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Politics

Flooding in Port Arthur during Hurricane Harvey.

Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster

Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

by Henry D. Jacoby

Keep Reading

Can Economic Populism Win Back the Rio Grande Valley?

by Michael Gonzalez

A Caucus, if You Can Keep It

by Justin Miller

‘The House Got Rolled’: Gene Wu on the Trials of the 89th Texas Legislature

by Justin Miller

Sep 04, 2024

What Trump 2.0 Would Mean for Texas

The state’s ruling conservative class stands to gain bigly, while everyone else will face the fallout of a radical second term.

by Justin Miller

Aug 13, 2024

Turning Trauma Into Activism: She’s Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Texas and Beyond

Amanda Zurawski, whose lawsuit challenging state abortion bans was ultimately rejected by the state's high court, wants Republicans to rue Roe’s demise come November.

by Mary Tuma

Jul 25, 2024

Loon Star State: ‘Hail to the…’

A dark future for the Supreme Court

by Ben Sargent

Jul 24, 2024

Greg Abbott Compares Hamas Attacks to Texas Border Crossings at Sheriffs’ Conference

The governor’s comments followed a screening of raw October 7 footage for Texas lawmen.

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Jul 22, 2024

Their Laws. Our Bodies.

Two years after the constitutional right to abortion was eliminated, what’s left of Texans’ reproductive rights is ambiguous.

by Shelby Tauber

Jul 16, 2024

Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail

An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent's Colorado charter school nonprofit did business in Texas.

by Josephine Lee

Jul 10, 2024

New Texas Appellate Court Alarms Environmentalists

The all-GOP 15th Court of Appeals soon will hear disputes involving the state’s environmental regulators. “It’s BYOC—bring your own court—for polluters and powerful interests.”

by Jim Morris, Leah Clark, and Manuela Silva

Jul 03, 2024

Litigating the Republican Civil War

The crusade against Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the rise of conservative lawfare reveal a new side of Texas’ ruling party.

by Justin Miller

Jun 26, 2024

Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairs

Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.

by Steven Monacelli

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