Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

Sharing the latest dispatches from far-flung Texas.

On Monday, however, several students made a pitstop to get their makeup done by one of over a dozen drag performers, each in ...

New play tells a poetic version of the long road to recovery of Houston’s first Black prima ballerina.

New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...