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Blocked in Louisiana, Formosa Plastics looks to grow around Texas' Lavaca Bay, but it and other industrial plants are waiting for water.

P.I. Matt Duff spent four years investigating Ivan Cantu’s death row innocence claim and sharing his findings with tens of thousands.

The heavily contested GOP primaries brought about ousters and uncertainty in the state’s lower legislative chamber and highest criminal court.

Meanwhile, a long-term incumbent who backed a controversial state school takeover easily secures renomination.

The Dallas Democrat will now feature prominently in his party’s hopes to hold on to a razor-thin margin in the Senate this fall.

Challenger Sean Teare handily took out the embattled two-term incumbent Kim Ogg.

Americans who operate small family farms and ranches often cannot get adequate health care and insurance. A journalist who spent her summers on her family’s Texas ranch writes about family members’ struggles and the challenges rural residents face today.

Texas’ senior senator re-embraces Trump as he vies to become the chamber’s top Republican. That won’t come easy.

Undoubtedly, mother-daughter relationships are as varied in the Lone Star State as anywhere else on the planet, but in my experience, Texas moms are tough.

On Monday, the board of directors of the Texas Democracy Foundation—the parent nonprofit of the Texas Observer—announced that Gabriel Arana is no longer editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. Arana had led the Observer since he took over as interim editor-in-chief in 2021. He chose not to immediately comment on the…

FinCEN’s proposed real estate rule could help investigators flag dubious deals—but there’s a big loophole.