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Here's What You Need to Know in Texas Today.
Matt Mackowiak
July 15, 2025
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TOP NEWS
“Gov. Greg Abbott, Border czar Tom Homan praise U.S.-Texas partnership on immigration,” Dallas Morning News' Aaro Torres — “Gov. Greg Abbott and federal Border czar Tom Homan did not address the prospects of Texas building its own detention center similar to one revealed in Florida earlier this month when they appeared together Tuesday at Fort Worth.
Over the weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters she was in talks with five Republican-led states to build another detention center with Alligator Alcatraz “as a model,” Noem said.
Noem did not name the states, according to Reuters.
On Monday, when Abbott was asked if Texas has had conversations with Noem to build detention centers, the governor did not directly answer the question and said the state has previously offered to host more detention facilities.
“We want to do everything we can to make sure that those who are here legally are allowed to remain legally and those who are here illegally, they’ll be turned over to ICE,” Abbott said.
Instead, the conversation Tuesday touched on recent attacks on federal immigration agents – including one at the Prairieland detention center 25 miles south of Fort Worth in Alvarado– the state’s efforts to assist the Trump administration and new laws passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature targeting border security.
“We’re a force multiplier for them whenever they go into a danger zone,” Abbott said. “We’re going to be there to assist them in that danger zone.”
President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda has been highly controversial, resulting in nationwide protests against him, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other sectors of the federal government that assist with immigration enforcement. Homan blamed Democratic lawmakers for their rhetoric, saying comments comparing ICE agents to Nazis leads to violence.
“It’s an insult to the men and women of ICE and the Border Patrol,” Homan said.
Homan said he went Monday to Alvarado and visited with local law enforcement officials.
On July 4, a group of about a dozen individuals allegedly attacked federal officers at the facility, resulting in an Alvarado police officer being shot in the neck. The officer survived. At least 12 people have been charged with federal crimes.
Homan also said there will be more immigration enforcement actions in the near future, highlighting Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that was signed into law on July 4. The bill, which included significant tax cuts, also dramatically increased the funding for the Department of Homeland Security, the agency responsible for immigration enforcement and border security.
The bill provides $165 billion in funding for Homeland Security, the agency said, and it will allow the federal government to detain an average of 100,000 migrants and also hire 10,000 new agents to assist ICE with their efforts." DMN ($)
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STATE GOVERNMENT
“Ken Paxton investigating “potential noncitizens” for voting in 2020 and 2022 election cycles,” Votebeat / Texas Tribune's Natalia Contreras – "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday that he is investigating “more than 100 potential noncitizens” suspected of casting more than 200 ballots during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles.
Paxton’s news release said most of the cases involve Harris County voters. His office is also investigating possible instances in Guadalupe, Cameron, and Eastland counties, using information obtained from the Texas Secretary of State, the news release said.
In Texas, about 11 million voters cast ballots in Texas in the November 2020 presidential election, and more than 8 million in the November 2022 general election. The more than 200 ballots Paxton cited for the two full election cycles would amount to around one-thousandth of 1% of the ballots cast in just the two general elections combined.
Noncitizen voting is illegal, and documented cases of it are rare, but Republicans have argued that even a single instance is too many. They’ve called for eliminating the threat of noncitizen voting through state and federal legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship from voters. Some states, including Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, have recently passed such laws. But a bill in Texas failed to pass during the regular legislative session that ended in June.
In November, Texas voters will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment affirming that only U.S. citizens are permitted to vote, which is already codified in state and federal law.
To encourage states to crack down on the risk of noncitizen voting, President Donald Trump issued an executive order in March directing the Department of Homeland Security to provide all states free access to SAVE, a federal database managed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, where election officials can check the citizenship status of registered voters.
Last month, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office announced it had referred 33 potential noncitizens who voted in the November 2024 election to the attorney general’s office. Paxton said his office is also investigating those cases.
