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Justin Miller is the news and politics editor for the Texas Observer. He joined the Observer in 2018 as a staff writer covering state politics and the Legislature. He’s covered lobbying and money in politics, border security and state contracting, and much more. He previously worked at The American Prospect magazine and received a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota.
As Governor Greg Abbott’s wall scheme slowly advances, the state awarded $224 million to a construction company that built a private wall now on the brink of collapse into the Rio Grande.
The ex-chair of a powerful Texas House committee claims he’s found a way around an untested revolving door law.
Joaquin Castro? Colin Allred? Lina Hidalgo? Clay Jenkins? Anyone?
Texas’ Republican governor easily swatted away his strongest Democratic challenger yet. Now, he’s liable to do whatever the hell he pleases.
In the face of high-profile GOP push to claw back power in Texas’ largest county, Democrats expanded their power.
As Texas’ construction plans ramp up, records show the state has spent at least $220,000 on rural properties in Cameron and Val Verde Counties.
Laws banning the state from doing business with banks that are dubbed anti-fossil fuel or anti-gun will likely cost hundreds of millions in higher interest rates.
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the governor's pandemic and Operation Lone Star disaster declarations has now kicked Abbott a cool $250,000.
In his rematch against the state’s far-right lieutenant governor, this Democratic underdog hopes pragmatism can break through to the electorate.
In total, Beto O’Rourke and Greg Abbott have raised $200 million.
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