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What Texas is talking about today No Images? [Click here]( [Shop the Texas Monthly General Store!]( [Texas Monthly]( January 8, 2019 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I hope maybe this [story] will help. I just want his ashes back. They can turn them over to the police department, no questions asked." —A widow in Seguin. The woman, who [asked to remain anonymous](, is pleading with whoever broke into her home to bring back her husband's ashes. The burglar also stole a TV, two guns, and a ring. THE LATEST [Veteran Journalist Dan Goodgame Joins Texas Monthly as New Editor in Chief]( TEXAS MONTHLY Our eighth editor in chief will take the helm on January 28. [Read more.]( TEXAS MONTHLY ARCHIVES [A Boy and His Airline]( APRIL 1989 – JAN JARBOE RUSSELL He walked through airports dressed like Elvis. He painted his planes to look like killer whales. In the wake of Southwest’s Herb Kelleher's death, we're revisiting this story that proved that Texas’s psychic landscape would never be the same after he came along. [Read More]( Every Tuesday, we'll share a piece from our archives. Check back tomorrow for Meanwhile in Texas: weird news from around the state. [Shop the Texas Monthly General Store!]( OUR TOP STORIES [Billy F. Gibbons: “ZZ Top Has Been 50 Years of Making It Up As We Go Along”]( The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer on how "That Little Ol’ Band From Texas" reached the half-century mark. [Read More]( [Bachelorette Parties Have Overtaken Austin. What Does It Mean for the City?]( Every weekend, scores of bachelorette parties flock to the Texas capital in search of cute murals, dressed-up cocktails, and the perfect Instagram. But the new tourism also reveals something deeper about the city’s socioeconomic reality. [Read More]( [Marfa’s Blackwell School Has a Painful Past. That’s Why the Town Wants to Save It.]( A segregated school for Mexican American children until 1965, the building now serves as a community center and celebration of Hispanic life. [Read More]( THE STATE OF TEXAS Trump and the Border President Donald Trump is set to [visit McAllen this week]( to address what he calls a crisis at the border, the McAllen Monitor reports. Three people with insider knowledge about the visit said that Trump will land in South Texas on Thursday, but other details are scant. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a VIP notice in South Texas this week, but as of Monday afternoon, the city had not been informed of a presidential visit. "We haven’t been officially notified but we’re preparing for the possibility of a visit," McAllen mayor Jim Darling told the Monitor. "We hope the president visits the Valley and we certainly invite him to do so." Trump's visit comes as he attempts to persuade Congress of the need for a border wall, which is at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. Foul Play? People were on the lookout over the weekend for a missing eight-month-old boy after his father, Christopher Davila, reported that the infant was inside of his car when it was stolen from a gas station. But San Antonio police are now saying that the [abduction was staged](. King Jay Davila is still missing, and a cousin of the boy's father has been arrested. Her identity has not been released, but police said she will be named once she is booked into jail. Investigators say that the woman was dropped off near the gas station before Davila went inside, and then took the car. "We can say without a doubt that this was not a car theft, this was not a kidnapping," SAPD Chief William McManus said Monday. "This was a staged event as we had said previously." Boom State Texas lawmakers will have [almost $9 billion more]( in general-purpose state revenue thanks to a booming state economy, but Comptroller Glenn Hegar warned that there is a "cloudy" fiscal future, the Dallas Morning News reports. Hegar cited the volatile stock market and an uncertain trade future with China, plus ongoing NAFTA negotiations, as reasons to exercise caution. "The U.S. and global economies are uncertain and any slowdown will affect Texas," he told the Morning News. Ahead of the last legislative session, Hegar forecasted a 2.7 percent decrease in general-purpose revenue. [This session]( he is predicting an 8.1 percent increase over the current cycle. FOOD & DRINK [Three Winter Cocktails to Try From Whisler’s in Austin]( EMILY KIMBRO The Old Fashioned is always in style at this cozy bar, one of the leaders in East Austin’s craft cocktail scene. [Read more.]( [Texas' Best Beach]( [T]([exas' Best Beach]( Escape frigid winter temperatures for a tropical destination full of warmth and leisure at Texas's Best Beach. From wind and water sports to bay and offshore fishing, South Padre Island has it all. Discover your next holiday destination here. [Read More]( [Shop the Texas Monthly General Store!]( MORE FROM TEXAS MONTHLY [Bobby Bones Is Just Getting Started]( ANDY LANGER [2019 Bum Steer Awards: Alex Jones, Who Helped Create a World Where Facts Don’t Matter]( TEXAS MONTHLY [Five Things to Watch in the Upcoming Session of the Texas Legislature]( CARLOS SANCHEZ [Subscribe to Texas Monthly 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. 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