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i edit and write about art, the built environment, culture, #txlege, politics largely in texas. @quorumreport newsclipper. endowed #sevvie award.
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DeBartolo Architects constructs a community center in tune with its climate

DeBartolo Architects constructs a community center in tune with its climate

The Architect's Newspaper — What was once hot Arizona desert has become an oasis for an entire community. Paul and Melinda Gunther approached Jack DeBartolo III, principal of Phoenix-based firm DeBartolo Architects, with the idea for an after-school and community center in nearby Chandler. The couple had previously worked with the firm on the renovation of a church where Paul had been the pastor. Building a community center was a longtime dream for the Gunthers, who through their foundation, Live Love, purchased the 5,000-square-foot abandoned property a few miles from downtown Chandler.
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The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

The Stories that Hair Can Tell: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas at the Martin Museum of Art

Arts and Culture Texas — Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is among the godmothers of her craft. Since the early 2000s, the Garland, Texas native has set the standard for how to integrate human specimens in art. All she's using is hair.
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It's a Material World

It's a Material World

Texas Architect Magazine — If there’s any architect whose personality, buildings, and vision for the world and the field of architecture can make you feel an iota of hope, it’s Bruce Goff. Hands down. No argument. And that’s why if we can’t be gifted more of one of the 20th century’s greatest architect’s imaginative houses, churches, and public spaces, then the exhibition Bruce Goff: Material Worlds at the Art Institute of Chicago, which ran through March 29, should have been a permanent installation. It was accompanied by the exhibitions New Affiliates on Goff’s Domestic Matter, Japanese Prints from the Collection of Bruce Goff, and Janna Ireland: A Goff House in Los Angeles.
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Texas lawmakers receive disturbing findings from investigators of the Hill Country flooding tragedy

Texas lawmakers receive disturbing findings from investigators of the Hill Country flooding tragedy

The Quorum Report — Testimony included descriptions of cruel prank calls to parents who lost their daughters in the flood; Lt. Gov. Patrick has called for Camp Mystic to lose its license but conspicuously quiet about most of it is Gov. Abbott while some of his former appointees represent the camp
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To prevent the voter confusion of the March primary, Rep. Bucy offers fix with bipartisan support

To prevent the voter confusion of the March primary, Rep. Bucy offers fix with bipartisan support

The Quorum Report — Not to be confused with closed primaries, but instead focus is on letting one party force the other to conduct the elections their way
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Ben Stevenson, a legend in choreography who led Texas Ballet Theater, dies at 89

Ben Stevenson, a legend in choreography who led Texas Ballet Theater, dies at 89

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Ben Stevenson taught and inspired generations of dancers in Fort Worth and around the globe.
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A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern

Arts and Culture Texas — Experiencing Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers is such an emotional journey you need to go to therapy afterward.
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The Notebook They Didn’t Want You to See

The Notebook They Didn’t Want You to See

Architect Magazine — Louis Kahn’s final sketches were rejected for 16 years—until they exposed how a master really worked.
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Reversing course, Dallas County GOP Chair West agrees to return to countywide voting for runoff

Reversing course, Dallas County GOP Chair West agrees to return to countywide voting for runoff

The Quorum Report —
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As lawmakers delve into data center debate, bipartisan and rural pushback to the industry grows

As lawmakers delve into data center debate, bipartisan and rural pushback to the industry grows

The Quorum Report — Rural, suburban, conservative, and liberal Texans have angrily protested and taken action against the rapidly growing business, but the centers can greatly add to a tax base and it’s not like the legislature has given municipalities endless opportunities to earn revenue
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Kimbell Art Museum's new curator is considered a rock star in the field

Kimbell Art Museum's new curator is considered a rock star in the field

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Known for thinking outside the box, the new curator is described as a great complement to the Kimbell staff.
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Total Environment, a Bangalore-based firm, brings ecologically minded housing to Frisco

Total Environment, a Bangalore-based firm, brings ecologically minded housing to Frisco

