Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.

Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our ...

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer ...

Texas journalist based in Austin reporting on politics, government, education, and the environment around the state. He's a student at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing degrees in Journalism ...

Stephen Harrigan explores his own Catholic boyhood in Texas—and the prophecy left behind by a Portuguese prophet girl—in a ...

“Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our legal system was not allowed to work.” ...

It’s the sort of day where you can tell that the state Capitol is bustling with civic activity well before you pass through ...

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