After years of writing about school shootings, this summer, in Uvalde, was the most extraordinary experience of my career.
And the most extraordinary day was Sept. 1. It began an hour before one survivor, Caitlyne Gonzales, met her fifth-grade teachers for the first time. (1/)

NEW from ⁦William Melhado⁩: Border Patrol reports 2.4 million migrant arrests at southwest border this year — the most ever #txlege #tx2022 texastribune.org/2022/10/22/bor…

BREAKING: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office tells ABC15 Arizona they are looking into several individuals watching a voter drop box in Mesa, AZ.

I’m told they have magazine clips, dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised. The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru

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This is pretty significant. The first Texas DPS trooper to be fired, five months after the #Uvalde shooting, is a DPS sergeant who was there within minutes. Zach Despart and I wrote more about that here:

texastribune.org/2022/09/06/tex…

texastribune.org/2022/10/21/dps… via Texas Tribune

Texas AG Ken Paxton declines to help local DA prosecute El Paso Walmart shooter, according to El Paso Inc..

Among the reasons: His office only wants to handle the case exclusively, not as the no. 2 to the local prosecutor. elpasoinc.com/news/local_new… El Paso Inc. #txlege

Latest for Texas Tribune: Voter fraud charges against Hervis Rogers, who garnered widespread attention for waiting 6 hours to vote at a Houston polling station during the March 2020 primary, have been dismissed.
texastribune.org/2022/10/21/tex…

The brothers accused of killing a migrant man in rural West Texas last month are now in separate jails, as their attorneys argue they're being held under 'excessive' bond requirements.

Latest for Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/blog/brothers-…

as i was saying, this is how game 7 should have ended

Uvalde school officials approve terms of superintendent’s retirement without publicly disclosing them texastribune.org/2022/10/19/uva…

It's very telling that Kevin de Leon is giving his first interview to Spanish media. it's a strategic and calculated risk/move. latimes.com/california/sto…

New: confirmed that Michael Sheppard - former prison warden charged alongside his brother in a Hudspeth County migrant killing - is now being held at the Brewster County Jail - been there since 10/11, sheriff's office says. Not sure yet where brother Mark is.

Marfa's Blackwell School is officially a national historic site - yesterday President Biden signed a bill into law making it official.

The backstory in my latest for NPR: npr.org/2022/10/05/112…

“When I'm dating a man, I have to ask myself, am I worth more than $10,000 to them?” Amanda Phillips, 28, said.

I talked to people who are dating about how they're navigating sex & getting to know someone while living under abortion bans in Texas: kut.org/health/2022-10…

More than 500 retired U.S. military personnel have taken lucrative jobs since 2015 working for foreign governments, mostly in countries known for human rights abuses and political repression, according to a Washington Post investigation. wapo.st/3VAjtbB

‼️‼️A ⁦Texas Tribune review found more⁩ than 70% of Abbott’s 114 appointments made as governor have donated to his gubernatorial campaign. Put another way, $1 out of every $11 raised since 2013 came from someone sitting on a higher education board. texastribune.org/2022/10/18/gre…

New! Homeland Security has published the Federal Register notice for the new parole program for Venezuelans that accompanies the border crackdown and expansion of Title 42 to Venezuelan asylum seekers—the carrot to the stick.

Online applications will open up today. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-22739.pdf

Just nine when zero-tolerance policy saw her mother sent to Mexico, now a teen, the Floridian has written a book for children.

theguardian.com/books/2022/oct…

Family members of Jesús Sepúlveda, the migrant killed outside Sierra Blanca, waited more than two weeks to receive his remains. They returned to Durango with many unanswered questions.
El Paso Times with J. Omar Ornelas
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