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April 27, 2026 3:50 PM
Testimony included descriptions of cruel prank calls to parents who lost their daughters in the flood; Lt. Gov. Patrick has called for Camp Mystic to lose its license but conspicuously quiet about most of it is Gov. Abbott while some of his former appointees represent the camp
Camp
Mystic had no
evacuation plan, college-age counselors were untrained for emergencies, and
staff failed to take opportunities to evacuate during last year’s tragedy on
site. That’s according to a report presented to the Texas House
and Senate committees investigating the camp and other problems
that occurred in response to the July 2025 floods.
While the
historic Guadalupe River floods took the lives of an estimated 140 people
across Central Texas, the all-girls Christian summer camp, where 27 girls died and
founder Dick Eastland died, has come under intense scrutiny. The Texas
Rangers recently visited the site, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has
called for its license not to be renewed.
Conspicuously
silent about most of this, though, has been Gov. Greg Abbott, whose former
appointees David Whitley and John Scott now represent the camp.
As the General
Investigating Senate Committee on July 2025 Flooding Events Chair Pete
Flores said plainly: “This tragedy could have been prevented.”
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April 27, 2026 8:55 AM
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April 24, 2026 5:30 PM
Staffer moves galore, lobby moves, a new lobby firm, and some public education advocates step up to the plate
Congrats, you
survived another week and we’re moving into May, when these kinda boring but high-stakes runoffs will finally be
concluded. Let the countdown begin.
Meantime, voters
in Virginia this week approved a new congressional map giving a big boost to
Democrats. So now the Republican Party is running behind in the redistricting
arms race that they started last summer at the Texas Capitol.
We'll break it all down for you on Quorum Report Radio tonight,
including our exclusive reporting on how some Texas Republicans in Congress
were hoping state Democrats would block President Trump's "dumb" idea
in the first place. The links to follow the show on Apple Podcasts
and Spotify are on the QR homepage. You can find Quorum Report
Radio on all other podcast apps as well.
But now,
it’s time for POTM. People on the Move is the best and most efficient way to
let the Texas Capitol community know what’s happening in your
career. If you’ve got that kind of news to share – and it doesn’t have to be
your own, by the way – send it anytime to ksbraddock@gmail.com and please use “POTM”
in the subject line so I can keep it all straight. Thanks so much.
Here’s the
latest edition.
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April 24, 2026 5:07 PM
Alcala, the party's former Executive Director, said “The Texas Democratic Party needs real change, not more empty promises or missed opportunities. It’s time for real leadership, real accountability, and real results.”
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April 24, 2026 10:08 AM
Deficiencies according to DSHS, include what camp managers plan to do in the event of death or serious injuries on site
The Texas Department
of Health and Human Services sent Camp Mystic an 11-page letter notifying the
camp owners of problems with their emergency plans including what do in the event
of death or serious injury.
Subscribers
can download the document.
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April 23, 2026 4:43 PM
Several agents and the district attorney as well are there; this comes as Rep. Virdell circulates a letter asking for a special session on youth camps following last year's July 4 flood tragedy
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April 21, 2026 9:31 PM
We can now report that last year before the redistricting fight started in Austin, at least two Texas GOP members of Congress told QR they took some comfort in the fact that President Trump’s plan would potentially be prevented by a Democratic quorum break
Texas Republicans
are shaking their heads tonight after yet another
state voted to counter the state's redistricting map and “fight fire with fire,”
as top Democrats around the nation had promised.
Voters in
Virginia tonight voted to approve a new map giving the Democrats the
overwhelming majority of the commonwealth's seats in Congress.
After various states have changed their maps following last year's mid-decade
redistricting in Texas, here's how it looks overall according to number
crunchers in both parties:
Democrats
are likely to gain 8 to 10 seats in the US House.
Republicans
are likely to pick up 4 to 8 seats.
So, here’s
the part I’ve been waiting to tell y’all about for a year or so.
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April 21, 2026 2:30 PM
The law Abbott signed in ’21 explicitly makes an exception for loss of grant funding – the very punishment the governor’s chosen for HPD to the tune of $110 million. Since the law isn’t ambiguous, the situation is clear: The one “defunding” law enforcement in Houston is the governor in Austin
Editor’s
note: The new proposed language for the Houston police policy on cooperation
with ICE can be downloaded at the end of this article – SB
Let’s get
real.
It’s not
exactly news to anyone at the Texas Capitol that Gov. Greg
Abbott would misrepresent a law he signed or that he would use an
immigration issue to broadside Houston Mayor John Whitmire, who’s gone
out of his way to avoid conflict with the Republican governments in Austin and
Washington.
For his
effort, Whitmire’s been condemned by the Harris County Democratic Party
and now his constituents are being severely punished by Abbott, though there’s
chatter out of city hall that there may be some level of coordination between the
two in an attempt to corral city council ahead of a
possible vote on HPD policy this week.
Regardless,
there’s added urgency to calling BS on Abbott when the lives of Texans are on
the line because of a giant loss in public safety resources in the nation’s
fourth largest city as it prepares to host an international event that, of
course, could be the target of international terrorism while the United States
is at war in the Middle East.
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April 21, 2026 2:22 PM
During commissioner's court today, the elections administrator reacted to the DCRP Executive Committee voting to reverse former Chairman West's decision to embrace countywide voting for the runoff: "the die is cast," and it's too late to back out. Developing...
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