NEW: This evening, @UTAustin general counsel sent a harsh letter to @KUT general manager @dhiott about the last-minute changes the university ordered the station to make to its inaugural festival. Here’s a copy of the letter, which the university shared with me. 1/4
I had a great time talking water for an hour at the @KUT studios today
We’re launching a partnership between ICN and the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations, to cover the water crisis in Corpus Christi
Big things to come!
Story tomorrow!
This technically isn't my thing anymore but a few thoughts on the Miller/Sheets results from someone who was mildly obsessed with the race and is not completely surprised by the result(thought admittedly slightly surprised) #txlege:
Talked to a couple of Williamson County voters at the NorthStar Georgetown polling location. Both say they waited over two hours to cast their ballot.
“I watched multiple people walk out … they couldn't wait any longer,” one of the voters, Chantel Dupree, told me.
@KUT
Don’t listen to this young men. Be there for the mother of your child and let the rest take care of itself. Those midnight feedings turns into financial freedom because nothing will inspire you more than being a great father.
NEW in @chron: In addition to corresponding with Epstein during interviews to become Baylor president, DOJ emails reveal that Ken Starr hosted Epstein and his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak in Waco, on Baylor's campus in 2012 during Starr's presidency.
https://t.co/rWY6JasouG
Amid the mushrooming controversy over the deadly shootings in Minnesota, @GregAbbott_TX 's campaign is offering pro-ICE t-shirts for sale as part of a fundraising strategy. #txlege
New: In a @statesman op-ed, the Republican author of Texas' concealed handgun law @Patterson4TX argues the federal agents were wrong to shoot Alex Pretti.
"ICE is needed, but not this ICE. This ICE and its leadership need to go — now." #txlege
https://t.co/68l9xBpWsd
Sad to hear that an unhoused Austinite died overnight, presumably of hypothermia.
No more precip is expected but temperatures will stay low and frozen til Tuesday afternoon, so roads will continue to be a mess.
AISD and UT are closed tomorrow.
Stay safe and stay home, #atx
Lots of immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis this morning. This man was on his way to work when he was surrounded by immigration agents, and questioned inside an unmarked vehicle. The man is a U.S. citizen and was let go. (Video contains swearing).
A big pile pecan shells spontaneously combusted in rural Hudspeth County - prompting a local disaster declaration and a cleanup effort.
Always something weird in the news in Far Out West Texas: https://t.co/AXlikYJXbp
BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says. https://t.co/M1eYR8m5NP