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The latest version of the bill includes a previously nixed provision to allow Texans to donate crypto to the fund.

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Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: Matthew Johnson was convicted of the 2012 murder of Nancy Harris in Dallas ...

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.

Simply being in the United States without a legal immigration status is a civil matter—not a criminal one. Yet Donald Trump’s regime increasingly treats immigrants like criminals. In March ...

A version of this story ran in the May / June 2025 issue. These days, the thrum of traffic and the roar of a bulldozer intrude on conversations at café tables clustered outside the Swedish Hill ...

Justin Doud is a Texas journalist based in Austin reporting on politics, government, education, and the environment around the state. He's a student at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing ...