Houston Bureau Chief for The New York Times. I cover Texas. Previously @NYTMetro [email protected]
Houston, Texas
Joined September 2008
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Rule 31 of the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton: his wife, Senator Angela Paxton, will not be able to vote
Here are the articles of impeachment against the Texas attorney general, @KenPaxtonTX
capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup…
The Republican speaker of the Texas House says that if @KenPaxtonTX wants to use taxpayer money to pay his whistleblower lawsuit settlement, he'll have to come before the House and explain why he should get it
Could be quite a hearing!
.@cbs11jack spoke with House Speaker @DadePhelan at the Texas Capitol today. Phelan says he opposes taxpayer dollars being used to fund Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX's settlement agreement for $3.3 million with four of his former top officials who filed a whistleblower lawsuit.
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What ‘s behind a bill in the state Legislature to ban Chinese property purchases in Texas?
@nytimes Houston bureau chief @jdavidgoodman has more. texasstandard.org/stories/to…
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton reached a $3.3 million settlement with 4 former senior aides who accused him of corruption.
“I have reached a settlement agreement to put this issue to rest. I have chosen this path to save taxpayer dollars," said Mr. Paxton in a statement
J. David Goodman retweeted
Doing research for a big project, came across this in the @nytimes from 1983:
NEW: In Texas's largest county, more than a dozen Republican candidates including the challenger to @LinaHidalgoTX are contesting their defeats, citing Election Day issues like paper shortages
Democrats called the contests frivolous and unprecedented
nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/te…
J. David Goodman retweeted
In court documents obtained by the @nytimes, a man said he was afraid of the mother of the #Uvalde gunman. “He is scared of what AR might do to him when no one is around or when he is sleeping,” an officer wrote in a police report, ref: #AdrianaReyes nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/uv…
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my latest: Texas has now awarded nearly $700m in construction contracts for its border wall, and just recently raised the first steel panels on private property in Cameron County
As Governor #GregAbbott’s wall scheme slowly advances, the state awarded $224 million to a construction company that built a private wall now on the brink of collapse into the Rio Grande.
New from TXO #Politics Reporter @by_jmiller: texasobserver.org/texas-awar…
#Border #Immigration
“The whole thing was stupid"
Years after a large private border fence went up on the Rio Grande, it's at risk of falling over in a major flood, according to a government-commissioned report first obtained by @propublica
and @TexasTribune
nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/te…
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Many migrants waiting just across the border from #ElPaso were glued to their phones…looking for the latest news about the public health policy.…(Read our @nytimes team coverage of #Title42 @jdavidgoodman @esullivannyt ) #immigration nytimes.com/2022/12/21/us/ti…
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Texas won't try to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public. A federal judge ruled earlier this year that such a ban was unconstitutional, which Texas said it would appeal, but Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw withdrew the appeal this week. bit.ly/3vacVog
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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts has HALTED the lifting of Title 42 for now.
Texas and other states are insisting that the Court leave Title 42 in place.
Today's order is a step in that direction.
This helps prevent illegal immigration.
Just to clarify my tweet: not every single one of the trucks passing through the state police checkpoint gets inspected, but it's a high frequency and is already causing delays
NEW: After major migrant crossings, Texas has begun inspecting all incoming commercial trucks at a bridge in El Paso, deploying a @GregAbbott_TX strategy from the spring that snarled traffic at the border
With @edjsandoval and @viaSimonRomero
nytimes.com/2022/12/13/us/te…
J. David Goodman retweeted
I found the @TxDPS checkpoint near the International bridge in #elpaso, but was quickly ushered away when officials saw me talking to frustrated truck drivers. The maneuver hurts their bottom line & does nothing to slow immigration, they said. #texas #Immigration #ElPasotx – at El Paso, TX
NEW: After major migrant crossings, Texas has begun inspecting all incoming commercial trucks at a bridge in El Paso, deploying a @GregAbbott_TX strategy from the spring that snarled traffic at the border
With @edjsandoval and @viaSimonRomero
nytimes.com/2022/12/13/us/te…
"He was an innocent bystander," a Houston police investigator said of Takeoff in announcing the arrest of a man charged with his murder
BOOKING PHOTO: Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, charged with the murder of Kirshnik Khari Ball (Takeoff).
#hounews
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ALT Patrick Xavier Clark
J. David Goodman retweeted
UPDATE: We will have a 1:30 p.m. news conference at HPD Headquarters, 1200 Travis St., to discuss an update in the fatal shooting of Kirsnick Khari Ball (Takeoff).
We will live-stream the news conference on our YouTube, Twitter and Facebook platforms.
#hounews