Incredible for our opinion team to receive first place honors in editorial writing in this year's National Headliner Awards for our series, "Political Crisis on the Border." Congrats to cary clack, nancypjohnson and Gilbert Garcia. headlinerawards.org/2024-print-pho…

SPJ demands the felony assault charge against FOX 7 Austin photojournalist to be dropped. "It feels like [Texas DPS] is trying to send a message to journalists covering this highly publicized and developing story," said SPJ President SPJ President. bit.ly/44kEXxP

THREAD: Long before 36-year-old Gennesse Moreno opened fire on Houston’s Lakewood Church, police, social workers and judges in Texas knew she was mentally ill, armed and violent, a Chronicle review of records show. No one stopped her. houstonchronicle.com/projects/lakew…

w/ Eric Dexheimer: Separation of church & state has become a legal technicality easily sidestepped in Tx — especially for public charter schools. For some it's a bus ride, a walk across the street or the school bell. At Yellowstone, it's a staircase. houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic…

If you know, you know. RIP Dabney Coleman, born in Austin in 1932 and a University of Texas alum.

NEW: A conservative federal appeals court published a scathing rebuke of a wrongful arrest Houston Police made back in 2019. Both officers who made the arrest still work at HPD. The opinion is worth a read. It is snarky. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

The envelope, please ... San Antonio Express-News executive editor Nora López wins SAAHJ's Henry Guerra Lifetime Achievement Award. expressnews.com/news/article/n…

Health officials have concerns over the sport they say “capitalizes on violent behavior and lurid drama masquerading as athletic prowess for profit.” Here’s more about its potential future in the state: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

NEW: For six weeks, Harris County authorities locked up the wrong man. Every aspect of Houston's overwhelmed criminal justice system failed him. An email to the jail from his mom finally got him out. Read more here: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Complaints from surrogates and expecting parents about Houston-based financial firm Surrogacy Escrow Account Management, or SEAM, and its owner were referred to the FBI after the firm stopped responding to clients in mid-June. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

How the Texas Lottery Commission helped rich investors win a $95 million jackpot houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga… via Eric Dexheimer Houston Chronicle

If you sustain property damage as a result of #HurricaneBeryl— submit an online damage report to TDEM. Report Damage: damage.tdem.texas.gov This info helps officials connect impacted Texans with resources & services. #txwx

Tell us below if you have received notifications from CenterPoint's Power Alert Service, which is set up to send notifications related to customers' addresses and, eventually, a timeline for power to be restored to their addresses.

As of now, ~1.14m are without power. CenterPoint projecting ~740k to still be in the dark Friday night and ~390k still out as of Sunday night.

Media literacy in this country has to be at an all-time low. To those railing at cautious news reports minutes after the shooting for not identifying the sounds as gunshots or immediately calling out an assassination attempt, caution is good journalism, not bias.

Big night for Greg Abbott, whose #rnc speech focused on his border crackdown and sparked “send them back” chants from delegates waving “mass deportations now!” signs. After the speech he joined Trump in his box. Here are our takeaways: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden, acquires Chuy's Tex-Mex for $605 million statesman.com/story/entertai…

#OrangeCounty #Florida voters — the deadline to request a mail ballot is TOMORROW THURSDAY Aug. 8 at 5 pm ET. Even if you got a mail ballot in the past, you have to request a NEW ONE. Here is the link. Scroll down to “Request a Vote-by-Mail Ballot.” ocfelections.com

.Rebecca Schuetz and Yilun Cheng have been tracking problems with the Houston Housing Authority for months & today they are offering a double hitter. First up: only 1% of the housing authority's tax deal units are affordable to Houston's neediest residents. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

A Harris County contract with an out-of-state firm is raising a host of questions -- particularly given that an in-state provider lost by only a fraction of a point. Dylan McGuinness has the full details. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…