(Ben Sargent)

Loon Star: The Lost Treasures of Texas

March 2, 2020, 9:18 AM, CST

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2020 issue.

To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here.

Read more from the Observer:

The Party Pariah: How Henry Cuellar rose to power—and how he intends to stay there.
In Southeast Lubbock Neighborhood, Residents are Fed Up With a Feedlot: Kathy Stewart has complained for years about the fecal dust invading Yellowhouse Canyon. But so far, her concerns have mostly been ignored.
Texas Prisons Ban Greeting Cards, Expand Drug-Sniffing Dog Searches to Visitors: Families of prisoners and civil rights groups call the new policies arbitrary, punitive, and isolating for people behind bars.

<div id="pico">To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/culture/loonstarstate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit our Loon Star State section,</a> or find <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Observer political reporting here.</a>
Read more from the Observer:
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<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/henry-cuellar-reelection/?utm_source=txo&utm_medium=int_circ&utm_campaign=march_2020">The Party Pariah:</a> How Henry Cuellar rose to power—and how he intends to stay there.
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<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/in-southeast-lubbock-neighborhood-residents-are-fed-up-with-a-feedlot/?utm_source=txo&utm_medium=int_circ&utm_campaign=march_2020">In Southeast Lubbock Neighborhood, Residents are Fed Up With a Feedlot:</a> Kathy Stewart has complained for years about the fecal dust invading Yellowhouse Canyon. But so far, her concerns have mostly been ignored.
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<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-prisons-ban-greeting-cards-expand-drug-sniffing-dog-searches-to-visitors/?utm_source=txo&utm_medium=int_circ&utm_campaign=march_2020">Texas Prisons Ban Greeting Cards, Expand Drug-Sniffing Dog Searches to Visitors:</a> Families of prisoners and civil rights groups call the new policies arbitrary, punitive, and isolating for people behind bars.
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