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Investigating Texas Since 1954
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Ending 30 Years of Resistance, Trump and Abbott Break the âPeopleâs Houseâ
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/
Published: April 17, 2025 19:45
The morning of the Texas House vote on school vouchers Wednesday included, among other last-minute maneuvering, a phone call from President Donald Trump. âItâs one of the most important votes youâve ever taken,â Trump told the House GOP caucus in aâŚ
Opposition to Abbottâs Vouchers Plan Includes Conservatives
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-vouchers-conservative-opponents/
Published: April 15, 2025 21:33
Brian and Joy Roberts are not public school advocates. The co-founders of the Grayson County Conservatives, based in the deep-red county on the state border with Oklahoma, do not liken themselves to other conservatives in Texas who have long fought schoolâŚ
Whoâs Paying for Public School Vouchers? (1998)
https://www.texasobserver.org/whos-paying-for-public-school-vouchers-1998/
Published: April 15, 2025 16:57
Editorâs Note: The Observer published this feature in its March 27, 1998, edition. The prior yearâs private school voucher proposal narrowly died at the Lege. Bullock wouldnât discuss his recent resignation from the voucher PAC Putting Children First. ButâŚ
AI Is Dead
https://www.texasobserver.org/ai-writing-novelist-texas-artificial-intelligence/
Published: April 15, 2025 12:07
Iâve got a post-graduate certificate in artificial intelligence (AI). Iâm also an author, and I believe writers and publishers should not use AI in publishing. So thatâs why I was disturbed when a reviewer asked if I had used AI in writing my recentâŚ
The Winds of Willacy: Inside Texasâ Largest Wind Farm
https://www.texasobserver.org/willacy-texas-largest-wind-farm/
Published: April 14, 2025 12:00
The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texasâ largest and the nationâs second largest, with 426 turbines towering over Willacy and Starr counties in the Rio Grande Valley. In one direction, the wind sweeps from the wintry northâŚ
Slowly and Painfully, House Passes $337 Billion Budget
https://www.texasobserver.org/slowly-and-painfully-texas-house-passes-337-billion-budget/
Published: April 11, 2025 18:22
The Texas House spent over 14 hours debatingâbut mostly, just standing aroundâamendments during a marathon proceeding to pass its biennial budget. Ultimately, the House voted 118-26 to adopt a $337 billion budget early Friday morning. The bill, shepherdedâŚ
Forgotten Crossings at the Edge of Texas
https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-crossings-el-paso/
Published: April 10, 2025 13:30
Editorâs Note: Author Richard Parker died early last month, days after publication of his book The Crossing. âMy dad was a person that loved learning about the world around him, and we saw that in his writing,â his daughter Olivia told the AlbuquerqueâŚ
El Pasoâs Still-Untold Story
https://www.texasobserver.org/el-paso-untold-story/
Published: April 10, 2025 13:30
Editorâs Note: Author Richard Parker died early last month, after this review was published in print and days after publication of his book The Crossing. âMy dad was a person that loved learning about the world around him, and we saw that in his writing,ââŚ
Texas House Weighs How to Get Harsh on Hemp
https://www.texasobserver.org/advocates-speak-against-lege-thc-hemp-restrictions/
Published: April 9, 2025 13:00
A police chief compared the shops across Texas that sell hemp-derived products to âcandy stores or fireworks stands,â targeting children with bright-colored gummies and chips. At the same House Committee on State Affairs hearing on Monday, a Kentucky-basedâŚ
The Sordid, Unscientific Story Behind Lethal Injection
https://www.texasobserver.org/sordid-story-behind-lethal-injection/
Published: April 8, 2025 13:48
Texas was the first U.S. state to execute someone by lethal injection, but the idea for the novel method came from Oklahoma. Our northern neighbor was the first to adopt the plan to replace the spectacle of the electric chair with something more palatableâŚ
Texasâ First Black Woman Poet Laureate Spreads Poems of Praise
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-first-black-woman-poet-laureate-praise/
Published: April 7, 2025 12:15
Amanda Johnston learned she would become the 2024 Texas poet laureate via an afternoon cell phone call on an otherwise typical workday in her home office. Sheâd been told that she was among 10 finalists, but sheâd forsworn any hope of victory. After all,âŚ