This Week in Texas: A new focus on border security comes days before midterms

What Texans need to know to stay in the know. No Images? [Click here]( [Your New Gameday Tradition]( [Texas Monthly]( [This Week in Texas] What Texans need to know to stay in the know The week of Monday, October 22, 2018 [A New Focus on Border Security Comes Days Before Midterm Elections]( ROBERT MOORE In addition to deployment of Army troops, border nonprofits are seeing the beginnings of mass family releases. [Read More]( OUR TOP STORIES [‘Underdog: Beto vs. Cruz’ and the Nonvoting State]( In Episode 3, we travel to the Rio Grande Valley, where voter turnout is historically low. [Read M]([ore]( [Is There Any Way the Cowboys Won the Amari Cooper Trade?]( The team gave up a first-round draft pick for a receiver who’s been anything other than a sure thing in recent years. [Read M]([ore]( [The Poo-Pourri Founder Has a “Supernatural” New Cleaning Company]( The unlikely success story from Addison looks for a repeat. [Read M]([ore]( [On ‘Parts Unknown,’ Anthony Bourdain Asks If West Texans Are the Platonic Ideal of Texans]( Spoiler: The answer is yes. [Read M]([ore]( [Your New Gameday Tradition]( [Partisan Primary Voters Cast 70 Percent of the Ballots on the First Day of Early Voting]( But the early voters with no history of voting in party primaries are wild cards. [Read More]( [Dining Guide: Highlights From Our November 2018 Issue]( We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new! [Read More]( [What You Need to Know About Austin’s Water Shortage]( Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. [Read More]( [Tom Luce: “Texas Has Opportunity to Act Before We’re in Crisis Mode”]( On our latest podcast, a conversation with the founder of Texas 2036, a non-partisan nonprofit designed to anticipate what Texas might have to do to thrive a full generation down the line. [Listen Now]( [Tailgate Like A Texan]( [Tailgate Like A Texan]( Join Texas Monthly for a tailgate as the Texas Longhorns take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday, October 27th! We'll enjoy drinks from Deep Eddy Vodka, tailgate games, BBQ from The Switch, and much more. [Read More]( EAT LIKE A TEXAN [Smoke Sessions Offers One of the Wildest Bites of Barbecue Around]( DANIEL VAUGHN The Royse City joint brings smoked meat and cheese together with its garlic parmesan ribs, served on Fridays only. [Read More]( WEEKEND READS [Meet the Flamboyant, Fame-Seeking Heavyweight Champ of Texas Personal-Injury Law]( ERIC BENSON Is Thomas J. Henry an unrepentant huckster, or is he a righteous warrior for the little guy? Can he be both? [Read More]( FROM THE ARCHIVES [Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide]( SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family’s legendary water parks happy—“to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two.” It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong. [Read More]( [Your New Gameday Tradition]( [Subscribe to Texas Monthly today and save!]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may opt-out from Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. If you would like to manage which Texas Monthly Editorial newsletters you are receiving, click Preferences, below. To unsubscribe from our Editorial newsletters, click Unsubscribe. [Like]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](