Lauren McGaughy, Author at The Texas Tribune

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Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt on July 5, 2025.

Hill Country floods

Texts among Kerr County officials show confusion about missing campers during July 4 floods

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune, and Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom Jan. 14, 2026

Hundreds of newly released messages add more detail to the devastating timeline of the deadly floods.

State Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, walks onto the Senate floor on the morning of the tenth day of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 16, 2023.

Records in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s divorce case are unsealed

By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas NewsroomDec. 19, 2025

The documents show that the Paxtons have entered mediation, and their blind trust had doled out $20,000 to each of them to pay for their attorneys.

Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release emails with Elon Musk. Most of the 1,400 pages are blacked out.

By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom Nov. 19, 2025

The heavily redacted emails reveal little of the two men’s relationship.