Southbound 35 — Editorial Schedule

Cadence: mixed

Buckets: sports, economic-development, other (see _pages/sports.html, etc.)

Pipeline

Date	Bucket	Working title	Data status
2026-05-11 (Mon)	economic-development	Where the Water Will Come From (Hays County water)	Published
TBD	sports	TBD (pick from queue)	—
2026-05-25 (Mon)	economic-development	The 3.5% squeeze: SB 2 vs. a doubling tax base in Hays-area cities	Have it; `mf_scraper` ACFR pipeline
TBD	other	Extreme weather + local finance crossover	Have it; `np_scraper` + `mf_scraper`
2026-06-08 (Mon)	economic-development	Hays CISD: enrollment growth, bond cycles, capacity	Partial; TEA AEIS public
2026-06-22 (Mon)	economic-development	The MUD/ETJ thicket along I-35	Have it; gov-meetings + ASLGF
TBD	sports	TBD (pick from queue)	—
2026-07-06 (Mon)	economic-development	Williamson vs. Hays: same corridor, different fiscal strategies	Have it; `mf_scraper`
TBD	sports	TBD	—

An epigraph — a quote from Texas country music, or from an academic piece, set at the top of the post.
Rigorous econometric analysis, explained for the layman — real method (identification, the estimates, the caveats), translated into plain language so a general reader follows both the logic and the limits.
Both expected and novel results — confirm what the data should show, then surface at least one finding that isn’t obvious.

Aim for all three; don’t force one in where it doesn’t fit.

Same shape as 2026-04-06-hays-county-growth.md and 2026-04-13-hays-county-projections.md: ~1,500–2,000 words, headings (## The X / ## What Y Tells You / etc.), ## Sources and ## Disclosure footers.
Frontmatter must include categories: [economic-development] (or sports / other) so the post lands on the right subject page.
Drafts live in _drafts/. Move to _posts/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md to publish on that date.

When a slot comes due, pull the row, draft in _drafts/, then promote to _posts/. Update this table when topics shift.