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A special session starts today in TX to address, in part, flood prevention in the wake of deadly July 4 flooding. But our latest from @propublica & the @TexasTribune shows how lawmakers have repeatedly failed to take meaningful flood control measures propublica.org/article/texas-…

“… the Legislature has repeatedly failed to enact key measures that would help communities prepare for frequent flooding.” — ⁦@LChurchilll⁩ and ⁦@lomikriel⁩ of ⁦@propublica⁩/⁦@TexasTribune⁩ texastribune.org/2025/07/21/tex…

As the Texas Legislature convenes in a special session, in part to address flooding after the July 4 Kerr tragedy, we found that they repeatedly underfunded such efforts & did not pass key recommended legislation to help rural communities w/ @LChurchilll propublica.org/article/texas-…

this is extraordinary work by @propublica @texastribune and their fearless partners projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm… #txlege

Trump sent more than 230 Venezuelans to a Salvadoran supermax prison. He called them “the most violent savages on the face of the Earth.” Then, the men were released as suddenly as they'd been taken away. Now the truth will begin to be told. Starting here projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm…

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…

Trump's savage toll: "More than 75,000 adults and children are now estimated to have died because of the effective shutdown of PEPFAR that began less than 6 months ago. "Another adult life is being lost every 3 minutes; a child dies every 31 minutes." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Texas Hill Country is no stranger to flash floods. Why were so many caught off guard? ⁦@washingtonpost⁩’s ⁦@arelisrhdz⁩ ⁦@ssdance⁩ and Brianna Sacks go after the questions on everyone’s mind washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…

Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year texastribune.org/2025/07/06/tex… via @TexasTribune

Michael McCown just confirmed that authorities called last night to have him identify Linnie. She was found. She is survived by two siblings and a pair of devoted parents in Austin. She was her father’s sweet girl.

“This one is crying out for a warning system.” @DugBegley and @act_rational report on the limited system in place to track rising waters... and where it failed on July 4th. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Between broken tree limbs and muddied cabins, a father looks for his missing child washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…

The death toll from Texas' Hill Country floods has risen to at least 69, making this a deadlier event than Hurricane Harvey, which directly caused an estimated 68 deaths in 2017. Continuing to gather all the devastating developments to this story here: texastribune.org/2025/07/05/tex…

The death toll of the Central Texas floods continues to rise - it's now at 59 and many more adults and children remain missing. For context Hurricane Harvey resulted in 68 direct fatalities. texastribune.org/2025/07/05/tex…

Important accountability journalism from @tplohetski: “To say this is something they did not expect, that tells me their emergency plan did not work.” statesman.com/story/news/loc… #txlege

Even in Harvey, which was a well telegraphed forecast, we had questions as to whether the bullseye of 50”+ would settle over Houston or to the east or west. The storms on Thursday had well telegraphed risk of bullseyes of 10-15”. But it is impossible to place those exactly.

BREAKING: 27 Camp Mystic campers are still missing, local Kerr County authorities say, as the death toll climbs to at least 43.

NEW: Vast majority of immigrants nabbed by ICE on streets of Los Angeles were men with no criminal records. Great reporting by @racheluranga in @latimes. latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: The Trump administration is asking at least 58 nations — including ones at war or that torture prisoners — to accept deportees who aren't their citizens, according to US documents obtained by @nytimes. Gift link to our definitive story on the deals: nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/…

NEW: We obtained records that show Houston police have called ICE nearly 60 times this year, including on a woman who was reporting domestic violence by her ex-husband. Latest w @DegroodMatt houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…