“If you’re a noncitizen who illegally cast a ballot, you will face the full force of the law,” Paxton said in Tuesday’s news release." Texas Tribune
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
“Former Dallas police chief Eddie García a finalist for the Fort Worth position,” Texas Tribune's Kayla Guo and Stephen Simpson – "The field of contenders to lead the Fort Worth Police Department as its next chief has been narrowed to four finalists, a city spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
The finalists are Robert Alldredge, the interim chief of the Fort Worth Police Department; Eddie García, assistant city manager in Austin who retired as Dallas police chief last fall; Vernon Hale, a former Dallas deputy chief who now works as an assistant chief in Prince George’s County, Md.; and Emada Tingirides, a deputy chief with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Messages seeking comment from the four finalists were not immediately returned. The search firm hired by the city, Mosaic Public Partners, also did not respond to a request for comment.
WFAA-TV (Channel 8) first reported the short list Monday afternoon. Sana Syed, the city spokesperson, confirmed the finalists Tuesday morning in an email to The Dallas Morning News.
The position has been open since the former chief Neil Noakes retired in May after more than four years. He now works at the American Warrior Association, a faith-based nonprofit in Fort Worth that supports service members, veterans, first responders and their families.
Fort Worth City Manager Jesus “Jay” Chapa plans to make a selection after a livestreamed public forum at Fort Worth City Hall on Aug. 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Chapa is aiming to do so before Labor Day, Syed said." DMN ($)
“APD chief proposes major reorg to get more officers on street,” Austin American-Statesman's Austin Sanders – "Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis is planning a sweeping reorganization of Austin Police Department personnel that would reassign dozens of officers from specialized units to street patrol, according to an email obtained by the American-Statesman
The primary aim of the plan is to relieve the Police Department’s chronic shortage of patrol officers, according to a June 25 email Davis sent to department staff, though she also noted it would free up homicide detectives and other staff who have been covering entry-level patrol shifts on overtime.
The reorganization would slash overtime spending by millions at a time when the city is facing a significant budget shortfall. A draft budget City Manager T.C. Broadnax presented to the City Council Tuesday includes $9 million in over time savings from the reorganization.
Though Broadnax asked department heads to identify possible cost savings to include in his spending plan, Davis told the American-Statesman Tuesday the budget “wasn’t even on my mind” when she devised the plan.
“The plan is about getting more officers back on patrol to improve community safety,” Davis said in an interview.
Davis said she is hopeful that increasing patrol staffing will improve response times, which has been a top priority for the Police Department in recent years.
The Police Department currently relies on personnel from investigative units, like homicide and robbery, to help fill vacant patrol shifts. Under Davis’ plan, 72 officer-rank members from two dozen different units would be moved back to patrol. In her email last month, Davis said the current staffing model “is removing personnel from their investigative roles and limiting their ability to solve crime.”
She also said she hopes to initiate the reassignments by Aug. 24.
The $9 million savings in Broadnax’s budget come from only 50 transfers, meaning the city would see even more savings if more officers are moved to patrol.
The reduction will help offset the 6% pay raise officers are set to receive under a new police contract approved last year, which will cost about $13.2 million in total.
While the patrol staffing shortage is a widely acknowledged problem, Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock said many officers impacted by the reorganization are frustrated with the plan. The reorganization will upend a lot of officers' day-to-day schedules and may be seen as a career setback, he said. He also said losing roles on specialty units could negatively affect recruitment efforts as the units are seen as career advancement opportunities.
“We need more officers in general and patrol is where the greatest number of vacancies are, but reorganizing our department has an impact on morale and officers’ lives,” Bullock said in a written statement.
Davis said she sympathizes with these frustrations but said the overhaul is for the greater good.
“I know how hard these transitions can be, but we’ve got to get more officers out on patrol and this will make our community and officers safer,” Davis said, noting that she worked overnight shifts as a patrol officer in Cincinnati as a single mother raising two children.
Units that handle training would be most affected by Davis’ plan, which calls for 14 officers at the Police Academy to be moved to patrol duty. They would be replaced by 11 sergeants, who are higher ranking but less experienced at teaching cadets.
The academy has recently struggled to implement reforms mandated by City Council following complaints from former cadets about the culture.
Ken Casaday, a former APA president, said this part of Davis’ plan is especially troubling. Because the academy has undergone significant change in recent years both in the curriculum taught and the way cadets are instructed, Casaday said losing that institutional knowledge could decrease training quality for officers.
“The people that work at the academy choose to do so because they are dedicated,” Casaday said. “Losing that expertise could leave a void in officer training.”
