Lauren McGaughy, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/lauren-mcgaughy/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png Lauren McGaughy, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/lauren-mcgaughy/ 32 32 249301168 Texts among Kerr County officials show confusion about missing campers during July 4 floods https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/14/texas-july-4-flood-camp-mystic-kerr-county-text-messages/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=216556 Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt on July 5, 2025.

Hundreds of newly released messages add more detail to the devastating timeline of the deadly floods.

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]]> 216556 Records in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s divorce case are unsealed https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/records-in-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-divorce-case-are-unsealed/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:41:53 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=214883 State Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, walks onto the Senate floor on the morning of the tenth day of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 16, 2023.

The documents show that the Paxtons have entered mediation, and their blind trust had doled out $20,000 to each of them to pay for their attorneys.

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]]> 214883 Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release emails with Elon Musk. Most of the 1,400 pages are blacked out. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/greg-abbott-releases-elon-musk-emails-redacted/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=211932

The heavily redacted emails reveal little of the two men’s relationship.

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