Sam https://post.news/saminatx

Curious Texan. I have questions. J School.

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

@DannyDeraney She is. ❤️

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

@rtraister Q: do you believe contraception are next?

A: “They want to redefine contraception as abortion.”
- Nancy Northup

#TribFest23

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

@rtraister Nancy Northup, @NicoleCollier95 and Carol Alvarado kick off #TribFest23 w/a discussion about Abortion and the States.

Moderated by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Women’s Health Reporter.

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

@rtraister “What is Texas doing to support these women and babies?” - Eleanor Klibanoff

“Not a whole hell of a lot.” - Carol Alvarado

#TribFest23

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

Very happy for Fred this morning but stage 2 water restrictions are in effect... Which means you're not allowed to water after 5 AM.

Where do we send the $1,000 citation?!?

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Lots of paper, maybe some documents on fire in the dumpster outside the Texas Attorney General's office #txlege

[McKenzie Wilson @McKenzieAWilson]

If you are a political staffer that just got PTSD flashbacks from that #Succession episode, you may be entitled to financial compensation

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

Three West Texas churches have made financial contributions to a pastor running for a hotly contested seat on the Abilene City Council, financial disclosure records show.

The donations, which totaled $800, are a clear violation of federal rules. https://t.co/JXqxPQncB8

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

Learn more about these gorgeous Austin murals and their historical significance.

@anapaodch interviewed artists and local historians for this beautifully written piece.

Coloring Austin’s Walls With Latino History https://t.co/yBxHdTwGXY via @reportingtexas

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

Wooo boy. This is really something. There’s a tinfoil hat and everything.

Excellent reporting by @KeatonPeters

Senate Bill Would Create Texas Grid Security Commission https://t.co/ZO8SCurJHU via @reportingtexas

[Ana Paola Dávila @anapaodch]

Reporter ⁦@SamInATX⁩ talks everything about booze laws in Texas on her latest piece. https://t.co/3ojAMfGVih

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

@averytomascowx

[Keaton Peters @KeatonPeters]

Lastly, updates on my water infrastructure story for @reporting_texas 1) Channel oaks II got its water back on 4/7 after 2 months on boil notice 2) SB 28 is moving forward, expected to get $1B, a number so small its "ceremonial," a policy expert told me https://t.co/nj7nrJEkmm

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

“Retail egg prices rose by 8.5% in January 2023 and are now more than 70% higher than in January 2022, according to the USDA. Egg prices are predicted to increase by almost 38% in 2023.”

https://t.co/035ye66xW0 via @reportingtexas EGGcellent reporting by @anapaodch

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

So how do you report a story like this out? Some hints in the piece:

"ProPublica spoke to more than 15 former yacht workers"

"According to interviews with more than a dozen visitors and former resort staff"

"said...the artist commissioned by Crow"

https://t.co/KMfkpQ4gKt

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

“A man donning a Ghostface mask and a fake blood-splattered black robe, prop knife in hand, whispered a polite “excuse me” as he worked his way through a crowd…”

Family-Run Horror Movie Con. Terrorizes Bastrop https://t.co/wxbgbqBNoA Excellent reporting by @coreysmithnfl

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

“It’s struck me as inequitable that Texas has a history of executing individuals who had severe mental illness at the time of the offense. And still to this day, this practice continues,” @GregHansch of @NAMITexas said. 
#txlege #deathpenalty

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

HB 727 is @RepToniRoseTX’s fourth attempt to stop Texas from executing people with mental illness. She’s gaining bipartisan support. #txlege

https://t.co/mIXbjKXTHn via @reportingtexas
Reporting: @SamInATX

[Sam https://post.news/saminatx @SamInATX]

Twenty-six states have either banned the death penalty completely or stopped executing people. Ohio is the only state that has explicitly banned the practice of executing mentally ill people, according to @DPInfoCtr