Amid Texas Measles Outbreak, Conservatives Double Down on Anti-Vax Crusade
Texas is experiencing its largest outbreak of the measles virus in 30 years. As of March 4, the stat ...View More
Loon Star State: Remember When…
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the f ...View More
ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande Valley
In recent years, Los Fresnos has changed, much like the rest of the Rio Grande Valley. More retail c ...View More
David Wood, Set for Execution, Says He Was Never the ‘Desert Killer’
Young women had been disappearing from the streets of El Paso for months before the first bodies wer ...View More
What a Drag: Nate Schatzline
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an occasional series profiling the Texas lawmakers who make u ...View More
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
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