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Finally, Some Good Barbecue for Texas Rangers Fans
texasmonthly.com...The new Hurtado Barbecue counter behind section 101 means the Texas Rangers will finally be able to offer some respectable smoked meat to baseball... ...He had neither the time nor the money to erect pop-up tents, so it was funny to see a retractable roof over his latest location in Globe Life Field... ...The Hurtado Barbecue stand at Globe Life Field. Beyond the beef rib, the rest of the Hurtado menu is brisket based.... ...They use all Nolan Ryan Beef, so Hurtado was invited to a recent dinner event hosted by the former Rangers great....

A Lifeline for Rural Texas Hospitals Comes With Strings Attached
texasmonthly.com > news-politics...Ted Matthews couldn't have imagined a few months ago that today he'd be using an empty patient room at Anson General Hospital as his bedroom.... ...In the nineties and early aughts, Matthews and his wife had raised their son in Anson, home to 2,300 residents about 25 miles north of Abilene.... ...that has to care for the entire community," says Kia Parsi, a physician and executive director of the Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute... ...According to TORCH, of the 158 rural hospitals in the state, four--Anson General, Crosbyton Clinic Hospital, Falls Community Hospital in Marlin,...

Biden's Buggy Asylum App Doesn't Work for Refugees?but It ...
texasmonthly.com > news-politics...Matamoros on a gray March morning, around a hundred asylum seekers huddled around a small storefront within view of an international bridge into Texas... ...the administration announced it would do so in April 2022, it was sued by numerous Republican state attorneys general, including Ken Paxton of Texas... ...The app has succeeded in allowing Biden to appear tough on border security, which polls show is a top concern for swing voters....

Let's Just Move This Year's Basketball Hall of Fame Induction to Texas
texasmonthly.com > arts-entertainment...Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Becky Hammon, Tony Parker, and Gregg Popovich.... ...A Texas-sized induction ceremony for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.... ...when he led the Mavs to a championship over the LeBron James -- and Dwyane Wade --led Miami Heat.... ...The French point guard spent seventeen seasons with the Spurs and was part of the team's core trio along with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili, both...

Our Guide to Lake Mineral Wells State Park
texasmonthly.com > travel...Two limestone rock walls narrow to a tiny crevice near the Red Waterfront Trail at Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway.... ..."You never know who's going to make it through "the Squeeze,"?" says David Owens, the assistant park supervisor, who's leading our hike.... ...That county, with its cliffs, limestone, and Lake Palo Pinto, is home to the state park; Mineral Wells itself is split between Palo Pinto and Parker... ...And it's how the hotel got its name, long before the Crazy Water Bottling Company sold its bottles in grocery stores across North Texas....

San Antonio Almost Lost Its Orchestra. The Musicians Didn't Go ...
texasmonthly.com > arts-entertainment...45-piece orchestra for Opera San Antonio and Ballet San Antonio performances at the Tobin Center.... ...A crowd of dueling cultural leaders packed the Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting in San Antonio one Tuesday last October.... ...At the podium, CMI founder and artistic director Paul Montalvo, executive director Donald Mason, and one of their donors stated their case for the... ...Richard Oppenheim, president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 23, called CMI's musicians "weekend warriors" and "imported mercenaries...

Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q Hopes to Find a Following
texasmonthly.com..."Absolutely not," Jordan Rosemeyer said of Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q, which he runs with his business partner and best friend since kindergarten, Ben Maxwell... ...They've saved enough from catering jobs they've been lucky enough to land to fund their less-than-profitable Fridays and Saturdays along Grand Parkway... ...Rosemeyer's and Maxwell's interest in barbecue caught fire during competitions they'd enter in the Huntsville area while attending Sam Houston State... ...The two attended a sausage class with Bill Dumas, aka the Sausage Sensei of Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue in Pflugerville in January, and said...

March 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn?
texasmonthly.com...You've had all month to read the latest issue of Texas Monthly....

Texas's Tampon Tax Has Contributed to Widespread Period Poverty ...
texasmonthly.com > news-politics...When Democratic state representative Donna Howard was a seventh grader in Austin in the early 1960s, hers started one day in the middle of class.... ...State representative Angie Chen Button, a Republican from Richardson, recalled what happened in 2021, when Howard's tampon-tax bill was heard by... ...It was the year that the National Diaper Bank Network, a nonprofit dedicated to supplying diapers and other essential items to families in need,...

San Antonio Almost Lost Its 80-Year-Old Orchestra. The Musicians Didn't Go Quietly.
texasmonthly.com > arts-entertainment...45-piece orchestra for Opera San Antonio and Ballet San Antonio performances at the Tobin Center.... ...A crowd of dueling cultural leaders packed the Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting in San Antonio one Tuesday last October.... ...At the podium, CMI founder and artistic director Paul Montalvo, executive director Donald Mason, and one of their donors stated their case for the... ...Richard Oppenheim, president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 23, called CMI's musicians "weekend warriors" and "imported mercenaries...