Tom Craddick - The Texas Observer

Most Recent in Politics:

1‘Heart-Wrenching, Gut-Wrenching’: How Child Therapy Providers Deal with State Budget Cuts

2Redistricting Guru Michael Li on Texas’ Gerrymandered Maps

3‘I’m Really Scared Now to Go to School’: Texas Students Lead Walkout to Protest Gun Laws

4Jorge Ramos’ New Book, ‘Stranger,’ is a Journalist’s Manifesto

5Blake Farenthold and the Consequences of Extreme Gerrymandering

6The Good News (and the Bad) for Beto O’Rourke in that Quinnipiac Poll

Most Recent in Environment:

1Despite Trump, Water Agency Fosters Cross-Border Cooperation Between U.S. and Mexico

2Trump’s Border Wall Lands Rio Grande on List of Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers

3Alleging ‘Environmental Racism,’ El Paso Activists File Civil Rights Complaint Against School District

4‘The Natural History of Texas’ Celebrates the State’s Lesser-Known Critters and In-Between Places

5How the Fate of Texas’ Endangered Mussels Could Affect Water Usage Statewide

6Investigation Finds Culprit in Panhandle ‘Chemical Drift’ Case, State Yet to Take Action

Most Recent in Border:

1Trump’s Border Wall Lands Rio Grande on List of Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers

2Militarization of Texas-Mexico Border a Sign of Complacency, but Not From Border Residents

3Elecciones presidenciales en México. ¿Finalmente puede ganar la izquierda?

4Will Mexico Elect its First Leftist President Since 1934?

5Courts: Police Can Shoot and Kill People As Long They Are Across the Border

6I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Women in Texas Prisons Denied Same Academic, Job Training Opportunities as Incarcerated Men

2Galveston Lawsuit Is Writing on the Wall for Other Counties that Haven’t Ended ‘Wealth-Based Detention’

3Bail Lawsuit Accuses Dallas County of Violating Poor People’s Rights in Secret Hearings

4Courts: Police Can Shoot and Kill People As Long They Are Across the Border

5AG Opinion: Texas Cops Under Investigation Can Watch ‘Any’ Body Cam Footage Before Answering Questions

6Texas Prison System Sheds Men, Swallows Even More Women

Most Recent in Education:

1Texas Teachers ‘Blow the Whistle’ After Conservatives Accuse Them of (Gasp!) Getting out the Vote

2Nazis Go To School

3‘I Would Have to Drop Out’: 200 Texas Grad Students Walk Out to Protest GOP Tax Bill

4Homelessness in Texas Public Schools is a Suburban and Rural Problem, Too

5Another Strikeout for Mexican-American Studies in Texas

6Amid Anti-Confederate Push, San Antonio School District Changes Lee High School … to LEE High School

Most Recent in Health Care:

1‘Heart-Wrenching, Gut-Wrenching’: How Child Therapy Providers Deal with State Budget Cuts

3What’s Going on with Texas’ Maternal Mortality Rate?

4In Her Own Letter to Trump Officials, Texas Republican Fact-Checks Ken Paxton’s False Claims on Women’s Health

5Texas AG Ken Paxton is Very Angry About Women’s Health Programs He Doesn’t Seem to Understand

6Anti-Vaxxers are Claiming Victory After Texas Primaries. Will Their Influence Grow?

Most Recent in The Interview:

1Meet Nueces County’s New DA, a Self-Professed ‘Mexican Biker Lawyer Covered in Tattoos’

2The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

3The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

4The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

5The Interview: Lupe Valdez

6The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

Most Recent in Books:

1Jorge Ramos’ New Book, ‘Stranger,’ is a Journalist’s Manifesto

2On Giant’s Shoulders: New Cinema History Dissects Texas Tropes

3In ‘God Save Texas,’ Lawrence Wright Explains the Lone Star State to Outsiders

4‘The Natural History of Texas’ Celebrates the State’s Lesser-Known Critters and In-Between Places

5‘The Red Caddy’ Is Charles Bowden’s Pithy, Witty Posthumous Tribute to Edward Abbey

6Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

Most Recent in Postcards:

3Field Notes from Santa Ana

4The King of Pulp

5Ride Like a Girl

Most Recent in Essay:

1I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It

2Somewhere It Hides a Well

3Drinking the Kool-Aid at the Garden of Eden

4The Road to Huntsville

5The Impossible City

6Dear Governor Abbott: The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Endangers Trans Texans Like My Son

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Gentrification in East Austin

2Eye on Texas: Transgender Youth in Texas

3Eye On Texas: Hurricane Harvey

4Eye on Texas: Fantastical Taxidermy

5Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

6Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

2Parallel Planes

4Poem: ‘Resistance’

5Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

6Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

Tag Archives: Tom Craddick

Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland)

by Naveena Sadasivam

Outgoing State Rep. Jim Keffer on Trump, Climate Change and Being a Tea Party Target

Fri, Sep 16, 2016 |

Set to retire in January, the Republican reflects on controversial energy legislation, whether climate change is real, and his grudging support for Trump....Read More

cell phone use while driving

by Alisa Semiens

Third Time the Charm? Texas House Passes Texting-While-Driving Ban

Thu, Mar 26, 2015 |

“Text and drive? Pay a fine.” That may be a warning sign seen around Texas soon if a texting-while-driving ban approved by the House on Thursday makes it in...Read More

State Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth)

by Forrest Wilder

Lon, Gone: An Ode to the Texas House’s Loneliest Liberal

Thu, May 8, 2014 |

For the almost two decades he’s served in the Legislature, Lon Burnam has been the patron saint of lost causes....Read More

Warren Chisum

Direct Quote: Warren Chisum Among Friends

Thu, May 9, 2013 |

"First of all you have to recognize that you're not a decision maker, but you can influence decisions." ...Read More

by Emily Mathis

Texas Closer to Banning Driving While Texting

Wed, Apr 17, 2013 |

After a long debate and a slew of amendments, the Texas Legislature is closer to banning texting while driving. The House passed Rep. Tom Craddick's bill Wedne...Read More

Rep. Tom Craddick Wants to Regulate Payday Loans

by Emily Mathis

Tue, Apr 16, 2013

It’s becoming a perennial pastime at the Texas Capitol. Former speaker of the House Rep. Tom Craddick (R-Midland) files a simple one-page bill that would clos...Read More

At Emotional Hearing, Victims Urge Ban on Texting While Driving

by Emily Mathis

Tue, Feb 26, 2013

Several victims and family members of victims of distracted driving testified at Tuesday's House Transportation Committee hearing on a bill that would ban texti...Read More

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