Dave Fehling
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Broadcast journalist formerly with CBS News and NPR StateImpact and was News Director at Houston's NPR station
Swept Away www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Stellar journalism from the Times on such a horrific Texas tragedy.
Stellar journalism from the Times on such a horrific Texas tragedy.
New Videos, Data and Reporting Give a Detailed Account of the Camp Mystic Disaster
Never-before-published videos, data from smart devices, a crash report and the first interview that Camp Mystic's owners have granted since the July 4 disaster offer the most detailed account yet.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Stellar journalism from the Times on such a horrific Texas tragedy.
Stellar journalism from the Times on such a horrific Texas tragedy.
Texas troopers are doubling their salaries under Greg Abbott's border operation
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Texas troopers are doubling their salaries under Greg Abbott's border operation
Operation Lone Star has been a windfall for state troopers, many of whom have doubled their salaries through record amounts of overtime, even as migrant crossings bottomed out.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Texas troopers are doubling their salaries under Greg Abbott's border operation
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Houston built 65K flood-prone properties post-Harvey. Who profits and who pays?
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65K Houston-area properties have been built in floodplains since Hurricane Harvey
Houston’s relentless push into new suburbs has overlooked flood risks, putting tens of thousands of families in harm’s way.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Houston built 65K flood-prone properties post-Harvey. Who profits and who pays?
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Inside John Whitmire’s texts: How the mayor shaped road projects and bike lane removals
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Texts from John Whitmire reveal how he shaped bike lane removals, road projects
Text messages from Mayor John Whitmire reveal he has strategically shaped the narrative around key road projects and bike lane removals across the city.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Inside John Whitmire’s texts: How the mayor shaped road projects and bike lane removals
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I taught Chloe to obey authority. At Camp Mystic, that got her killed. | Opinion
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I taught Chloe to obey authority. At Camp Mystic, that got her killed.
Texas needs new laws, writes Houston father Matthew Childress. And we need them urgently.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I taught Chloe to obey authority. At Camp Mystic, that got her killed. | Opinion
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America’s New Segregation www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...
"...red states are now much more active than blue states in adopting new education reform ideas. As a result, red states are leaping out ahead when it comes to student performance."
"...red states are now much more active than blue states in adopting new education reform ideas. As a result, red states are leaping out ahead when it comes to student performance."
Opinion | America’s New Segregation
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August 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"...red states are now much more active than blue states in adopting new education reform ideas. As a result, red states are leaping out ahead when it comes to student performance."
"...red states are now much more active than blue states in adopting new education reform ideas. As a result, red states are leaping out ahead when it comes to student performance."
Texas sets records for solar energy and battery use, proving the power of clean energy
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“Clean energy’s success makes the state and federal governments’ attempts to kill new renewable energy projects so perplexing.”
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“Clean energy’s success makes the state and federal governments’ attempts to kill new renewable energy projects so perplexing.”
Tomlinson: Record solar and battery use proves clean energy’s power
Texas set a record for solar power and battery use, proving the electric grid can and does rely on renewable energy.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Texas sets records for solar energy and battery use, proving the power of clean energy
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“Clean energy’s success makes the state and federal governments’ attempts to kill new renewable energy projects so perplexing.”
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“Clean energy’s success makes the state and federal governments’ attempts to kill new renewable energy projects so perplexing.”
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Once again, David Brooks nails it:
Once again, David Brooks nails it:
Opinion | The Crucial Issue of the 21st Century
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August 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Once again, David Brooks nails it:
Once again, David Brooks nails it:
Why Trump’s War on Solar Power Will Fail www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
"technology and has lowered the cost of solar panels 99 percent since 1980"
"technology and has lowered the cost of solar panels 99 percent since 1980"
Opinion | Why Trump’s War on Solar Power Will Fail
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July 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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"technology and has lowered the cost of solar panels 99 percent since 1980"
"technology and has lowered the cost of solar panels 99 percent since 1980"
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Oh, here's a topical flood story. Wait, it's from a decade ago??
Oh, here's a topical flood story. Wait, it's from a decade ago??
Predicting Where Floods Will Hit: What Difference Technology Could Make | Houston Public Media
May was a record month for bad weather in Texas. Hurricane season officially begins today, June 1st. Is the Gulf Coast ready?
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July 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Oh, here's a topical flood story. Wait, it's from a decade ago??
Oh, here's a topical flood story. Wait, it's from a decade ago??
Great background on Mystic:
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The Not So Happy Campers
For more than seven decades, Camp Mystic has been one of the prettiest, happiest, and most exclusive destinations in Texas. But after a bitter, multimillion-dollar legal battle, the very thing that th...
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July 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Great background on Mystic:
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"Russia ...is reconstituting itself...unparalleled in recent history...producing three times as much ammunition in three months as...NATO is doing in a year."
"Russia ...is reconstituting itself...unparalleled in recent history...producing three times as much ammunition in three months as...NATO is doing in a year."
The Head of NATO Thinks President Trump ‘Deserves All the Praise’
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July 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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"Russia ...is reconstituting itself...unparalleled in recent history...producing three times as much ammunition in three months as...NATO is doing in a year."
