas' voucher/ESA rollout day 1 went, quick #txed🧵:

[Allie Morris @MorrisReports]

NEW: Bible passages could become required reading for all Texas public students under a proposal from TEA

Reporting from @isaacyu_

https://t.co/uE4AULRZZy

#txlege

[Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner]

Scoop: Texas has quietly pushed 6,400 truckers with asylum, refugee or DACA status out of work in response to demands from the Trump administration that the state revoke commercial driver's licenses whose expiration dates don't match work permits.

Many truckers had no warning.🧵

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

Texas acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock is seeking to block certain schools from the state’s new private school voucher program, alleging they have ties to the Chinese gov’t and to CAIR, a Muslim advocacy group that Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a terrorist org, @isaacyu_ reports.

[Allie Morris @MorrisReports]

NEW: The Texas Comptroller is seeking to bar some Islamic schools from participating in the state’s new $1B voucher program, @isaacyu_ and @benwermund report

#txlege

https://t.co/yKlWOSBqJ5

[Ben Wermund @benwermund]

Exclusive: @GregAbbott_TX has pledged to turn Harris County ‘dark red’ in 2026.

His plan includes:
- Spending $25M of his $90M there
- Recruiting GOP to run in all House seats in Harris
- Targeting House Dems on bail and property taxes
https://t.co/8VqNYrYzW7 #txlege

[Allie Morris @MorrisReports]

These Texas lawmakers left office years ago. Why are their campaigns still spending on steakhouses and fancy hotels?

Great read on the state’s lax campaign finance laws from ⁦⁦@taygoldenstein⁩

#txlege https://t.co/gu2OPDLYe6