Nicholas Gutteridge

My story on Texas's newest comptroller, Don Huffines, and just how far an anti-government conservative can push the levers of the bureaucracy: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

There’s 10,000 habeas dockets that are currently locked. Well, now 9,999. Read about our Kafkaesque struggles for public access here. And support our ability to do that again in the future. courtwatch.news/p/181-an-exerc… CourtWatch.news/upgrade

In which a member of the Texas State Board of Education advocates for major revisions to teachings on Nazi Germany while repeatedly struggling to pronounce "a really long word that starts with a K." The word? Kristallnacht - "the Night of Broken Glass."

Today’s morning memo from @TPM includes my latest story ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Don't take my word. Here's a federal judge's thoughts on the matter: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

A follow up by @NicoGutteridge to his excellent investigation: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

In @TexasMonthly: A Reagan-Appointed Judge Issued a Firm Rebuke of Texas Republicans’ Claims About the East Plano Islamic Center texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Yesterday evening, a Reagan-appointed federal judge allowed the East Plano Islamic Center's religious-freedom lawsuit against the Texas Funeral Service Commission to proceed; the judge rejected a qualified immunity claim from Kristin Tips, the agency's former chairwoman.

The inside story of how Greg Abbott’s advisers used a little-known state agency that regulates funeral homes to legally harass a Muslim community: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

"When I asked Schoolcraft to identify where sharia law—a wide-ranging set of moral, religious, and at times legal codes that are derived from the Quran—was being implemented in Texas, he couldn’t." texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

@Jerrwu @politico Congrats!

Yesterday was my first day as a summer reporting intern at @POLITICO, where I will be covering national security and foreign affairs! Lobbyists, policy experts, staffers, and anyone in the natsec world, add me to your email lists or let's grab coffee at jwu@politico.com.

"In Texas, we don't punish people for living out their faith." Anyway, we published this one last week: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

How Greg Abbott’s Advisers Used a Little-Known State Agency to Legally Harass a Muslim Community, via @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Mohamed Hussein is a conservative Texan who voted in the Republican primary. The GOP convention may have pushed him to the other side. “I was hopeful that I’d come here and get a clarification. What we got was kind of a confirmation,” he said after being told to leave the US.

crazy story texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

At a capacity of just 7,500, Houston's FIFA Fan Fest is the second-to-smallest among all host cities. The event reached capacity at around 1:40 p.m. today — the first day of the World Cup — just ahead of Mexico's 2 p.m. match vs. South Africa. houstonchronicle.com/world-cup/arti…

@Texiancurtis @TexasMonthly Thanks so much Ian!

@NicoGutteridge @TexasMonthly Congrats, Nico!

On this note, I'm excited to share that this is my first week interning at @TexasMonthly! Reach out to ngutteridge@texasmonthly.com with tips.