"Russia ...is reconstituting itself...unparalleled in recent history...producing three times as much ammunition in three months as...NATO is doing in a year."
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Baytown refinery: “The Supreme Court has declined to take up an an appeal filed by ExxonMobil to overturn a $14.25 million civil penalty”
Baytown refinery: “The Supreme Court has declined to take up an an appeal filed by ExxonMobil to overturn a $14.25 million civil penalty”
Update from Hiroko Tabuchi
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June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Baytown refinery: “The Supreme Court has declined to take up an an appeal filed by ExxonMobil to overturn a $14.25 million civil penalty”
Baytown refinery: “The Supreme Court has declined to take up an an appeal filed by ExxonMobil to overturn a $14.25 million civil penalty”
Fred Smith, Billionaire Founder of FedEx, Is Dead at 80 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
Obits can sometimes be so topical and relevant. Here's a great one:
Obits can sometimes be so topical and relevant. Here's a great one:
Fred Smith, Billionaire Founder of FedEx, Is Dead at 80
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June 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Fred Smith, Billionaire Founder of FedEx, Is Dead at 80 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
Obits can sometimes be so topical and relevant. Here's a great one:
Obits can sometimes be so topical and relevant. Here's a great one:
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"homeownership has increased in the city and county, each losing about 20,000 rental households while gaining around 12,000 owner-occupied households between 2022 and 2023."
"homeownership has increased in the city and county, each losing about 20,000 rental households while gaining around 12,000 owner-occupied households between 2022 and 2023."
The 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston | Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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June 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"homeownership has increased in the city and county, each losing about 20,000 rental households while gaining around 12,000 owner-occupied households between 2022 and 2023."
"homeownership has increased in the city and county, each losing about 20,000 rental households while gaining around 12,000 owner-occupied households between 2022 and 2023."
How Houston police are using a largely unregulated surveillance system
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“…unfettered access to people’s lives and movements”
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“…unfettered access to people’s lives and movements”
How Houston police are using a largely unregulated surveillance system
Houston police are using a powerful, largely unregulated surveillance tool that tracks vehicle movements more than ever, and justifying their work less and less.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How Houston police are using a largely unregulated surveillance system
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“…unfettered access to people’s lives and movements”
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“…unfettered access to people’s lives and movements”
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
"new maps would almost certainly set off a bruising political fight of the sort last seen in 2003, when ..Tom DeLay..forced through a redrawing of the Texas political maps"
"new maps would almost certainly set off a bruising political fight of the sort last seen in 2003, when ..Tom DeLay..forced through a redrawing of the Texas political maps"
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains
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June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
"new maps would almost certainly set off a bruising political fight of the sort last seen in 2003, when ..Tom DeLay..forced through a redrawing of the Texas political maps"
"new maps would almost certainly set off a bruising political fight of the sort last seen in 2003, when ..Tom DeLay..forced through a redrawing of the Texas political maps"
Renewable energy survived attacks from Texas lawmakers. Its future now depends on Trump’s big bill. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
"If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the Senate in the form it passed the House, 51 solar and energy storage factories across Texas could close..."
"If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the Senate in the form it passed the House, 51 solar and energy storage factories across Texas could close..."
Renewable energy survived Texas attacks. Its future now depends on Trump.
Texas bills targeting solar and wind power are dead, so the state’s flourishing renewable energy industry remains alive and well — for now.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Renewable energy survived attacks from Texas lawmakers. Its future now depends on Trump’s big bill. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
"If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the Senate in the form it passed the House, 51 solar and energy storage factories across Texas could close..."
"If Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the Senate in the form it passed the House, 51 solar and energy storage factories across Texas could close..."
Economists Question G.O.P. Bill: Why Increase the Deficit in Good Times? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/b...
"President Clinton, working with a Republican-controlled Congress, balanced the federal budget during the economic boom late in his tenure."
"President Clinton, working with a Republican-controlled Congress, balanced the federal budget during the economic boom late in his tenure."
Economists Question G.O.P. Bill: Why Increase the Deficit in Good Times?
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June 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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"President Clinton, working with a Republican-controlled Congress, balanced the federal budget during the economic boom late in his tenure."
"President Clinton, working with a Republican-controlled Congress, balanced the federal budget during the economic boom late in his tenure."
Hating New York
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Hating New York
What we can learn from a MAGA obsession
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June 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hating New York
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The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Modern to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine
The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Modern to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
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"One battalion chief made more than $928,000..."
"One battalion chief made more than $928,000..."
Opinion | California’s Five-Alarm Pension Fire
Sacramento wants to roll back Jerry Brown’s 2013 reforms.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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"One battalion chief made more than $928,000..."
"One battalion chief made more than $928,000..."
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Americans were, by and large, hysterical about crime — seeing endless loops of bad news on local TV
Americans were, by and large, hysterical about crime — seeing endless loops of bad news on local TV
Opinion | The Disturbing Truth About What Makes Americans Feel Safe
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May 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Americans were, by and large, hysterical about crime — seeing endless loops of bad news on local TV
Americans were, by and large, hysterical about crime — seeing endless loops of bad news on local TV