The Architect's Newspaper — Total Environment, a Bangalore-based firm, brings ecologically minded housing to Frisco, Texas.
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Hancock faces lawsuit for unilaterally cutting women and people of color out of HUB

Hancock faces lawsuit for unilaterally cutting women and people of color out of HUB

The Quorum Report — Attorneys for the plaintiffs argue it’s extra egregious because Acting Comptroller Hancock was not elected to his position; Republicans and Democrats have agreed that it was an “inside job”; Hancock has said the program as it existed is “discriminatory and doesn't abide within the Constitution”
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8 day reports show incumbents work to fend off challengers and avoid runoffs

8 day reports show incumbents work to fend off challengers and avoid runoffs

The Quorum Report — 8 day reports show PACs playing hard, what looks like a tossup Senate race in East Texas, and Speaker Burrows' team stepping up to defend some embattled incumbents
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Kimbell Art Museum celebrates 125th birthday of architect Louis Kahn

Kimbell Art Museum celebrates 125th birthday of architect Louis Kahn

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Fort Worth's iconic art museum was instantly hailed as one of the most important buildings of the 20th century, notably for its vaulted ceilings, and slim slots in the ceilings and walls that regulate light.
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Carol Ivey, Fort Worth artist whose work emphasized light and form, dies at 76

Carol Ivey, Fort Worth artist whose work emphasized light and form, dies at 76

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Friends and colleagues recall her as gregarious, warm, intellectually curious, perceptive and a talented artist committed to her craft and the artist community.
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The Race For Lieutenant Governor

The Race For Lieutenant Governor

The Texas Signal — The race to defeat Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is an uphill climb in a state where the conservative incumbent is a household name and Democrats haven't won a statewide office in over thirty years. But three Democrats and three Republicans are taking that risk.
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Early voting shows Dem momentum in Tarrant County and no delays elsewhere

Early voting shows Dem momentum in Tarrant County and no delays elsewhere

The Quorum Report — A total of 56,302 people voted in the Republican primary and 42,450 people voted in the Democratic primary on the first day of early voting ahead of the March 3 primary. Let’s go through the numbers from some of the significant parts of the state while we await further info from the Secretary of State’s Office.
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PACs holding back while Texas House Republicans face local skirmishes

PACs holding back while Texas House Republicans face local skirmishes

The Quorum Report — Reporter James Russell breaks down the numbers on the PAC spending and the individual candidates we’re watching
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The New Union Leader Turned Texas Senator-Elect

The New Union Leader Turned Texas Senator-Elect

The Texas Signal — Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a 33-year-old Fort Worth Air Force veteran and Lockheed Martin union leader, defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss of Southlake in the runoff by more than 14 percentage points
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Internal emails show Gov. Abbott demanding info on immigrant workers using H1B visas at the TAMUS

Internal emails show Gov. Abbott demanding info on immigrant workers using H1B visas at the TAMUS

The Quorum Report — The emails reviewed by Quorum Report say Abbott wants info on this by close of business Monday
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Fort Worth POA slams Rep. Lowe over allegations of profiting from adult websites and online gambling

Fort Worth POA slams Rep. Lowe over allegations of profiting from adult websites and online gambling

The Quorum Report — Lowe has previously dismissed similar allegations; the police union says he “lied about his business dealings two years ago, and he continues to lie about them today.”
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Cash flowing in open statewide races while Texas legislative campaign fundraising looks a bit anemic

Cash flowing in open statewide races while Texas legislative campaign fundraising looks a bit anemic

The Quorum Report — West Texas billionaires showing up big for Bo French for RRC; acting Comptroller Hancock’s benefitting from Abbott adjacency; Texas House members scramble in individual races
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Banner year for Texas oil and gas as industry put $27 billion into state and local coffers in 2025

Banner year for Texas oil and gas as industry put $27 billion into state and local coffers in 2025

The Quorum Report — And after developments in South America, “It is going to take some time to develop assets globally, and particularly those in Venezuela after decades of degradation and underinvestment,” said TXOGA President Staples. If investment dollars flow to Venezuela, as President Trump has declared will happen, “those are dollars that could be in other parts of the world.”
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