Public radio nerd & mother of three. Managing Editor for The Texas Newsroom, based at @KERAtx Dallas. Formerly of @WBHM & @MarfaRadio. To tweet is to fly.
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Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, the Austin Democrat running to unseat Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, filed a police report saying that artificial intelligence-generated ads released by Patrick's campaign in September violated state law. kut.org/politics/2026-09-21/…
ALT Austin Democrat Vikki Goodwin files police report saying Dan Patrick broke law with AI-generated campaign ads
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Scoop: @JohnCornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except @KenPaxtonTX.
It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC
w/ @teddyschleifer nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/po…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Today I'll be reporting live from the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, TX, for @dmagazine, which applied for press access but never received a response. Consequently, I will have the general admission experience. First step: drive ~30 mins outside of Dallas to Grand Prairie.
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Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
New statement from @KenPaxtonTX on CBP’s decision to pause construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend NP.
Paxton supports the move: “Destroying one of our state’s greatest natural treasures with unnecessary roads and barriers is not smart border security.”
#TXSEN
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
The Trump administration's plans for border security in @BigBendNPS include miles of vehicle barriers, winding patrol roads and surveillance technology. It’s work people here say would forever change the wild land often called “Texas’ gift to the nation.”
npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-592…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
A Big Bend area indigenous group is suing over the Trump admin's border construction in Big Bend National Park. @RolandForTexas, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, spoke to me live on @MarfaRadio this morning - listen here: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Big news about the Big Bend border wall - this is essentially the first time we’ve seen state-level officials push back on this plan. @MarfaRadio story to come.
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Inbox: Ken Paxton reveals his economics plan. He'll get on the road to stump for it next week.
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Wow - per @bigbendsentinel, a Presidio County commissioner says border wall contractor Barnard Construction "clear-cut land near the historic Porvenir Massacre site." bigbendsentinel.com/2026/07/…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Considerable to locally catastrophic flooding has occurred the past 48 hours in portions of the area. Another round of heavy rain & more flooding is possible late tonight into tomorrow morning. Flash floods escalate quickly-never enter floodwaters, that hides active dangers.#txwx
ALT Safety graphic titled "Flash flooding can escalate quickly." The right side of the graphic displays a photograph of a silver station wagon half-submerged in deep floodwaters on a tree-lined residential street during a heavy downpour. The left side lists three key safety steps with green icons: setting up weather warnings on your phone, moving to higher ground immediately when alerted to a flash flood, and never entering floodwaters.
ALT Safety graphic titled "STAY OUT OF FLOODWATERS" in large yellow and white text. The right side features a photograph of two emergency responders in yellow protective suits and boots wading through flooded grass next to a residential building. The left side lists six hidden dangers of floodwaters accompanied by yellow safety icons: animals and insects, live wires, harmful bacteria, dangerous chemicals, sewage, and sharp objects and debris.
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Exclusive: Harris County DA says his office is investigating fatal ICE shooting in Houston houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
A recent lawsuit said the Trump administration violated a federal law as part of its Big Bend area border wall plan. The admin responded by waiving that law so it doesn't have to follow it.
Story from @mkcant and @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
A group of six former superintendents of Big Bend National Park are warning about the Trump administration’s border security plans for the park.
marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
First comments I’ve seen from @JohnCornyn on the Big Bend area border wall etc plans.
Notable that even U.S. senators are in the dark about the details of this whole thing, even as construction is set to begin as soon as this summer: notus.org/climate-environmen…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
A stunning update to this story today: @KUT general manager @dhiott has been fired by @UTAustin following a dispute over the station's inaugural spring festival.
Here's our story, which will be updated: kut.org/education/2026-06-15…
Context here: kut.org/education/2026-04-30…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Breaking: UT Austin leadership has fired KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott, effective immediately. kut.org/education/2026-06-15…
ALT UT Austin leadership fires KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
He has called Native Americans “third world savages” and believes that the U.S. should “round up every muslim."
Now, Republicans want him to regulate oil and gas and Democrats see an opening.
kut.org/energy-environment/2…
Rachel Osier Lindley retweeted
Lots of us in Texas still waiting on the call in the GOP runoff for RRC. With 83% of the vote in, @bofrench leads @JimWright4Texas by less than 2 points.
The oil and gas regulatory job, a statewide elected position, is all the more important now with the price shocks. Texas produces 40% of the nation's crude oil.
#txlege
U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee beat U.S. Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
