Lawmakers lacked the political courage for a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward ...

It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a ...

This session, the Legislature filed more anti-LGBTQ+ bills than ever before. The dozen that passed threaten to negatively ...

A long-awaited hearing on a proposed OSHA heat protection rule is set for June 16, but workers are uncertain to get relief ...

Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert ...

Plans for U.S. gas pipelines could lock in a dramatic increase in fossil fuel exports and their greenhouse gas emissions, a ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: In ...

In 2023, the Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD), with two detectives on its cold case squad, began reviewing 100 ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: The ...

Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience of the progressive movement in Texas and beyond, died of complications of ...

Plans for U.S. gas pipelines could lock in a dramatic increase in fossil fuel exports and their greenhouse gas emissions, a ...