The City and Regional Magazine Association announced the finalists for its National City and Regional Magazine Awards last Wednesday, and Texas Monthly received 24 nods, the most of any publication for the third year in a row. The selections spanned twenty of the awards competition’s categories for which the magazine was eligible and were made by more than one hundred judges from the magazine industry.The association recognized Texas Monthly for its writing, design, and digital platform, as well as for general excellence, for works published last year. Writer Russell Gold received nods in three categories—civic journalism, reporting, and column excellence—for his feature “The Billionaire Who Runs Texas” and his informative coverage of the energy industry. Contributors Olivia Messer and Cara Kelly’s investigation into sexual harassment…