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‘There Have to Be Limits’: Lawsuit Urges Scorching Prisons to Cool Down

New plaintiffs have expanded a 2023 lawsuit against TDCJ, accusing the agency of “cooking [prisoners] to death."

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‘Forever Chemicals,’ Religion, and Family Tragedy in Texas

PFAS do not break down but rather persist indefinitely. It is possible that Dad drank carcinogenic water for most of his life.

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The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview

Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.

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In Travis County, a Fight over Bail Hearings Has Big Stakes for Criminal Defendants

Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU wants to change that.

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Saving Lone Star Literary Life

A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.

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Is Ted Cruz’s Podcast PAC Payoff Scheme Illegal?

The Texas senator’s iHeartMedia deal, which sent over $600,000 to an aligned super PAC, may have broken campaign finance laws—or exploited a new loophole.

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Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas

A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.

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TPPF’s Long Love Affair with Ken Paxton

The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests

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Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape

For all the emphasis placed on his alleged fraud, the attorney general was never headed for prison—at least not on these charges.

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‘TxDOT’s Still Bulldozing Over Our Communities’

Community members say the state transportation agency is violating its agreement with the feds to reduce the discriminatory impact of its plans to expand I-45.

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Death Trap: ‘We’re Not Going to Open It for Them’

A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld.

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Some Texas Prisoners Allowed Only Four Hours of Sleep a Night, Lawsuit Says

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a man incarcerated at the Estelle Unit who has been suing over his sleep schedule for a decade.

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A Roadmap to Rebuilding Communities

Megan Kimble's book "City Limits" offers a different vision.

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Forging Their Own Way: Kaye Northcott on Texas Observer History

As co-editors of the Texas Observer, Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins used humor and embedded themselves in the feminist movement.

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‘The Hobby’: A Love Letter to Board Gamers like My Son

The documentary reminds us how to revel in creative play and the company of others.

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Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His District

The House speaker has never backed full Medicaid expansion, and GOP resistance could now harden.

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Clearing the Air

Even young, healthy Texans can suffer for years after COVID infections.

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Loon Star State: Utter Fantasies!

Cartoonist Ben Sargent's hot take on the Republican succession movement—from the March/April 2024 issue.

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An Open Letter to Richard Linklater on Our Texas Death Penalty

Capital punishment ensnares us all in a labyrinth of our own making, as "God Save Texas: Hometown Prison" poignantly reveals.

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A Bittersweet Portrait of a Photographer, Obsessed

Great art has come at a cost for Dan Winters and his family, as revealed in an intimate documentary unveiled at SXSW.

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A New Documentary Reveals the Real Eagle Pass

Robie Flores' "The In Between" is a love letter to la frontera—and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering.

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Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters

A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.

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Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse

Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history.

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The Specter of Disinformation Haunts South by Southwest

Artificial intelligence technologies are all the rage at SXSW. Is our democracy prepared?

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