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Power Steering

The most interesting story in American politics in the coming year isn’t in Iowa, but on the outskirts of Houston and Dallas.

Texas Observer · Jul 10, 2019

Without Transmission Lines, Renewable Energy Still has a Long Way to Go — Literally

In “Superpower,” author Russell Gold tells the story of a Houston businessman’s ambitious plan to transform the electric grid.

Texas Observer · Jul 9, 2019

A Poor Defense

A countywide public defender's office would've saved Victoria County $1.3 million in its first two years alone. So why did the new DA kill the proposal?

Texas Observer · Jul 9, 2019

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Company Men

Houston author Mike Freedman’s second satirical novel portrays the battlefield and the boardroom with delicious contempt.

Texas Observer · Jul 8, 2019

Nurdle by Nurdle, Citizens Took on A Billion-Dollar Plastic Company — and Won

A federal judge ruled that a “serial” polluter in Lavaca Bay can face more than $100 million in penalties.

Texas Observer · Jul 3, 2019

Texas’ New Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Cover Veterans Suffering from PTSD

The Legislature recently passed medical cannabis reform, but the debate was marred by misinformation and left out people who say the drug eases their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Texas Observer · Jul 2, 2019

Death of Dog Trainer Highlights Strenuous Heat and Working Conditions at Texas Prisons

Seth Donnelly was one of the many inmates Texas prison officials use as prey for dog hunts. He died from heatstroke after collapsing on the job in Abilene.

Texas Observer · Jul 2, 2019

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In Matamoros, Asylum-Seekers Wait, and Wait and Wait

Refugees stranded across the border from Brownsville endure interminable delays, leading some — like the father and daughter who drowned last Sunday — to brave the Rio Grande.

Texas Observer · Jul 2, 2019

Migrant Children are Our Children

Amid a spike in asylum-seekers from India, a 6-year-old girl named Gurupreet Kaur died in the desert. We must do better on behalf of every migrant child.

Texas Observer · Jul 1, 2019

Forgotten in the Fields

Labor trafficking hides in plain sight across Texas, disproportionately affecting the thousands of farmworkers who visit the state on H-2A guest worker visas.

Texas Observer · Jul 1, 2019

Doctor Details ‘Insane,’ ‘Demoralizing’ Conditions for Kids at Texas Migrant Detention Center

A pediatrician talks to the Observer about her recent visit to a South Texas detention facility.

Texas Observer · Jun 27, 2019

Fort Worth Professors Fight to End Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ Couples

Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin sued after a government-funded Catholic group blocked them from fostering refugee children. A court ruling this month allows their case to go forward.

Texas Observer · Jun 26, 2019

San Antonio Artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk Gives Multicultural Women a Seat at the Table

Putting a modern spin on traditional Chinese ceramics, Datchuk’s new Austin exhibit asks what it means to live between cultures.

Texas Observer · Jun 26, 2019

‘A Mockery of Public Trust’: Bexar Sheriff Cleans House, Angers Deputies’ Union

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is feuding with his deputies' union in the midst of a bout of scandals.

Texas Observer · Jun 25, 2019

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Texas Observer · Jun 24, 2019

Shelter Director Ruben Garcia on How Struggling Nonprofits Carry the Load of the Migrant ‘Crisis’

The director of El Paso's Annunciation House has brought compassion to the front lines of migration for four decades.

Texas Observer · Jun 24, 2019

The Clothes that Make the Man

Jose Villalobos’ art redresses the macho traditions of norteño culture.

Texas Observer · Jun 21, 2019

Announcing the Ninth Annual Texas Observer Short Story Contest

We want your stories!

Texas Observer · Jun 21, 2019

In the Rio Grande Valley, a Fight to Bring Back NPR

The Valley is now the largest market in the nation without an NPR station.

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Texas Observer · Jun 20, 2019

The System Works for Attorney General Ken Paxton. Again.

A court decision this week could be the coup de grâce that finally ends the attorney general’s four-year-old felony case.

Texas Observer · Jun 19, 2019

Nearly 500,000 Texans Live in Communities with Contaminated Groundwater. Lawmakers Aren’t Doing Much About It.

Despite growing national concern about the health effects of “forever chemicals,” the state’s Congressional delegation has barely made a peep.

Texas Observer · Jun 19, 2019

Is the Texas House Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by Refusing to Caption Legislative Hearings?

Disability rights experts are questioning the methods Capitol staff use to determine when to fill an accommodation request.

Texas Observer · Jun 18, 2019

The Cost of Carve-Outs

Lawmakers passed an omnibus school finance and property tax reform bill this session, but didn’t include a way to pay for it past 2021. One place to look: corporate tax breaks.

Texas Observer · Jun 17, 2019

Eye on Texas: Loren Elliott

I spent time in February with Orfa, a migrant from Honduras, and her daughters, Rachel, left, and Carolina.

Texas Observer · Jun 17, 2019

‘Human Matter’ Dredges up the Dark History of the Guatemalan Civil War

Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s novel has plenty of intrigue, but bumps up against the limits of the autofiction genre.

Texas Observer · Jun 14, 2019

Yet Another Rural Texas Hospital is in Jeopardy After Anti-Tax Activists Kill Funding Proposal

As rural hospitals struggle across the state, local voters killed a proposition to create a hospital taxing district meant to keep a facility in La Grange open for the foreseeable future.

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