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Bastrop

A close-up of a pair of Houston toads, one more sharply in focus. The toads are living on an organic looking medium. They have spots along their brownish red faces and stripes down their front legs.

Setting Fires to Save the Houston Toad

An environmental film festival spotlights a Central Texas land trust’s effort to bring back endangered species.

by Delger Erdenesanaa

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Strangest State: 18-Hole Hog, Spike the Poodle’s Big Adventure, and Fowl News

by Rose Cahalan

With Trump Cuts, Obamacare Enrollment is a Volunteer Affair in Rural Texas

by Sophie Novack

Years After Voter ID Law, Alternative IDs Confuse Texas County Officials

by Hannah McBride

The sun sets over Bastrop County, burned trees and barren land marring its horizon. Oct 22, 2015

Wildfires Likely the ‘New Normal’ for Bastrop

Climate change has come to Bastrop, whether or not Texas politicians are willing to admit it.

by Hannah McBride

Bastrop fires Sep 22, 2015

Eye on Texas: Bastrop Wildfires

by Spencer Selvidge

May 13, 2015

Lawmakers Could Slow Spread of Video-Only Jail Visitations

by Kelsey Jukam

Inside this month's print issue

Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

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The Magazine

May 04, 2015

Bastrop Residents Say Abbott Playing Politics With Conspiracy Theories

by John Savage

Rodney Reed Jan 21, 2015

Six Weeks Before a Scheduled Execution, Protesters Ask Abbott to Grant Clemency

by Alisa Semiens

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