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Investigating Texas Since 1954
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Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes
https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-property-tax-rate-election-prop-q/
Published: October 20, 2025 17:00
Itâs a tough time to be an Austin property taxpayer. Nothing seems to make sense. Maybe you figured high taxes were a fair price to pay for the tremendous increase in the value of your home over the years. But in the past couple years home prices haveâŚ
âFailures and Griftâ: Gina Hinojosa Wants to Stop Greg Abbott from Making History
https://www.texasobserver.org/gina-hinojosa-campaign-for-texas-governor/
Published: October 16, 2025 21:01
Greg Abbott intends to run for reelection to a fourth term as Texas governor in 2026, which if served to completion would secure his spot in the history books as the longest-serving top executive in the Lone Star State. Heâs at the height of his powers andâŚ
Inside the Rift Between Texas Dems and a Soros-Backed PAC
https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-rift-texas-democrats-soros-backed-pac/
Published: October 8, 2025 15:06
On a sunny mid-July evening, dozens packed into a community center in Memorial, one of west Houstonâs cushier neighborhoods, to meet state Representative James Talarico, the Austin Democrat whose reedy shoulders presently bear the weight of many TexasâŚ
How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bathroom-bill-weaponizes-transphobia/
Published: October 2, 2025 17:37
On September 22, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8, Texasâ new âbathroom bill,â into law, marking another escalation in the Republican war on the rights of trans people. What may be less evident at first glance is how the law also represents anâŚ
Party Discipline
https://www.texasobserver.org/greg-abbott-free-speech-charlie-kirk-universities/
Published: September 29, 2025 17:23
In response to last springâs student protests against Israelâs war on Gaza that roiled college campuses across the country, including in Texas, the stateâs Republican Legislature passed a law this spring placing certain conditions on âexpressiveâŚ
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-faculty-firings-tom-alter/
Published: September 23, 2025 13:30
Every day that classes are held at the University of Texas at Austin, a procession of students enter Homer Rainey Hall, which houses the Department of French and Italian. How many of them know who Rainey was? He is certainly not a saint in the pantheon ofâŚ
A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.
https://www.texasobserver.org/state-school-district-takeovers-results/
Published: September 19, 2025 12:15
Recently released state school ratings reveal that five Texas school districts are at risk of a takeover by the Texas Education Agency (TEA)âthe most since a 2017 state law expanded the stateâs takeover powers. The new ratings cover the 2022-23 schoolâŚ
News Orgs Fight to Unseal Records in the Paxtonsâ Divorce Case
https://www.texasobserver.org/news-orgs-unseal-paxtons-divorce-case/
Published: September 17, 2025 20:49
This article was first co-published by The Texas Newsroom and ProPublica. A group of state and national media organizations, including The Texas Newsroom, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, are arguing in court that records in Texas Attorney General KenâŚ
How Texas Localities Have (and Havenât) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-localities-opioid-settlement-dollars/
Published: September 17, 2025 12:16
In the coming years, Texas is set to receive billions of dollars to address the ongoing opioid crisis that has taken the lives of more than 10,000 Texans between 2020 and 2023, per state data. Already, the state has allocated over $100 million in funds toâŚ
Texas Legislature Passes âBounty Hunterâ Ban on Abortion Pills
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-bounty-hunter-ban-abortion-pills/
Published: September 4, 2025 16:09
On Wednesday evening, the Texas Senate approved an extreme bill that, pending the governorâs signature, will empower citizens to sue anyone who âmanufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes, or providesâ abortion pills to Texans forâŚ