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Texas law enforcement agencies and others around the nation are reviving a long-dead "task force" program that led to racial profiling in the past.

Following the Observer’s reporting, three U.S. House members have demanded accountability, while James Rodden still appeared on an ICE court schedule this week.

Senator Charles Perry outlines an expansive vision of where Texans will get their H₂O in the coming decades.

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

After World War II, "People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't have been killed in Europe."

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.

Despite court orders to release federal grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.