Clips

politics

• Texas GOP voters oust Cornyn in Paxton upset – Axios, May 26, 2026
• Scoop: James Talarico’s Austin church beefs up security – Axios, March 17, 2026
• Top medical adviser to Gov. Abbott says it’s too soon to lift Texas mask mandate – Austin American-Statesman, March 8, 2021
• Dade Phelan rides bipartisan support to speaker’s chair – Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 20, 2020
• A&M won’t discuss lab tests – San Antonio Express-News, July 19, 2015 (National winner of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence award) Listen to my interview with the Texas Standard.
• Ethics questions prompts an agency retreat on boxing tickets for lawmakers – San Antonio Express-News, April 12, 2015

business and technology

• Why AV companies are choosing Texas – Axios, April 28, 2026
• What Waymo’s future in Austin may look like – Axios, April 28, 2026
• Texas Testbed: Safety lags as AVs rapidly expand – Axios, April 28, 2026
• How a shorter South by Southwest hit downtown Austin tourism – Axios, April 7, 2026
• Banning bump stocks is one thing, prying them from owners’ hands is another – Dallas Morning News, Oct. 17, 2017

features

• A slow return: UT turtles make their way home – Axios, May 2, 2025
• ‘Liquid gold’: Long drives, short supply for rural Texans in search of COVID-19 vaccine – Austin American-Statesman, Feb. 11, 2021
• ‘Everybody loves dog pictures’: Sen. John Cornyn gets personal on Instagram – Dallas Morning News, Feb. 26, 2018
• Undocumented student’s arrest a cautionary tale – Texas Tribune, Feb. 14, 2016 (Part of the Tribune’s “Bordering on Insecurity” project)
• Texas Parks and Wildlife wants to open 60,000 acres to the public – San Antonio Express-News, July 13, 2015

enterprise

• Early state data point to higher vaccination rates among whites than other groups – Austin American-Statesman, Jan. 23, 2021
• Love and money join agent, drug smuggler – Texas Tribune, June 6, 2016 (National winner of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Award)
• Texas’ controversial voter ID law can’t stop mail-in ballot fraud – News21 and Washington Post, Aug. 20, 2016 (SPJ Region 8 Mark of Excellence award finalist for in-depth reporting)
• Border corruption often has family roots – Texas Tribune, July 8, 2016 (Reporting was featured on Reveal’s “Bordering on Insecurity” podcast)

breaking news

• Scoop: Residents say self-driving car killed duck in Mueller – Axios, April 2, 2026
• Texas surpasses 200,000 coronavirus cases after 4th of July holiday weekend – USA Today, July 7, 2020
• Marching for gun control, students fill Washington streets ‘for our dead friends’ – Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2018
• House delays debate on knife bill days after stabbing at UT – Houston Chronicle, Jan. 26, 2017