3 Consecutive GFS runs with nothing in the Gulf next week. And no ensemble support for anything either. From either the GFS or Euro. My Texas crowd can breathe a little more. We will continue to watch.

What's weirder is this isn't an original thought, it's a well-documented fact. Everyone knows queer teens have been repeatedly targeted. That's why I linked to our past coverage. Didn't see this story & DEFINITELY didn't see you at the event. Anywho glad y'all covered this too👏

New: Harris County DA Kim Ogg is endorsing Ted Cruz over Colin Allred in the #txsen race texastribune.org/2024/08/06/ted…

NEW: Texas lawmakers last week called CenterPoint’s $800M massive generators an “arrogant” investment that could even be a sign of “fraud.” But they enabled CP to acquire them in the 1st place, & also made it way harder for ratepayers to fight back. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Thousands of Texans who are legally presumed innocent are being shipped around the state — and across state lines — as their criminal cases resolve because the state's county jails are overcrowded and understaffed. Story in @texastribune texastribune.org/2024/08/13/tex…

A few months ago, I published an investigation that revealed Texas school districts had illegally suspended thousands of students experiencing homelessness. Happy to share that, this week, TEA announced it is taking steps to track and address the problem: houstonlanding.org/tea-probing-ho…

Houston is likely to see its hottest weather of the year over the next couple of days. But after this, we should slowly start to cool down. spacecityweather.com/it-will-be-bru…

So I am editing now at Washington Post Opinions! If you want to pitch any ideas for essays or op-eds just email me at [email protected] or feel free to just say hi!

New: A review panel found that Houston Police data is scattered across multiple case management systems and is often poorly kept. As a result, info is hard to share, records contain incomplete or inaccurate information, and staff struggle to compare data. houstonlanding.org/independent-pa…

Today was the 12th straight day of 98° or hotter in Houston, only the 12th time such a streak has been achieved, believe it or not. They previously occurred in 1902 (2x), 1980, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2011, 2015, and 2023 (3x).

‼️Personal news! I have a new role Houston Landing I'll now cover higher ed, focused on our community colleges. Excited to build this new beat, a collab w/ Open Campus Grateful for my time on the K-12 beat & the ppl who trusted me w/ their stories. 📧[email protected]

NEW 🧵// As #ColonyRidge expands its growth has consequences. The Liberty Co. population boom has quadrupled the size of Cleveland ISD’s student enrollment from ~3,300 in 2013 to +12,000 in 2024. W/ Danya Pérez & Marie D. De Jesús 🇵🇷 (Houston Landing) [1/5] houstonlanding.org/colony-ridges-…

Enrollment at Cleveland ISD has tripled in the last decade due to Colony Ridge, sparking a desperate need for more space CISD failed in its last 3 bond attempts though, owing in part to backlash against Colony Ridge and its residents. My latest ⬇️ houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

All eyes are on the border as election season is in full swing. But what does it really look like to try to cross the border and seek asylum right now? I reported from Piedras Negras with Antranik Tavitian: houstonlanding.org/the-border-is-…

👋 Reporters Céilí Doyle, angelica perez, Monroe Trombly and Danya Pérez spent the last year investigating Colony Ridge, the rapidly growing Houston-area development. They will be answering your questions about it on Reddit tomorrow 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT in r/texas.

New from me: A Houston Landing investigation found that William "Trey" Harris of Colony Ridge is the only person to receive an early release from the Walker County Jail over the past ten months. Sheriff Clint McRae said he granted the reprieve after two Walker County judges asked

Got a question about Colony Ridge? Houston Landing's AMA is live and Monroe Trombly, angelica perez, Danya Pérez and I are on deck to answer all of your Qs ⤵️ reddit.com/r/texas/commen…

In June, I reported that Harris County regularly provided interpreters to people navigating criminal cases, but not always to those involved in civil cases. Now, the county is proposing a $725K increase for the # of interpreters + more language access.houstonlanding.org/harris-county-…