The Latest Breaking News from the Texas Observer

Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another 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…

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff and shut down. But the board has now reversed course.

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication

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…

The 68-year-old progressive publication hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience

Journalists at the progressive publication expect to be laid off this week. Relations between the board and senior staff have severely eroded.

The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.