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At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-afl-cio-changing-of-the-guard/
Published: December 18, 2025 13:45
For labor organizing, Texas was long dismissed as a forlorn place. “Right-to-work” laws restrict organizing here, most public-sector workers can’t collectively bargain or strike, and local governments are broadly banned from passing their own worker rights…
Everyone Knows Jasmine Crockett. Could That Be a Good Thing?
https://www.texasobserver.org/jasmine-crockett-interview-senate-december/
Published: December 16, 2025 15:39
Last Monday, just hours before the candidate filing deadline, Dallas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett made it official: The high-profile political flamethrower is running for the U.S. Senate. The move was not a surprising one, but it did finally…
Ex-Con Congressman Attempts a Texas Comeback
https://www.texasobserver.org/steve-stockman-rides-again/
Published: December 10, 2025 16:27
Former Congressman and felon Steve Stockman, a Friendswood-area conservative who was convicted of 23 federal corruption charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison back in 2018, has declared himself rehabilitated and fit to run again for the U.S. House of…
Lina Hidalgo Had a Vision. Harris County Won’t See It.
https://www.texasobserver.org/lina-hidalgo-2026-harris-county/
Published: December 9, 2025 13:15
On September 9 at 6:51 p.m., Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo exited an ongoing budget meeting in protest. “Shame on you,” she scolded her colleagues—namely her fellow Democratic Commissioners Lesley Briones and Adrian Garcia, but also Republican…
With Primary Field Still in Flux, James Talarico Pitches His Big Tent Revival
https://www.texasobserver.org/james-talarico-big-tent-revival-primary/
Published: December 2, 2025 13:15
Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate race in Texas for more than 35 years. In 2018, Beto O’Rourke came the closest when he lost to Ted Cruz by only 2.6 percentage points. In 2024, Cruz, boosted by Donald Trump’s performance in the state, beat…
In Tarrant County, a Grassroots Coalition Pushes Back on Christian Nationalists
https://www.texasobserver.org/tarrant-county-redistricting-grassroots-pushback/
Published: November 25, 2025 16:49
Around 30 people recently gathered at a Fort Worth co-working space to discuss ways to build a more inclusive community for all of Tarrant County’s residents. “Welcome to the one-year anniversary of the 817 Gather,” Nydia Cardenas, the event organizer,…
Texas’ Top Voucher Vendor Taps Abbott Allies in Contract Bid, Program Rollout
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-voucher-vendor-abbott-allies/
Published: November 13, 2025 17:34
Even before the Texas Legislature finally passed its private school voucher bill earlier this year, the race was on among the handful of firms in the burgeoning voucher vendor sector to win the lucrative contract to launch and administer what will be the…
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
It’s 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 have…
‘Failures and Grift’: 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. He’s at the height of his powers and…
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 Houston’s cushier neighborhoods, to meet state Representative James Talarico, the Austin Democrat whose reedy shoulders presently bear the weight of many Texas…