Portraits of the Pandemic
The third installment of our series following ordinary Texans through extraordinary times.
Texas Observer Staff
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2021 Texas Lege in Review: Red Meat, Broken Promises, and More of the Same Old Shit
Texas Republicans proved too busy burnishing their far-right bona fides to attend to minor matters like lethal winter storms and mass incarceration.
The Lege This Week: Bitterness and Brinkmanship
Amid the theatrics that consumed the final full week of session, lawmakers still haven’t finalized much of their already-lackluster winter storm response.
The Lege This Week: For Whom the Bill Tolls
The Texas House reached a critical deadline in rather anticlimactic fashion as dozens of bills hit the killing floor. But Republicans have already got most of what they wanted this session.
The Lege This Week: Texas House Passes Budget, Republicans Again Reject Medicaid Expansion
And a bipartisan group in the House introduces a “Smarter Justice” initiative that’s “hardly transformative.”
The Lege This Week: Elections and Abortions and Grid-Reforms, Oh My!
As the Legislature’s pace quickens, lawmakers advance “election integrity” crackdowns, attacks on abortion rights, and reforms in response to the deadly blackouts.
Portraits of the Pandemic: Part Two
Ordinary stories from an extraordinary year.
Nine Texans On How They Survived A Frozen Week
After an unprecedented freeze swept Texas, the state’s grid approached a catastrophic blackout. Millions of Texans lost power or water—or both.
Portraits of the Pandemic
There are people who lost their jobs, who miss their family, who worry about their kids. These are the stories of ordinary Texans dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
An Observer Staff Guide to the 2019 Texas Book Festival
It’s an embarrassment of riches.