Abbott’s Border Splurge
Forty-five days into President Joe Biden’s first and only term, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans ...View More
From Bullion to Bitcoin: Crypto Reserve Is Latest Fiscal Folly in Texas
Republicans want to stamp the State of Texas’ seal on Bitcoin by creating a “strategic reserve” that ...View More
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our March/April 2025 Issue
Texas Observer readers, A half-century ago, Molly Ivins penned one of her many famous lines about th ...View More
Local and State Police Are Joining Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’
Since he began touting it on the campaign trail, the idea that President Donald Trump could enact “m ...View More
Congressmen Demand Investigation of ICE Prosecutor Running Racist X Account
Last week, the Texas Observer reported that James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—an Immigration and Customs Enf ...View More
‘Till They Have to Roll Me Off the Floor’
Throughout her political ascent, Sylvia Garcia has been followed by the word “first.” In 1987, ...View More
Did Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Fail to Provide Required Classes?
Dawn Miller was a true believer in Mike Miles when she started working, in March 2023, for the chart ...View More
Costly New Bail Bills Would Needlessly Jail More People
David Gaspar is chief executive officer of The Bail Project, a nonprofit that provides bail assistan ...View More
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