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Local Environmental Groups Are Still Reeling from Trump’s DOGE Cuts 

Since last year, the EPA has cut millions of dollars in grants previously awarded for environmental initiatives in Texas during the Biden administration.

by Justin Doud

Keep Reading

In Dallas, Spanish-Inflected Shakespeare Adaptations Experiment with Language

by Courtney Thomas

A Dallas Megadonor, a New Nonprofit, and the War on ‘Housing First’

by Steven Monacelli

In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting

by Arman Deendar

A fancy car is parked in front of a luxury apartment building, all glass windows, with Christmas lights in the trees. The effect is festive but sterile. Dec 15, 2023

Poem: From There to Here

A silhouette, stationed at his Dallas valet stand awaiting the healthy, the wealthy, the privileged, the favored.

by Ann Graham

A random scattering of crescent shapes from the leaves reflecting on a gray painted brick wall, with the leaves acting like pinhole cameras during the eclipse. Dec 01, 2023

Strangest State: Eclipses and Flying Snakes

A young teen reporter covers the Ken Paxton impeachment on typewriter, serpents fall from the sky and more dispatches from far-flung Texas.

by Texas Observer Staff

Judge Amber Givens on a Zoom call Nov 29, 2023

Texas Rangers Investigation Sheds Light on Dallas Judge’s ‘Bizarre’ Behavior

Dallas County Judge Amber Givens was accused of having her court coordinator impersonate her during a 2021 Zoom bond hearing, prompting a Rangers inquiry.

by Michelle Pitcher

Barry Young (left) with Ronald Murray (right) protesting outside the Cathedral of Hope on October 8 Oct 25, 2023

Unmasking Texas Neo-Nazis

Police cited four men for distributing antisemitic and racist flyers in Fort Worth and Weatherford.

by Steven Monacelli

Concept art of a lethal injection gurney, with places to strap down the arms. Oct 03, 2023

Advocates Request Clemency for Jewish Man on Death Row

Jedidiah Murphy is set to be executed on World Day Against the Death Penalty.

by Michelle Pitcher

A dark-colored SUV plows into a massive puddle of water, spewing from broken pipes at the sidewalk near an urban Texas apartment building in Houston, one of many severe water leaks requiring repairs during the heatwave. Sep 07, 2023

Record Summer Heat Causes Costly Damage to State Water Infrastructure

Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.

by Dylan Baddour

A Black man in a suit and tie is comforted by his lawyer, a Black woman also in formal dress, as the two stand in a courtroom. Richard Miles looks overcome with emotion. Apr 04, 2023

Dallas’ Evidence Fiasco: An Exoneree’s Lawyer Speaks

Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, who spent more than a decade in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

by Michelle Pitcher

David Shabani, a Black man, raps at SXSW while wearing a vintage Michael Jackson t-shirt, sunglasses, and a baseball cap. Mar 24, 2023

‘I’ve Always Been a Transplant’: A Global Perspective on Texas Hip-Hop

David Shabani’s life took him on an international journey from France to the Live Music Capital of the World.

by Kit O'Connell

A park bench at Fairfield Lake State Park sits among reeds at the edge of a lake, surrounded by dense forest under a partly cloudy blue sky. Mar 09, 2023

Farewell to a Beloved State Park

Texans—already starved for public land—have bid adieu to Farfield Lake State Park, a well-visited patch of parkland between Dallas and Houston.

by Asher Elbein

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