Gus Bova 🗒️

Further personal/professional news: I am now the Editor-in-Chief of the @TexasObserver. My entire journalism career has taken place here, as I've learned from all who've come & gone from this little magazine. Thank you to all the colleagues & sources who helped me along the way

We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead @CandiceBernd and @TumaTime as special investigative correspondents, joining @stevanzetti as freelance reporters helping us tackle the environment, reproductive rights, and extremism respectively: texasobserver.org/home/staff/

Texas Senate Bill 4--think back two years--remains blocked. 5th circuit opinion affirms preemption of state taking over immigration enforcement:

Texas appellate court tosses out lower ruling against the "Death Star" bill, dismisses cities' case: search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.as…

Now that I have become an aged, desk-bound editor, I can't get much difficult reporting done, so I pray that y'all will support my new career as a book critic: texasobserver.org/texas-eugenics…

Some news for y'all: I'm now the News & Politics Editor for the @TexasObserver, leading our coverage of the Lege, elections, and other Texas news. If you've got a pitch, a tip, or anything else, email is in the bio #txlege

NEW w/@neenareports : After the July 4 flood, a Kerr County official said “nobody saw this coming." But it seems they did - a 2016 study recommended key flood alert system improvements. The county has been trying to get the state to fund it ever since: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

NEW: For eight years, Kerr County sought help from Texas officials to pay for a $1 million early flood warning system. Twice, they were rejected. The third time the state agreed to chip in just 5% of the cost. With @keribla houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

guy who tries to do a Zohran style campaign in Houston but he has to walk on the part of Westheimer where it's 4 lanes both ways

Austin Community College moves to intervene in the lawsuit to end the Texas Dream Act, says it has 440 students impacted: documentcloud.org/documents/2598…

A 287(g) ICE-police task force is pending for this tiny chunk of Houston: ice.gov/identify-and-a…

I honestly don't know whether it's worth it to promote stories like this on this site anymore. But, anyhoo, here's a good story about refugees in San Antonio: texasobserver.org/afghan-refugee…

Update: Crowds largely dispersed, some people still being directed through the streets of Austin by law enforcement. @statesman

At the Texas Capitol maybe 10 minutes now. There is a dinosaur with a Trump/Epstein sign. Not sure if this merits National Guard intervention. Assuming not, I am observing possible need for troops to deliver cold water or little handheld fans

Excited for @IRE_NICAR conference next week in New Orleans -- if you're going FYI @TexasObserver Investigations Editor @LiseDigger is on two panels: schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/

"Q: Do you think Democrats could have stood united in withholding support for [a speaker] longer in order to try to secure actual concessions? A: Is it possible? Of course. Anything’s possible. I could suddenly turn into a fish." texasobserver.org/house-got-roll…

Proud to contribute the Texas dispatch to @thenation's 160th anniversary issue, These Dis-United States. See my entry and the whole package here: thenation.com/article/societ…

"To the undocumented students who had their hearts set on college, who received this news like a punch to the gut: I am so sorry. Your pain is real. Your anger is valid. But please remember: You are not alone. ... Your dreams are still yours." texasobserver.org/texas-dream-ac…

Breaking: The DOJ has sued Texas over a state law that allows undocumented migrants to receive in-state tuition

NEW: Texas lawmakers are ordering all sheriff's offices to seek federal collaboration agreements with ICE. Those agreements may be limited to jailhouses—or they may convert deputies into roving immigration agents. 🧵 texasobserver.org/legislature-sh… w/ @gusbova