Dave McNeely, NF ’76, longtime chronicler of Texas politics, dies at 85

Dave McNeely, a reporter, author, educator, and columnist who covered Texas politics and government for six decades, died on August 30, 2025 , in Austin, Texas. He was 85. Born on June 12, 1940, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he graduated from high school in College Station, Texas, in 1958 before earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism and government at The University of Texas at Austin.…