This Week in Texas: Why is President Trump holding a rally in El Paso?

What Texans need to know to stay in the know. No Images? [Click here]( [Texas Tech University: Learn More!]( [Texas Monthly]( [This Week in Texas] What Texans need to know to stay in the know The week of Monday, February 04, 2019 [El Paso Has Been a Reminder of President Trump’s Failures On the Border. Now He’s Campaigning There.]( ROBERT MOORE In a political rally scheduled for Monday, Trump is expected to once again push for a border wall. [Read More]( OUR TOP STORIES [Texas Monthly Recommends: Selena and David Byrne Recorded a Song Together and It’s So Good]( Plus, rap from San Antonio, essays from Houston, and landscape photography from across the state. [Read More]( [Best and Worst Legislators in Real Time: Senator Kirk Watson]( The Austin senator grilled the secretary of state to get to the bottom of the controversial elections advisory. [Read More]( [World-Renowned Architect Sir David Adjaye on Building a “Little Temple of Art” for San Antonio]( Ruby City, Adjaye’s first building in Texas, is the vision of the late Linda Pace, and will house her personal collection. [Read More]( [Measles Cases Confirmed in Houston Area]( A recent study found that four of the fifteen national anti-vaxxing ”hot spots” are in Texas, including Harris County, where three cases were confirmed Monday. [Read More]( [Texas Tech University: Learn More!]( [Governor Greg Abbott Calls for Significant Reforms on Complex Issues Like Property Taxes, School Safety]( In a gentler state of the state speech, the governor also said the federal government has not fulfilled its mandate to protect our border. [Read More]( [The Best Thing in Texas: A Scottish Mountain Man Was Rescued—After His Distress Signal Was Picked Up in Houston]( 70-year-old Ken had been living off the grid for 25 years when he fell ill. [Read More]( [Beto O’Rourke “Excited at the Prospect” of Running for President, Will Decide by End of February]( In an interview with Oprah Winfrey today, O’Rourke left his options wide open. [Read More]( [Listen to a Whole Dang Song About Topo Chico by Robert Ellis]( The Houston songwriter pays tribute to the iconic brand on his latest album. [Listen Now]( [The Good Newscast: Listen Now!]( [The G]([ood Newscast]( News ever get you down? Try listening to the Texas Optimism Project's latest series, the Good Newscast—a podcast about good news in the world sponsored by Frost Bank. [Read More]( EAT LIKE A TEXAN [Bodacious Bar-B-Q’s Jordan Jackson Gets Back to His Barbecue Roots in Gladewater]( DANIEL VAUGHN The pitmaster avoids the stress of his popular joint in Longview by running the location twelve miles away. [Read More]( WEEKEND READS [Q&A With Author Elizabeth McCracken: “Austin Is a City of Books As Much As Music”]( JULIE WERNERSBACH The award-winning writer and UT professor talks about her new novel, ’Bowlaway,’ and how teaching and Texas have affected her work. [Read More]( FROM THE ARCHIVES [More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At]( ANNE DINGUS 622 wise and witty ways to talk Texan. [Read More]( [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. 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](