Texas Observer Staff
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The Texas Observer Loses Three Editorial Staff, Plans to Grow Business Team
"I've been in this business a long time, and I've never had colleagues who were more dedicated to covering the people and the issues who usually don't get enough attention from the news media."
Strangest State: Hello Possum, Goodbye Fish
Sharing the latest dispatches from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Eclipses and Flying Snakes
A young teen reporter covers the Ken Paxton impeachment on typewriter, serpents fall from the sky and more dispatches from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!
Weird weather, unusual attacks on education, and zoo animals keeping cool, in the latest dispatch from far-flung Texas.
The Free People’s Village: Everyday Life in Solarpunk Texas
In a novelist’s alternative Texas, Al Gore became president and the War on Climate Change began. What could go wrong?
Strangest State: Ken Paxton and Other Odd Creatures
Impeachments, record-breaking alligator gars, and other rarities from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas
What's weirder than K-Pax? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities.
The Awful 88th
Losers included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.
Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw
Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.