This Week in Texas: James Harden's beard, James Beard awards, and an immigration breaking point

What Texans need to know to stay in the know. No Images? [Click here]( [Discover Texas at its Best: Boot Ranch]( [Texas Monthly]( [This Week in Texas] What Texans need to know to stay in the know March 30, 2019 [Customs and Border Protection Head Says “Breaking Point Has Arrived” at Texas Border]( ROBERT MOORE The commissioner described a humanitarian and national security crisis while speaking in El Paso. [Read more.]( OUR TOP STORIES [Let Us Now Celebrate the Croatian Artist Who Finds the Fantastical in James Harden’s Beard]( The most iconic facial hair in Texas sports has proven to be a creative muse for Filip Peraić. [Read more.]( [New Study Reaffirms That STAAR Reading Tests Are Not on Grade Level]( Eight different readability formulas showed the test’s reading portions are at a higher level of difficulty than appropriate for the grades they’re assessing. [Read more.]( [Texas May Outlaw Unsolicited Sexual Images. Would That Be Enforceable—and Does It Even Matter?]( The legislation would be an example of law’s "expressive" power, potentially curbing behavior regardless of how many creeps are prosecuted. [Read more.]( [Texas Monthly Recommends: Lizzo Sets the “Tempo” with Missy Elliot in Her Latest Single]( Plus, a hip-hop powerhouse from Houston, an immersive history exhibit in Austin, and a fictional boy genius in East Texas. [Read more.]( [Discover Texas at its Best: Boot Ranch]( [The Texan Food Diaries: Chef Jason Dady, of San Antonio]( Just weeks after opening his first place in Austin, the culinary powerhouse reveals his favorite San Antonio lunch spots and shows how to do campsite cooking the chef’s way. [Read more.]( [Federal Judges Side With Texas in Fight Over Native American Gambling]( The Tigua and Alabama-Coushatta tribes may soon be forced to shutter their gaming operations after courts again rule them illegal. [Read more.]( [Brooklyn Decker: “I Work Hard to Prove That I Deserve to Be at the Table”]( On the latest National Podcast of Texas, the 'Grace and Frankie' star talks about navigating Silicon Valley, #MeToo’s impact on the modeling business, and the life she’s built on the back of 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit stardom. [Listen here.]( [The University of Texas’s Scooter Speed Limit Is a Glimpse of the Future]( The new rule uses geofencing technology to force vehicles on the college campus to slow down. [Read more.]( [The Bull x The Horns: A New Advice Column]( [The Bull x The Horns: A New Advice Column]( What's standing between you and your best self? The Texas Optimism Project, sponsored by Frost Bank, is partnering with KUTX 98.9's Two Guys on Your Head podcasters Art Markman and Bob Duke to launch an advice column about taking control over the stress in our lives. Send us your questions about life, career, and everything in between and we'll spotlight how the power of perspective can change everything. [Read More]( EAT LIKE A TEXAN [Four of the Five James Beard Finalists for the Best Southwest Chef Are Texans]( PATRICIA SHARPE And yet, after the state’s even more stellar showing in the semifinals, the announcement feels disappointing. [Read more.]( WEEKEND READS [Could a Tug-of-War Between Two Central Texas Counties Leave Residents Without Drinking Water?]( BRANTLEY HARGROVE North of Austin, a crisis is brewing. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES [Meet the Parent]( MIMI SWARTZ The most surprising thing about my mother’s death has been getting to know my dad. [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](