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The Texas Observer’s 2023 Must-Read Lone Star Books

From poetic dreamworlds to the people’s hospital, Texas authors paint very different portraits of our diverse state.

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Unmasking the Klansman

A new book reveals the untold story of a Ku Klux Klan member’s literary double life under the names of both Asa and Forrest Carter.

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The Death Toll: An Expensive Tollway’s High Cost in Human Lives

State Highway 288 was built by a private equity firm, letting TxDOT abdicate its responsibility to both drivers and construction workers.

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Phạm Thiên Ân: From ‘Yellow Cocoon’ to Cannes

A Vietnamese filmmaker with Houston ties reveals more about his contemplative, award-winning film, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.

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Texas Observer School Board Investigation Spurs Call for Reform

State Representative Erin Zwiener says Texas must improve campaign finance transparency and adopt contribution limits.

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Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal

A judge reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) which involved its controversial “one-mile rule."

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A Paris to Marfa March for Reproductive Rights

A West Texas teenager says she’s only begun to fight for access to livesaving care. From Editor-at-Large Gayle Reaves.

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Houston Mayoral Candidates Inspire Yawns As Run-Off Election Looms

Two veteran (and older) politicians running for mayor in Texas’ largest city are generating little excitement among its youthful population.

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Texas GOP Rejects Ban on Association with Nazis

It’s the latest instance of the state Republican party's right-wing officialdom embracing extremism, and vengeance, above all else.

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Going Extinct in Texas

The path to getting a species declared extinct is longer than you might think. From Fall 2023 Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon.

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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.

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Texas Rangers Investigation Sheds Light on Dallas Judge’s ‘Bizarre’ Behavior

Dallas County Judge Amber Givens was accused of having her court coordinator impersonate her during a 2021 Zoom bond hearing, prompting a Rangers inquiry.

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The Fish Whisperer

Half of the fish in the Mission-Aransas Estuary vocalize. One scientist is dedicated to recording and decoding their sounds.

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Braving ‘La Bestia’

Asylum-seekers risk life and limb to reach America as President Biden tries to dissuade them. Includes one of TIME's Top 100 photos of 2023.

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Beyond the Refrigerator Door

Multifaceted, multidimensional, Meow Wolf is "art for everybody." Digital Editor Kit O'Connell visits Meow Wolf Grapevine.

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House Votes 84-63 to Strip Vouchers from Omnibus School Funding Bill

Rural Republicans team up with Dems to remove vouchers from HB 1 in intra party showdown in the House. From Reporting Fellow Josephine Lee.

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Loon Star State: Whacked

In the latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, a reflection on Ken Paxton's "family business" as seen through the eyes of Michael Corleone.

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Estudiante de Honor de 11 Años Se Encontró en Confinamiento Solitario en Brownsville

Un estudiante de quinto grado en Brownsville ISD denunció haber sido intimidado por su director. Cinco días después, fue esposado y detenido.

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Court: Lone Star State Violated Emissions Limits on Gulf Coast

Judges argued that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality illegally enabled Port Arthur LNG to avoid emission control requirements.

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Mistrial: Austin Police Officer’s Landmark Murder Trial Gets No Resolution

A grand jury indicted Christopher Taylor after the 2020 shooting of Michael Ramos in Austin. From Criminal Justice reporter Michelle Pitcher.

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Disaster Declared for Texas Shrimp

The U.S. market—and seafood processors’ freezers—are overflowing with cheap farm-raised imports. Words and photos by Paula Levihn-Coon.

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Texas Legislature Votes to Seize Immigration Authority from Feds

A major U.S. Supreme Court case could be on the horizon.

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Republicans Target ‘Woke’ Climate Change Topics in Science Textbooks

Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian wants the Board of Education to reject accurate descriptions of climate change in school books.

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Protect and Serve

How Black women and men cover, decorate, and celebrate their locks to embrace their pride. From photographer Cindy Elizabeth.

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These Are the Right-Wing Ideologues Taking Over School Boards

Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds. From Steven Monacelli.

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