The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954
WEBThe Texas Observer is a nonprofit news organization known for its independent, investigative reporting, narrative storytelling, and cultural criticism.
Politics - The Texas Observer
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail. An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent ...
Chasing the Chupacabra, a Lone Star State Legend - The Texas …
WEBOct 27, 2016 · I n the summer of 1995, a wave of livestock killings rocked the towns of rural Puerto Rico. The victims were found with wounds at their throats, seemingly empty of blood. Without a culprit, dark ...
The Poor in Texas Have Been Vastly Undercounted, New Report …
WEBJan 29, 2019 · The group released a report Monday showing that the federal government may be vastly undercounting poverty in Texas. As a result, poor Texans may face unwarranted obstacles to seeking government ...
Poetry - The Texas Observer
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Poem: West Texas Sage. I stop to relish the sudden chill, feel retreating thunder rumbling my bones, hear breezes sliding over damp sand, greedy for its moisture. by Cade Huie. Jul 21, 2023.
What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue - The Texas Observer
WEBMay 23, 2013 · For Texas to ever become competitive for them, Democrats will need to lock down Harris County. Home to 4.2 million Texans, almost 70 percent of whom are non-white, Houston is the present and ...
'A Mockery of Public Trust': Bexar Sheriff Cleans House, Angers ...
WEBJun 25, 2019 · Javier Salazar has bounced between scandals since he took over the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in 2017. During his first year, the department drew national attention after deputies gunned down ...
Joe Horn and Five Years with the Texas Castle Doctrine
WEBMay 9, 2012 · In November 2007, two months after Texas’ new “castle doctrine” law took effect, a 61-year-old retiree named Joe Horn called to report a pair of burglars in the home next to his. “I’ve ...
Diverse Books From These Small Texas Presses - The ... - The Texas …
WEBMar 23, 2020 · Regal Crest Enterprises (Port Arthur): The third-largest small press publisher of lesbian literature in the world is located right here along the Texas Gulf Coast. Regal Crest Enterprises popped ...
'On the Porch' Celebrates Terlingua and Its Residents - The Texas …
WEBSep 10, 2021 · The mines went bust after World War II and workers abandoned their homes. For 30 years, the desolate town was an assemblage of sun-baked ruins, a cemetery with unmarked graves, and a long, lonely ...