Davis said she was not concerned about potential impacts to the quality of cadet training, because she and her staff “hand-selected” the personnel that will be replacing departing officers.
“Officer quality is a top priority, and I would never do anything to jeopardize their training or safety,” Davis said." AAS ($)
2026
“Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority,” AP's Joey Cappelletti and Nicholas Riccardi – "President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections.
The president’s directive signals part of the strategy Trump is likely to take to avoid a repeat of his first term, when Democrats flipped the House just two years into his presidency. It comes shortly before the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin a special session next week during which it will consider new congressional maps to further marginalize Democrats in the state.
Asked as he departed the White House for Pittsburgh about the possibility of adding GOP-friendly districts around the country, Trump responded, “Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five.”
Trump had a call earlier Tuesday with members of Texas’ Republican congressional delegation and told them the state Legislature would pursue five new winnable seats through redistricting, according to a person familiar the call who was not authorized to discuss it. The call was first reported by Punchbowl News.
Congressional maps drawn after the 2020 census were expected to remain in place through the end of the decade. If Texas redraws them at the behest of Trump, that could lead other states to do the same, including those controlled by Democrats. In response to the Texas plan, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on social media: “Two can play this game.”
Still, Democrats may have their hands at least partly tied. Many of the states the party controls have their state legislative and congressional maps drawn by independent commissions that are not supposed to favor either party. That’s the case in California, where Newsom has no role in the redistricting game after voters approved the commission system with a 2008 ballot measure.
Redistricting is a constitutionally mandated process for redrawing political districts after the once-a-decade census to ensure they have equal populations. But there is no prohibition against rejiggering maps between censuses, and sometimes court rulings have made that mandatory. The wave of voluntary mid-decade redistricting that Trump is encouraging, however, is unusual.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wouldn’t comment Tuesday on whether nonpartisan systems such as California’s should be rolled back, instead saying Trump’s push will “undermine free and fair elections.”
“Public servants should earn the votes of the people that they hope to represent. What Republicans are trying to do in Texas is to have politicians choose their voters,” Jeffries said at a news conference.
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, whose district includes part of Austin, also criticized Texas Republicans for focusing on redistricting after July Fourth holiday floods killed at least 132 people, and with more still missing.
“There’s no doubt there were the failures at every level of government. The county, the state of Texas, the federal government. What the special session should be about is doing something to correct those failures,” said Doggett. “Redistricting, this scheme, is an act of desperation.”
The special Texas legislative session scheduled to start Monday is intended to primarily focus on the aftermath of the deadly floods.
An agenda for the session set by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott put forth plans to take up “legislation that provides a revised congressional redistricting plan in light of constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice.”" AP
“As Trump looks to net five GOP seats through Texas redistricting, Democrats grasp for response,” Texas Tribune's Gabby Birenbaum and Owen Dahlkamp – "Texas Democrats in Congress sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s plan to redraw their state’s political map in the middle of the decade, labeling it a threat to democracy — and warning their GOP counterparts that an aggressive gerrymander could come back to haunt them.
The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is poised to consider a new set of congressional maps during a special session that kicks off next week. With their party locked out of power in Austin, Democrats from the state’s congressional delegation said they expect the new districts to continue Texas' history of violating the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the votes of racial minorities.
“The scheme of the Republicans has consistently been to make sure that they mute our voices so that they can go ahead and have an oversized say in this,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, said at a news conference with House Democratic leadership and most Texas Democrats. “So I fully anticipate that's exactly where they're going with this map.”
Earlier Tuesday, Trump told Texas congressional Republicans that his political team is pursuing a map that would yield five new Republican seats, according to three people briefed on the call, which was first reported by Punchbowl News.
At the White House, Trump later told reporters that Republicans could get three to five more seats out of a new Texas map — and that other states could follow.
“Texas would be the biggest one,” he said. “Just a very simple redrawing, we pick up five seats.”
Trump’s political operatives have been floating the prospect of drawing new congressional district lines that would shift GOP voters from safely red districts into neighboring blue ones, in a bid to flip the seats and help Republicans hold their narrow House majority. Gov. Greg Abbott ended weeks of uncertainty by putting redistricting on the agenda for the upcoming special session, which begins Monday.
