Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert ...

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

In 2023, the Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD), with two detectives on its cold case squad, began reviewing 100 ...

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

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Francesca D'Annunzio is the Texas Observer's 2025 David McHam investigative reporting fellow.D’Annunzio has reported on topics ranging from deportations in the Dominican Republic, Christian ...

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Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience of the progressive movement in Texas and beyond, died of complications of ...