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Elizabeth Findell
@efindell
Texas reporter for @WSJ. Alum of @statesman, @dallasnews & @monitornews. Ski town girl complaining about the heat. Tips: elizabeth.findell@wsj.com
Jul 21, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Lots of talk this week about Operation Lone Star. But is Texas' multi-billion-dollar border strategy working? It doesn't seem to be.
wsj.com/articles/texas… @GregAbbott_TX launched OLS two years ago with the goal of sending migrants to jail. Troopers have arrested thousands for misdemeanor trespassing--but they represent only a tiny fraction of border crossers and the arrests don't hurt their immigration cases
https://t.co/YNkLrR3rGYwsj.com/articles/texas…

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Sep 30, 2022 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Spent the day in Fort Myers Beach, Fla, where the devastation from Hurricane Ian is truly stunning.

Two employees of the Lani Kai resort saw a house that used to be next to it swept away—with three people trapped inside—while they watched helplessly

wsj.com/livecoverage/h… A retired Renaissance fair jouster hung from his rafters in neck-deep water to survive.

Others told me they’ve seen bodies in the rubble this morning

wsj.com/articles/hurri…
Feb 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
"Power providers can reap rewards by supplying electricity to Texas customers, but they aren’t required to do it and face no penalties for failing to deliver"

@KatherineBlunt & @russellgold break down what happened in TX this week
wsj.com/articles/texas… @KatherineBlunt @russellgold More than 4 million Texans lost power, some of them for 4 to 5 days, in subfreezing temperatures that left people taking desperate and dangerous measures to stay warm
Nov 8, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
The talk in Texas this week: What the heck happened in the #RGV, which saw a hard swing toward Trump after generations of loyal Democratic ubiquity.

Understanding that will be key to Dem futures as they try to turn TX blue & keep a broad U.S. constituency wsj.com/articles/how-d… Starr County saw the biggest shift to the right of any county in the U.S.

Lifelong Dems who voted for Trump included the Lazo fam, who sold Trump knives in their mattress store. They feared Biden would hurt oil jobs & hoped Trump would help small biz
Jun 12, 2019 • 39 tweets • 19 min read
At Austin Ethics Review Commission, @MayorAdler is testifying regarding his ex aide Frank Rodriguez. Adler says he had no idea Rodriguez was getting paid by Latino HealthCare Forum while on his staff. #atxcouncil
Background: statesman.com/news/20180810/… @MayorAdler Tonight's hearing comes almost 2 years after @ndhapple's investigation into Rodriguez's conflicts of interest.
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Auditors followed up with a probe that found Rodriguez was getting paid a percentage of city contracts.