Democrats have very few tools at their disposal to stop or even mitigate the redistricting. Both chambers of the Legislature are under Republican control and overseen by leaders who are unlikely to stand in Trump’s way.
This leaves Democrats fearful they could lose their jobs without a clearly defined offensive playbook. Their limited options to hit back include convincing blue states to redistrict in favor of Democrats to offset GOP gains in Texas, a move they hope would dissuade Republicans from going ahead with the plan.
They could also encourage state Democratic lawmakers to flee the state to deprive the Legislature of a quorum needed to approve the maps — the same maneuver Texas Democrats used in an unsuccessful attempt to thwart a 2021 GOP voting bill.
Amid those long odds, some Democrats alluded to another option: hoping Republicans spread their voters too thin and give Democrats a chance to win under a favorable national climate.
“Texas Republicans are likely going to continue to act like political punks and bend the knee to Donald Trump's extreme agenda,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, said at Tuesday’s news conference. “In doing so, they will jeopardize their own electoral careers.”" Texas Tribune
“Texas Sen. Nathan Johnson launches campaign for attorney general,” Dallas Morning News' Gromer Jeffers, Jr. – "In what he called an effort to restore integrity to the office, state Sen. Nathan Johnson on Tuesday launched a campaign to replace Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general.
“It is significant that Ken Paxton has abused the office, that he’s corrupted the office, that he’s debased the office,” Johnson said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News. “And not only am I sick of that, I think the people of Texas are too.”
Paxton is not seeking reelection as attorney general and is instead challenging John Cornyn for the GOP Senate nomination.
Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, sees an opportunity.
“How does a Democrat win?” Johnson added. “ Who else can clean up the mess that’s left behind in that office? The public is going to respond to that.”
Through a campaign spokesman Paxton declined to comment on Johnson criticizing his record.
Johnson, 57, has served in the Senate since 2019. Reelected in 2024, his Senate term doesn’t expire until 2028, so he doesn’t have to give up his seat to run for attorney general.
He’ll have an uphill fight. A Democrat hasn’t won a Texas statewide office since 1994. Johnson will not only have stiff competition against a Republican in the general election, but he’s also expected to have a competitive Democratic primary in March.
Johnson said he’ll campaign on his Senate record and willingness to be an independent voice. Democrats hope they will have a favorable political climate in 2026, since midterm elections are historically troublesome for the party that holds the White House.
He added his core objective is “restoring the office to the function that it’s supposed to have, which is representing the people of Texas and the state of Texas.”
“For a long time, the attorney general’s office has been used essentially as a party apparatus,” Johnson said. “It’s been used for personal gain, political ambitions, and as a partisan tool. Irrespective of what team you’re rooting for, you do not want an attorney general who treats the office as a political apparatus or who takes their instructions from Washington, D.C., or a political party or mega donors. You want someone who is demonstrably independent-minded.”
Johnson can expect competition in the primary and general election.
In the Democratic primary, former Galveston mayor and 2022 attorney general candidate Joe Jaworski is expected to compete again for his party’s nomination.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is considering running for the Senate seat held by Cornyn, but in the past he’s also considered running for attorney general.
With an open seat, the field could attract a large number of contenders.
“While it’s comforting to run unopposed, I think a competitive primary process is healthy for political parties,” Johnson said. “I want to run in a primary election the same way I’m going to run in a general election, same issues, same principles. I think that alone could separate me from potential primary challengers.”
On the Republican side, state Sens. Mayes Middleton of Galveston and Joan Huffman of Houston are running for attorney general, along with Aaron Reitz, a former chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and former deputy attorney general under Paxton." DMN ($)
“Alexandra del Moral Mealer has 'no plans' to run for Harris County Judge in 2026,” Houston Chronicle's John Lomax V – "Alexandra del Moral Mealer, the former Republican candidate who lost to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo by less than 20,000 votes in 2022, said she has “no plans” to run for the position again.
Mealer garnered support from prominent Houston Republicans, including Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, and raised nearly $5 million in the lead up to the 2022 election. Then a political newcomer, the West Point graduate and former Army captain was narrowly defeated by Hidalgo, who eked out victory by a margin of just under 2%.
She submitted her final campaign finance report Friday, which indicated she had fully exhausted her remaining funds.
