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The Lege This Week: GOP Launches Election Crackdown

The state’s biggest counties took action to make it easier to vote during the pandemic, helping spur record-level turnout. Now, Texas Republicans are vying to prohibit those measures in future elections.

Texas Observer · Mar 19, 2021

Identity Is A Major Factor In Our Indigenous Affairs Reporting

Two stories this week from our Indigenous Affairs desk dive into the thorny issue of belonging. Here’s why.

Texas Observer · Mar 18, 2021

Indigenous Identity at the Heart of San Antonio City Council Race

For years, San Antonio City Council candidate Marie Crabb has claimed to be Mescalero Apache. Those claims cannot be verified.

Texas Observer · Mar 18, 2021

The Lege This Week: Who Cancels the Cancellers?

It just might be the Texas Legislature.

Texas Observer · Mar 12, 2021

Nobody Warned Texans About the Public Health Risks of the Winter Storm

Without advance warning about the true scale of power outages and the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning, local officials say they were caught off guard, leaving residents to fend for themselves.

Texas Observer · Mar 11, 2021

Textile Artist Diedrick Brackens Recasts Symbols of Life and Death in Texas

In Diedrick Brackens' return to Texas, the artist uses animals, silhouette, and texture in his latest installation at the Blanton Museum of Art.

Texas Observer · Mar 11, 2021

A Texas Agency is Defending the Confederacy

As cities and counties try to take down their Confederate memorials, the Texas Historical Commission keeps making their job harder.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2021

‘Not Celebrating Yet’: South Texans Wait for Biden to Cancel Trump’s Wall

The president’s pause on wall construction leaves questions unanswered in Texas.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2021

Industrial Facilities Released Millions of Pounds of Illegal Pollution During the Winter Storm

Many of them won’t face any consequences for the excess emissions that they pumped into the air, endangering the lives of communities downwind.

Texas Observer · Mar 9, 2021

ERCOT Is Refusing to Release Records On How it Prepared for the Winter Storm

The nonprofit corporation is asking Ken Paxton’s office for permission to ignore requests seeking information on the costliest winter storm in the state’s history.

Texas Observer · Mar 9, 2021