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What the Data Says About Electricity Shutoffs During Sweltering Texas Summers

The state's retail heat-advisory rule exempts municipal utilities or electric cooperatives. For those providers, federal data shows final notices continued through summer while actual disconnections varied sharply from one utility to another.

by Mezabahnur Masum

Keep Reading

Texas Maternal Mortality Committee’s Next Report Will Skip Post-‘Roe’ Deaths. Lawmakers Suspect Political Influence.

by Mary Tuma

Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi 

by Dylan Baddour

Texas’ Fight Against the Screwworm Will Be Nasty and Brutish

by Christopher Collins

Sep 07, 2021

Portraits of the Pandemic

The third installment of our series following ordinary Texans through extraordinary times.

by Texas Observer Staff

Sep 01, 2021

Texas Law Banning Abortion as Early as Six Weeks Goes Into Effect as the U.S. Supreme Court Takes No Action

One abortion provider said it was “engulfed” in treating more than 100 patients at one clinic before the law took effect Wednesday.

by Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune

Jul 29, 2021

Texas Veterans Homes Overseen by George P. Bush Were Often the Deadliest Places to Be During COVID-19 Pandemic

Seven of the state’s nine veterans homes had a fatality rate of 25% or more, far higher than the statewide average of 11% for nursing homes. Bush has vowed to not renew the operators’ contracts.

by Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune

Jul 07, 2021

The People’s Scientist

A COVID-19 vaccine developed in Houston is in clinical trials in India and could be ready for global use as soon as late summer.

by Sophie Novack

Jun 24, 2021

Profit Before Patient

Patients, doctors and former employees claim Modern Vascular, the national arterial disease treatment chain with four Texas locations, pushes unnecessary treatments and patients suffer.

by Ike Swetlitz, Searchlight New Mexico

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Texas Expands Access to Medical Cannabis—But Advocates Say It’s Not Enough

Texas has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country, leaving veterans like Viridiana Edwards struggling to manage chronic pain and PTSD.

by Jillian Price

Jun 15, 2021

In the Drill Zone, Children’s Health Is Looking Bleak

More than a decade ago, the U.S. made a big bet on natural gas as a path to reduced emissions and energy independence. But has that bet gone bad for communities—and the climate?

by Elizabeth Shogren, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Apr 28, 2021

Editorial: Even ‘Turning Texas Blue’ Won’t Fix Us If We Don’t Face Some Hard Truths

This year has shown us that the way we care for one another, or for some and not others, isn’t about who we are as Democrats or Republicans but about what we believe as people.

by Andrea Grimes

Mar 08, 2021

Portraits of the Pandemic: Part Two

Ordinary stories from an extraordinary year.

by Texas Observer Staff

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