Mealer was among the 21 Republican candidates who filed lawsuits challenging the results of the 2022 elections. The challenges arose after voters reported long lines and ballot paper shortages at polling locations, which Republicans alleged were disproportionately located in conservative areas.
David Peeples, a visiting judge brought in from San Antonio, later ruled that the results of all but one of the elections were sound. Judge DaSean Jones, the sole candidate whose victory Peeples overturned, remains in office and has appealed Peeples' ruling. Jones’ case is ongoing in the First Court of Appeals.
Although Mealer dropped her case in late September 2023, she alleged she found "widespread violations of the Texas Election Code" in a post made to X announcing her decision.
Mealer doesn't plan to run again, but she hasn't receded from Harris County's political scene entirely. She was appointed to the Metro board of directors in March 2024, and serves as chair of the agency's Public Safety Committee, according to her X profile. She also remains an active critic of county policies on social media, particularly regarding public safety and bail reform.
Her decision to sit out the 2026 Harris County judge race leaves a sparse Republican ticket as candidates gear up for the race. Nancy Sims, a political science lecturer at the University of Houston, said Mealer's decision is somewhat surprising, but not entirely unexpected.
"A lot changes in that four-year time frame," Sims said. "I know that some of the funders were encouraging her to run again, but it may not have been right for her."
It's too early to tell who the "chosen" candidate will be for the Republican Party, Sims said. While Piney Point Mayor Aliza Dutt has raised nearly $250,000, according to her campaign finance report, almost half her funds came from money she loaned to her own campaign. Major Houston-area Republicans, such as Mattress Mack and State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, have also yet to formally endorse Dutt." Hou Chron ($)
“State Rep. Steve Toth to challenge Congressman Dan Crenshaw in Republican primary,” Texas Tribune's Gabby Birenbaum – "State Rep. Steve Toth, a Conroe Republican aligned with the rightmost faction of the Texas Legislature, announced a primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Tuesday, setting up the state’s latest intra-party midterm clash.
Toth, who is serving his fifth term in the Texas House, is part of a group of hardline GOP lawmakers who have rebelled against their own party’s leadership, including Gov. Greg Abbott, for being insufficiently conservative. Seen as one of the most conservative members of the 150-person chamber, Toth has openly campaigned against his GOP colleagues, joined with the minority that voted against impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton and thrown himself in the middle of the Legislature’s numerous partisan battles over social and cultural issues.
Now, Toth has Crenshaw — a Houston Republican who has represented his Harris County-based district since 2019 — in his crosshairs.
“The people of Congressional District 2 deserve an unwavering conservative who will fight for our convictions and never bend the knee to the radical left,” Toth said in a statement, citing Crenshaw’s support of Ukraine aid and past comments about far-right members of Congress.
Crenshaw has racked up a solidly conservative voting record in Congress while focusing his legislative efforts on standard GOP priorities, from border security to barring federal funding for gender-affirming care.
But he has publicly sparred with the far-right House Freedom Caucus and key movement figures like Tucker Carlson — a difference he sees as being over the seriousness with which they take governance rather than a stringent ideological dispute.
Crenshaw has referred to obstructionists in the conservative movement as “grifters” and expressed frustration with right-wing members of Congress who ousted then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen.
In a statement, Crenshaw pointed to legislative victories including securing flood mitigation funding for the Houston area, authorizing a study into breakthrough therapies for veterans with traumatic brain injuries and efforts to take on Mexican cartels.
He also accused Toth of living outside the 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn in 2021 and now covers more than half the residents of Montgomery County.
“I don’t have much to say about Steve Toth—because there’s not much to say,” Crenshaw said. “While he was busy redrawing his home outside of TX-02, I was working hard for the people of TX-02.”
Montgomery County voter registration records indicate that Toth’s Conroe home is in the neighboring 8th District. Members of Congress do not have to live in the district they represent, though candidates who live outside the boundaries often face attacks from their opponents.
Toth did not deny that he lives in the 8th District, but noted in a statement that his Texas House district overlaps almost entirely with Crenshaw’s congressional district.
“I know this community, and I’ve been serving them for nearly a decade,” he said.
The district boundary could soon change again, with congressional redistricting on the agenda for the Legislature’s upcoming special session.
