Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.

NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org

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The Journalist's Toolbox™ has more than 125 training videos to help you build your skills. We share exercises that last 5-15 minutes long in most cases and the videos are free on this YouTube channel

South Texas Blood & Tissue announced today the Spurs will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. Thursday at The Rock at La Cantera.

Donors will receive two tickets to the Spurs game against the Raptors on April 13 at the Frost Bank Center and a City Edition Spurs blood donor t-shirt.

I’m looking to speak to someone from San Antonio who wears a hearing aid. Especially interested in talking to active military or vets or people in the hospitality industry.

Attending #ISOJ25 online today and during a panel on covering Trump 2.0, @evanasmith.bsky.social read a question I submitted about mental health. Panelists were awesome and stressed having a life outside of work.

Friends, I really need your help spreading the word.

So many of you have already given your $$. So now, I need your help spreading the word. Please spread the word about EAPM and our Spring Fund Drive to your feeds. Give a reason to give.

We need your help.

I need your help.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Back again folks to let you know @mysanantonio.com is hiring a New Braunfels reporter. Come join my team to capture the stories at the heart of one of the fastest growing cities in Texas!
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Friends! @equalaccesspublicmedia.org's Spring Fund Drive begins March 15. We're looking to raise $50k in 30 days.

Can we do it? Yes we can!

$50k will allow us to start publishing the National Tab by hiring freelance journalists and others.

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Group of people sitting at desks looking at their laptops at a NICAR session.

Someone snapped a picture of me nerding out at NICAR25.

Join us today at 4:45pm to learn how to find workarounds and new pathways to getting the backgrounding info you need! #NICAR25

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Archived photo of three women roasting marshmallows indoor.

Archived photo three children build a snow sculpture of a horse.

Minneapolis Central Library Special Collections entrance.

See the public library or get archiving tips? Can’t I do both. Fun at Minneapolis Central Library at NICAR25.

Plus librarians go through extensive training on how to select age appropriate books and working with students/teachers in finding the right materials. They have Master’s degrees and practical experience.

Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans. Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.

SB13 would give parents in Texas more control than librarians on book selections in school libraries.

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NICAR 2025 schedule | March 6-9, 2025 | Minneapolis Welcome to the #NICAR25 conference schedule!

Looking for alternatives to pricey research tools? At #NICAR25, Sunlight’s @curiousscout.bsky.social joins @muckrock.com & the UF on Sat. to share free tools to:
📚 Find court records
🗞️ Search news archives
🏢 Background businesses & people

Add us to your schedule! schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...

Good lineup for this year’s San Antonio Book Festival.

So excited to head to Minneapolis later this week for #NICAR25. Hoping to continue to improve my research/data skills, talk to old friends, and meet new ones!

Sunday brunch with friends is the best.

Together for 18 years, married for 10. Our adventures have literally taken us around the globe as we explore the world. Here’s too many more anniversaries and adventures.

Philip modeling his new sweatshirt.

I might be a grinch, but I couldn’t resist this gingerbread man.

Texas school districts asked to return $16 million in federal funding for special education services The request comes after an audit found Texas improperly billed the federal government for reimbursements related to Medicaid-eligible students.

Here's the first story from @texastribune.org's new reporter, Ayden Runnels, who'll be joining me on the night shift in a couple of weeks. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/17/t...

Contract economy reporter (apply by January 9, 2025) We're hiring a part-time contract reporter to report and write articles about the economy, focusing on how politics and policies impact women and LGBTQ+ people.

I have no idea how bluesky is for spreading the word about hiring, but: @19thnews.bsky.social has an opening for a contract economy reporter starting in January!
$50/hour, 25 hours/week, for six months
Details and application here! 19thnews.org/contract-eco...

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My silly pup Philip got his holiday picture.

It took a year to scour every local office for every record of a migrant death on the Texas border w/Mexico. The results are devastating amid a Texas border crackdown. >1K drowned btwn 2017-23, many children. We tell the story of a 4yo lone survivor of a family drowned in the Rio Grande last year.

Peppermint mocha goodness.

Cacio e pepe - bellissimo!