Tag Archives: Bastrop
With Trump Cuts, Obamacare Enrollment is a Volunteer Affair in Rural Texas
In Bastrop County, advocates have about $100 to get the word out to tens of thousands of Texans.
In a back room of the Smithville Public Library, Ginger Redden passes around a donation jar to the volunteers gathered around the conference table. They take tu...Read More
Years After Voter ID Law, Alternative IDs Confuse Texas County Officials
Critics say rarely issued election identification certificates are more 'illusion' than 'remedy.'
After calling dozens of counties, the Observer found that many state employees don't know how to get Texans the alternative voter IDs the law allows them....Read More
Wildfires Likely the ‘New Normal’ for Bastrop
Climate change has come to Bastrop, whether or not Texas politicians are willing to admit it.
Experts say wildfires in Bastrop County are happening with greater frequency and intensity — a troubling trend for an area that’s grown more than 30 percent...Read More
Eye on Texas: Bastrop Wildfires
The Bastrop fires that burned in September and October of 2011 were devastating. After they were put out, I had the opportunity to document the damage from the ...Read More
Lawmakers Could Slow Spread of Video-Only Jail Visitations
Prison phone service companies like Secures Technologies have found a new way to profit from their captive audience through video visitation systems. This new t...Read More
Bastrop Residents Say Abbott Playing Politics With Conspiracy Theories
Gov. Abbott stirred excitement among conspiracy theorists by ordering the State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15, a U.S. military training exercise in Bastrop....Read More
Six Weeks Before a Scheduled Execution, Protesters Ask Abbott to Grant Clemency
Supporters continue to call for DNA testing in Rodney Reed's 1996 rape and murder case....Read More