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I am officially on the job at @nytimes 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
Lauren McGaughy
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Lauren McGaughy
@lmcgaughy
Texas Politics Correspondent @nytimes | Past: @KUT @dallasnews @houstonchron @nolanews @asahi | FOIA Nerd | Signal: lmcgaughy.40 | [email protected]
- 🧵Remember that story we broke a few months ago with @propublica @TexasTribune? It said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott not wanting to release his office's emails with Elon Musk. Well, we have an update. #txlege
- Today, I talked to the mothers of Garrett Foster, the man shot and killed last night at the protest in Austin, and his fiancee Whitney Mitchell. The couple met in North Texas when they were teens. Foster cared for Mitchell, a quadruple amputee, full-time. dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
- NEW: The judge overseeing Texas AG Ken Paxton's divorce case has put it under seal, meaning the public won't be able to access the record. We got all the documents filed before the case was sealed and have published them. See this thread. #txlege
- 'I am a racist:' Texas man convicted of murdering BLM protester’s social media posts reveal racist comments, anti-protester views statesman.com/story/news/loc… via @statesman
- #Breaking: It’s official. Texas Democrats have broken a quorum to stop debate on sweeping elections bill. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
00:00 - NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton and his blind trust own 10 properties in five states. This includes a luxury cabin for rent at $525/night, three homes in Florida and land in Hawaii. But Paxton's disclosed just one to ethics regulators. Why the secrecy? kut.org/2024-09-18/tex… #txlege
- #Breaking: Judge rejects attempts to toss indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. He is still on track to face trial in April.
- FYI: Folks are sharing the image below and saying it's today's @nytimes front page. It is not. This is from an artist Sho Shibuya, who regularly creates their own versions of newspaper front pages. You can see more from them here: instagram.com/p/ClMjkTNyCjl/…
- NEW: Impeachment of Texas AG Ken Paxton will begin tomorrow at 1pm, per memo to all members. "We cannot over-emphasize the fact that, but for Paxton's own request for a taxpayer-funded settlement...Paxton would not be facing impeachment." documentcloud.org/documents/2382… #txlege
- NEW INFO: We just got Angela Paxton's divorce petition. She accuses her husband Ken Paxton of adultery and noted the couple ceased living together in June 2024. More: kut.org/politics/2025-… #txlege
- NEW: In his first presser after the deadly floods, the Kerr County Judge said they do not have an emergency alert system. But we've learned that not only does the county have such a system, but first responders asked that it be triggered very early Friday AM. Some residents
