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Is Ted Cruz’s Podcast PAC Payoff Scheme Illegal?
The Texas senator’s iHeartMedia deal, which sent over $600,000 to an aligned super PAC, may have broken campaign finance laws—or exploited a new loophole.
Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas
A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.
TPPF’s Long Love Affair with Ken Paxton
The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests
Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape
For all the emphasis placed on his alleged fraud, the attorney general was never headed for prison—at least not on these charges.
‘TxDOT’s Still Bulldozing Over Our Communities’
Community members say the state transportation agency is violating its agreement with the feds to reduce the discriminatory impact of its plans to expand I-45.
Death Trap: ‘We’re Not Going to Open It for Them’
A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld.
Some Texas Prisoners Allowed Only Four Hours of Sleep a Night, Lawsuit Says
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a man incarcerated at the Estelle Unit who has been suing over his sleep schedule for a decade.