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Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees.

Participants in Ms. Texas Senior America pageant embrace the golden years in all their glamor, gumption, and glory.

Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.

Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.

To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…

"Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.

Citizen Sleuth begins as a search for a murder but Tends with a hard look at the murky ethics of true crime storytelling.

The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch, operated by Texas State University, offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.

UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…