In Ink and on Airwaves, Texas Media Grows Ever More Concentrated
In the realm of Texas newspapers, one media mogul now rules them all—or close to it at least. Last F ...View More
Revealed: Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front Operating in North Texas
After last year’s deadly Hill Country flood took at least 135 lives over the July 4 weekend, volunte ...View More
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
In February of last year, the Texas Observer reported that James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—an Immigration ...View More
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
Upon signing school vouchers into law last May, Governor Greg Abbott pronounced that he had delivere ...View More
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
Editor’s Note: This story is the third installment in a series produced in partnership with the Puli ...View More
A Dallas Megadonor, a New Nonprofit, and the War on ‘Housing First’
On October 15, 2024, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee held a wide-ranging special hearing in ...View More
Loon Star State: That Dog Hunts
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the f ...View More
Why Houston Oil Majors Are Hesitant to Go All In on Venezuela
President Donald Trump’s deadly invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president could be an un ...View More
Could This State Senate Runoff Be a Tipping Point for Tarrant County?
Even some of his most passionate supporters were surprised by the number of votes Democrat Taylor Re ...View More
Midterm Memo: The C-Team. Maybe B-.
Much like how a sailor, lost and withering at sea, at least gets the chance to see the world, Texas’ ...View More
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