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Strangest State

A cartoon illustration of Molly Ivins says, “Howdy, y’all. Texas sure can be the Strangest State.”

Strangest State: Skulls, Shells, Smugglers, and Sheriffs

Only in Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

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Strangest State: Balloons, Bodies, Rockets, and Rodeo

by Texas Observer Staff

Strangest State: Chases, Chisos, Creatures, and Crossings

by Texas Observer Staff

Strangest State: Escaped Exotics, Tariffs, Trickery, and Guns

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A cartoon illustration of Molly Ivins says, “Howdy, y’all. Texas sure can be the Strangest State.” May 22, 2024

Strangest State: Power, Gators, UFOs, and Cockfights

Only in Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

A cartoon illustration of Molly Ivins says, “Howdy, y’all. Texas sure can be the Strangest State.” Apr 12, 2024

Strangest State: Airplane Etiquette, Australian Octopi, and an Itinerant Police Chief

Only in Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

A cartoon illustration of Molly Ivins says, “Howdy, y’all. Texas sure can be the Strangest State.” Feb 02, 2024

Strangest State: Hello Possum, Goodbye Fish

Sharing the latest dispatches from far-flung Texas.

by Texas Observer Staff

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

A captive alligator in a wetlands environment displays its teeth in an open-jawed pose. Oct 13, 2023

Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!

Weird weather, unusual attacks on education, and zoo animals keeping cool, in the latest dispatch from far-flung Texas.

by Texas Observer Staff

An alligator gar in a tank approaches the camera with its pointy, toothy mouth and beady eye gazing at the viewer. Aug 11, 2023

Strangest State: Ken Paxton and Other Odd Creatures

Impeachments, record-breaking alligator gars, and other rarities from far-flung Texas.

by Texas Observer Staff

A photo of a person's legs and feet wearing a white dress, stocking and ruby slippers, with a picnic basket holding a dog plush (meant to be Toto) rests nearby. Jun 09, 2023

Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas

What's weirder than K-Pax? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities.

by Texas Observer Staff

Ted Cruz, wearing a light suit jacket over a blue button-down, speaks into a microphone at CPAC in Dallas. Apr 18, 2023

Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw

Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.

by Texas Observer Staff

The March/April issue of the Texas Observer, featuring some of our best work in 2023. The cover depicts a cartoon of young boy dressed as a militia member. Apr 02, 2023

The Texas Observer Lives!

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

by Gabriel Arana

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