Strangest State: Where the Giant Crayfish Roam
Buffalo on the loose near Big Bend and UFOs spotted around Round Rock? Just another day in far-flung Texas.
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Senator Lucio Draws Serious Primary Challenge
The Texas Senate’s most conservative Democrat faces two opponents. Is the Valley ready for change?
Strangest State: This Month in Gator News…
Plus: a matchmaking scam, a thief’s Beto O’Rourke cover story, and a footlong shrimp.
When Crossing Over Becomes a Deadly Game
Oscar Casares has written a powerful novel about the emotional traumas of migration, implicating all social classes.
In the Rio Grande Valley, New Citizens Turn Out to Vote for the First Time
A nonprofit in Brownsville is seeing more immigrants signing up for citizenship classes this year, and more exercising their new right to vote.
Militarization of Texas-Mexico Border a Sign of Complacency, but Not From Border Residents
You can come back to Brownsville, but be ready to put in some work.
I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It
In Brownsville, you can't go home again.
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‘Guerrilla Warfare’: A Long-Shot Campaign to Unseat Brownsville’s 17-term State Rep
René Oliveira faces two challengers in the Democratic primary this year. One is counting on poor people, an anti-corruption message and 20-hour days to see him through.
Bordering on an Outbreak
Brownsville can't afford a Zika outbreak, but it also can’t afford to prevent one.
Strangest State: December 2017
Weird news from far-flung Texas.