Peter Elkind

Jan 16, 2020 — By Peter Elkind

Genene Jones, suspected for decades of killing multiple children, was sentenced to life after accepting responsibility for a second San Antonio death.

Sep 11, 2019 — By Peter Elkind

In just a few years, the reputed genius behind Trump’s election has completely reinvented himself. But is his story too good to be true?

Apr 18, 2018 — By Peter Elkind

Genene Jones, a Texas nurse long suspected of more than a dozen child murders decades ago but convicted of only one, allegedly confessed.

Jun 29, 2017 — By Peter Elkind

The 2011 letter, in which Jones admits that she "was heinous" and sorry for the damage because of her crime, came as a surprise to prosecutors.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Peter Elkind

Decades after prosecutors convicted Genene Jones of killing a single infant, a Texas grand jury has indicted the former nurse on a second charge of murder. Prosecutors hope to prevent Jones’s release from prison, which is scheduled for next year.

May 25, 2017 — By Peter Elkind

Texas is scheduled to release Genene Jones, a former nurse and suspected serial killer of children, early next year. Today, prosecutors in San Antonio moved to prevent her release, bringing a new murder charge against Jones in connection with the death of a child 35 years ago.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Peter Elkind

Dr Pepper finds itself.

Jan 1, 1992 — By Peter Elkind

A Dallas lawyer is urging his colleagues to put rhyme and reason back into legal writing—by using plain old English.

Apr 30, 1990 — By Peter Elkind

Jan 1, 1990 — By Peter Elkind

The troubled Parks and Wildlife Department is supposed to protect the state’s natural resources. Instead, it protects its friends and, above all, itself.

Sep 30, 1989 — By Peter Elkind

Incarnate Word was an obscure Catholic school before Lou Agnese launched his multimillion-dollar ad campaign. Now the college is booming, and Agnese is a local star.

May 31, 1989 — By Peter Elkind

A series of terrible decisions and bad breaks ruined Gibraltar Savings. Is rescuing it another mistake?

Feb 1, 1989 — By Peter Elkind

The decision by a Chinese plastics company to build a billion-dollar plant in Texas proves that economic development works—but it comes at a high price.

Dec 1, 1988 — By Peter Elkind

One day in 1962 Ross Perot read Thoreau’s insight that the “mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” The country hasn’t been the same since.

Dec 1, 1988 — By Peter Elkind

Now that he’s got it, what does Ross Perot plan to do with it?

Jul 31, 1987 — By Peter Elkind

When eighty-year-old Decker Jackson gives financial advice to Texas public officials, nothing in life is certain but debt and taxes.

Jan 1, 1987 — By Peter Elkind

The citizens of Muleshoe lose their only hospital, thanks to a California chain; the citizens of Houston learn the value of caution, thanks to a local developer; the citizens of the world get a chance to improve their potency, thanks to the Aggies.

Nov 1, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

The departure of MCC’s chief signals a new beginning for the company—and an end to Austin’s high-tech boom.

Sep 30, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

In boom times, John Connally and Ben Barnes used their political magic to build a sprawling real estate empire. Now they’re in a desperate struggle to keep themselves afloat.

Apr 30, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

Texas universities take their knocks and learn their lessons from the best in the country.

Apr 30, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

They’re the oldest foes and the biggest rivals. Now the contest has moved into the arena that really counts—the classroom.

Apr 30, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

Everyone agreed it was time for greatness at UT. But after a nationwide search for a new president, the only man the regents could agree on was a campus insider who professed no great vision at all.

Apr 1, 1986 — By Peter Elkind

At first, Hughes Tool used the count to plan its own future. Now an entire industry uses it to plan theirs.

Dec 1, 1985 — By Peter Elkind

Okay, now, listen up. This story is about Bill Yeoman, a really good football coach. Read it or run three laps after practice.

Nov 1, 1985 — By Peter Elkind

The genteel practice of law is dead. Nowadays lawyers fight for clients, raid each other’s firms, and bill, bill, bill.

Jun 30, 1985 — By Peter Elkind

As an heir to the Dallas Morning News, Robert Decherd has vindicated his father’s name, waged and won a newspaper war, and emerged as the new leader of the Dealey dynasty.

Feb 1, 1985 — By Peter Elkind

Council tells mayor her budget stinks! Mayor tells council to like it or lump it! Both sides twist arms, trade insults! Read all about it!

Dec 1, 1984 — By Peter Elkind and Alison Cook

Tales of Houston as it faces life after the boom.

Aug 31, 1984 — By Peter Elkind

He had it all: a wife and a mistress, a limousine and a motorcycle, the second-highest job at the Pentagon and some good-time Dallas buddies. Then the SEC took an interest in his life.

Jul 31, 1984 — By Peter Elkind

Is Texas shrinking? Are the Kimbell’s spirits sinking? Are Midland and Odessa really linking? Where are Houston’s sports fans drinking?

Dec 1, 1983 — By Peter Elkind

Agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower discovered that he could help the little guy by becoming one of the big boys.

Sep 30, 1983 — By Peter Elkind

Texas becomes a disaster zone; a magazine empire enters the twilight zone; the district attorney’s office in San Antonio is a war zone; problems crop up in the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport flight zone.

Jul 31, 1983 — By Peter Elkind

The three-to-eleven evening shift, Bexar County Hospital, San Antonio: nurse Genene Jones was on duty in the pediatric intensive care unit, and for months babies kept having mysterious—sometimes fatal—emergencies. Why?