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Most Recent in Politics:

1Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

2Bathroom Wars Prove Dan Patrick’s Dominance over Texas Legislature

3After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

4Two Blatant Lies from Governor Greg Abbott’s ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Op-Ed

5Two North Texas Evangelicals Ask: Who Would Jesus Deport?

6In Passing ‘Bathroom Bill,’ Joe Straus’ House ‘Rolled’ By Dan Patrick

Most Recent in Environment:

1Endangered Science

2After Eight-Year Battle Over Reforming the Railroad Commission, Oil and Gas Industry Wins

3Bill Aims to Protect Communities of Color from Polluting Concrete Facilities

4For Texas Pronghorn, an Unusual 500-Mile Journey

5Lawmaker Hopes Bill Will Encourage Legislature to End Shady Accounting Practice

6Texas Lawmaker Wants to Legalize Hunting Feral Hogs from Hot Air Balloons

Most Recent in Border:

1Activists: Greg Abbott’s SB 4 Pitch to Univision Viewers is ‘Nothing But Lies’

2On Mother’s Day, Hundreds Protest Senate Bill 4 at Governor’s Mansion

3Texas Lege on Farmworker Housing Crisis: Better Luck Next Time

4Texas Senate Votes to License ‘Baby Jails’ as Child Care Facilities

5Without Notice, Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban on Facebook Live

6Controversial ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban Headed to Texas Governor’s Desk, Will Likely Become Law

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

2Two Blatant Lies from Governor Greg Abbott’s ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Op-Ed

3Traffic Ticketing Program That Feeds Debtors’ Prison Pipeline May Be in its Final Year

4Activists: Greg Abbott’s SB 4 Pitch to Univision Viewers is ‘Nothing But Lies’

5Sandra Bland Act Passes Senate Unanimously After Key Provisions Dropped

6After ‘Unheard-Of’ Momentum, Medical Marijuana Bill Declared Dead by Authors

Most Recent in Education:

1After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

2Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms

5‘Another Book, Another Month, Another Day Closer to You’

6Dan Patrick Offers Vouchers as Solution to Special Ed Failures that He Helped Create

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

2Abandoning ‘Women’s Health’ Claims, Texas House Approves Wide-Ranging Anti-Abortion Bill

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4Texas Is Seeking Trump’s Approval of its Planned Parenthood Ban. Will Other States Follow?

5We Were the Safety Net

6Sandra Bland Act Passes Senate Unanimously After Key Provisions Dropped

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1We Were the Safety Net

2‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition

3Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ Is the First Must-Read Book of the Trump Era

4In the Age of Trump, the First All-Latino Sci-Fi Anthology Hits too Close to Home

5In ‘Blue Texas,’ a Historical Blueprint for Texas Activists

6Austin Writer Ed Ward Celebrates the Black Musicians Who Made Rock

Most Recent in Postcards:

5Feathering Their Nest

6The Business of Burying Horses

Most Recent in Essay:

1Going It Alone

2The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

3A Texan’s Political Guide to Resisting Trump

4The Resistance Against Donald Trump Begins in Texas

5What a 1940 Novel Can Teach Us About Fighting Trump

6A Single Mom’s Search for ‘School Choice’ in Texas

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

2Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

3Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

4Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

5Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

6Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Most Recent in Poetry:

2Poem: ‘Resistance’

3Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

4Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

5Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

6Poem: ‘Rice and Beans’

Floor Play

Open Season on Public Schools During Voucher Debate

by John Savage | Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 19:14 CST

Dan Huberty

Enough is Enough: Texas Lawmakers Consider More Limits to Standardized Testing

Wed, Mar 25, 2015 |

Two years after scaling back high school testing, Texas lawmakers are considering more cuts to elementary tests, and studying whether the tests are worthwhile....Read More

A portion of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits site, near the Interstate 10 bridge in Harris County, remains visible as the sandy area in the center left of this photograph.

by Forrest Wilder

Bill Would Throttle Local Government’s Ability to Sue Polluters

Tue, Mar 17, 2015 |

In another fight over local control this session, state Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), one of the more powerful lawmakers in the House, is pushing a bill th...Read More

by Alisa Semiens

Report: Texas Prosecutes More Truancy Cases Than All Other States Combined

Thu, Mar 5, 2015 |

A new report by Texas Appleseed finds Texas prosecutes kids for truancy twice as often as all other states combined, targeting minorities....Read More

Donna Campbell Battles to Protect the Alamo from Foreign Control

Tue, Feb 24, 2015 |

On this day in 1836, a group of Texians battled to save the Alamo from an invading foreign force. They lost. Today, 179 years later, Sen. Donna Campbell (R-N...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Senate Committee Votes Out Legislation Limiting Citizen Challenges to Polluters

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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 |

It's never been easy fighting powerful polluters in Texas. A bill approved by a Senate committee today would make it even harder....Read More

Hot List: Day 92 of the Legislature

Leave a comment | Tue, Apr 9, 2013

Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) is one of several senators pushing for school choice and lauding it as the "civil rights issue of our time." Expect to see bigge...Read More

Hot List: Day 56 of the Legislature

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Mon, Mar 4, 2013 |

Senate Finance committee chair Senator Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) said they’re shooting to get the bill out of committee by next Wednesday....Read More

Lawmakers Hope to Bring Stability to Eagle Ford Shale Boomtowns

Leave a comment | Thu, Feb 7, 2013

The Eagle Ford Shale legislative caucus met for the first time to discuss the economic impact of the oil and gas industry in South Texas....Read More

Hot List: Day 23 of the Legislature

Leave a comment | Wed, Jan 30, 2013

The Lead: Gov. Rick Perry gave his State of the State address on Tuesday, which followed the usual trend: Perry claimed credit for the health of the Texas econo...Read More

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