The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954
WEB3 days ago — The Texas Observer is a nonprofit news organization known for its independent, investigative reporting, narrative storytelling, and cultural criticism.
Texas Solar Hits a Turning Point - The Texas Observer
WEBAug 13, 2020 — News. Texas Solar Hits a Turning Point. As the coronavirus pandemic devastates the state’s already flailing oil and gas industry, solar energy production is on a trajectory for record growth.
FBI Overreach Is Concerning, But So Are 'Radical-Traditionalist' …
WEBFeb 24, 2023 — A recently leaked FBI memo noting an “increasingly observed interest of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists in radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology” has triggered great ...
Big Shock in Big Bend - The Rio Grande Dries Up - The Texas …
WEBJune 29, 2022, 9:11 AM, CDT. Visitors to the Big Bend country in May noticed a conspicuous absence: the Rio Grande, whose great arching pathway gives this region its name. Where cool water used to ...
What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue - The Texas Observer
WEBMay 23, 2013 — For Texas to ever become competitive for them, Democrats will need to lock down Harris County. Home to 4.2 million Texans, almost 70 percent of whom are non-white, Houston is the present and ...
Chasing the Chupacabra, a Lone Star State Legend - The Texas …
WEBOct 27, 2016 — I n the summer of 1995, a wave of livestock killings rocked the towns of rural Puerto Rico. The victims were found with wounds at their throats, seemingly empty of blood. Without a culprit, dark ...
Entitled To Profit: In Texas, Title Insurance Is a “Total Scam”
WEBJun 21, 2021 — In 2017, the latest year for which data is available, title companies sold $1.8 billion worth of policies, according to the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Of that, title companies retained ...
The 7 Most Pressing Issues Facing Rural Texas - The Texas Observer
WEBDec 20, 2017 — It’s been a tough year for rural Texas. In 2017, the 3.8 million Texans who live outside the state’s metro areas bore a bevy of hardships, including hospital closures, struggling economies and ...
Staff - The Texas Observer
WEBGus Bova is the interim editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor. He’s covered immigration ...
Why Don't Texans Vote? - The Texas Observer
WEBOctober 7, 2010, 3:51 PM, CDT. By now it’s a familiar, even worn-out, storyline: In 2008, a surge of new and newly-energized voters helped propel Barack Obama into the White House. Voter turnout ...