Toth is by far the best-known primary opponent Crenshaw has faced in his career. Right-wing activist Jameson Ellis primaried Crenshaw in his past two elections — losing by 19 percentage points last year — but has said he is not running again this cycle.
The primary challenge is Toth’s second attempt to take down a sitting Republican member of Congress. In 2016, he challenged then-Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, pushing Brady to the lowest vote share of his 26-year congressional career. Despite being outspent by over $1.4 million, Toth came within 20,000 votes of unseating Brady, winning 37% in a four-way race." Texas Tribune
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
> AAS: "Race takes centerstage in GOP push to redraw Texas congressional map" AAS
> AAS: "Families could soon apply to new Texas private school voucher program" AAS
> THE TEXAN: "Nine Indicted on Election Fraud Charges Include Texas Democrat's Chief of Staff, Former House Candidate" THE TEXAN
> HOU CHRON: "After the floods, Houstonians sell lemonade while Washington pinches pennies" HOU CHRON
> THE TEXAN: "Attorney General Paxton Demands Alleged Texas Flood Fundraising Scam Cease Operations" THE TEXAN
> THE TEXAN: "Texas Congressman to Introduce Resolution Demanding Release of Epstein Files" THE TEXAN
> KXAN: "Kerrville City Council extends disaster declaration; talks debris, threats" KXAN
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "Harris Health to share what’s next for $2.5B hospital bond at upcoming town hall meetings" COMMUNITY IMPACT
> SAEN: "More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding" SAEN
> HOU CHRON: "Should Texas worry about the tropical disturbance near the Gulf?" HOU CHRON
> KXAN: "Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion" KXAN
> THE TEXAN: "The Docket: A Big Beautiful Lawsuit" THE TEXAN
> HOU CHRON: "Here’s what cell service providers did to avoid long outages post-Beryl" HOU CHRON
> THE TEXAN: "Federal Judge Denies Motion to Reopen Record in El Paso Redistricting Case Due to Special Session" THE TEXAN
> AAS: "Malaya Hammond, 17, of Marble Falls died saving family from flooded car" AAS
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "North End Prairie developers appeal partial denial by Bastrop" COMMUNITY IMPACT
> HOU CHRON: "Teen hailed as hero for saving family from drowning in Central Texas floods" HOU CHRON
> HOU CHRON: "Houston nightclub shooting leaves 2 dead and 7 injured, HPD says" HOU CHRON
> MRT: "Texas urges vigilance after fourth child hot car death in two weeks" MRT
> DMN: "Dallas Catholic community mourns, honors the lives of two sisters lost to Hill Country" DMN
> DMN: "Chip and Joanna Gaines TV show draws backlash over same-sex couple" DMN
> AAS: "Lampasas River surges to more than 30 feet, days after deadly flooding. See videos, photos" AAS
> SA REPORT: "Mental health programs could bear the brunt of $600M federal cuts to Texas schools" SA REPORT
> FWST: "Search for over 100 people missing after Texas floods could take months" FWST
> FWST: "Shelter dog is ‘joyful’ despite her rough past. She needs a ‘loving best friend’" FWST
> FWST: "Fort Worth community gathers for candlelight vigil for Hill County flood victims" FWST
EXTRA POINTS
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> 7pm: WNBA: Las Vegas at Dallas
> 7:30pm: MLS: Vancouver at Houston
> 9:30pm: MLS: Austin at LA FC (Apple TV)
TEXAS RANGERS: "5 things we learned about the Rangers this week: Playoff chances, Nathan Eovaldi’s value" DMN
DALLAS MAVERICKS: "Dallas Mavericks’ Dereck Lively II has undergone foot surgery, reports say" DMN ($)
TEXAS BASEBALL: "Texas baseball recruiting: Will commits turn pro after MLB draft?" AAS ($)
TEXAS FOOTBALL: "Texas football: Tyler Atkinson, a Georgia 5-star recruit, commits" AAS ($)
MLS ALL STAR GAME // Q2 STADIUM: "Stars of Major League Soccer set to take stage at MLS All-Star Game" AAS ($)
JIM CRANE / DRAYTON MCLANE: "Houston Astros owner Jim Crane and Drayton McLane finally square off in court over failed TV network" Hou Chron ($)
SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS: "SAISD agrees to sell downtown property, clearing the way for Missions ballpark" SAEN ($)