A Deposed Texas Republican’s Lament About Slander and Corruption
Glenn Rogers ran afoul of Governor Greg Abbott and billionaire oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. It cost him his job.
Glenn Rogers ran afoul of Governor Greg Abbott and billionaire oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. It cost him his job.
In a post-election interview, Travis Clardy calls his defeat a slap in the face for rural districts with few alternatives to public schools.
The GOP primary has yanked the lower chamber, once again, to the right—a huge victory for Greg Abbott and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick.
Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state. But a small countermovement is now rising to meet them.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden cruised to victory, the Democrats chose Colin Allred to challenge Ted Cruz, and Dade Phelan is heading to a runoff.
The river’s spikes in salinity are killing crops in the Rio Grande Valley. Finding a solution will require negotiations between Texas and Mexico policymakers.
The primary is where most everything is decided in Texas, but early voting turnout has been abysmal, particularly among Democrats.
The Speaker governs as an old-school conservative—a crime for which right-wing Republicans are determined to banish him.
Kim Ogg ran on a platform of bail reform to become district attorney of Harris County, home of Houston. Now those who championed her rise are trying to unseat her.
After the 2020 election, Heider Garcia received death threats. Instead of backing down, he reached out to conspiracy theorists—and won many of them over.
The Texas Blockchain Council aims to stop a new federal requirement that its members disclose how much electricity they’re pulling from the grid.
The Texas governor should be reeling from a humiliating defeat on his biggest policy priority. Instead, he’s at the height of his power.
The Texas congressman’s party-defying votes have earned him four right-wing challengers who say the race is America’s last stand.
Roland Gutierrez, the state senator who represents Uvalde, is running for Senate on an issue long seen as too toxic to emphasize in Texas.
The beleaguered attorney general has announced a lawsuit targeting El Paso’s Annunciation House, claiming—without evidence—that it and other NGOs “facilitate astonishing horrors.”
A constellation of right-wing special interests and vengeful state officials is striving to shape the Texas House in its image, in part by targeting independent-minded Republican lawmakers.
Last week, the novel use of AI technology to suppress Democratic voter turnout prompted investigations by federal and New Hampshire officials. The Texas company under scrutiny has a colorful history.
Tim Dunn may not be a household name, but staff writer Russell Gold explains why he is someone Texans should know.
Most November elections in the state are meaningless. But primaries present liberals with an opportunity to exert their electoral influence.
The North Texas state senator voted to acquit the attorney general in September but has called for new proceedings to evaluate Paxton’s fitness for office.
The state’s most powerful figure, Tim Dunn, isn’t an elected official. But behind the scenes, the West Texas oilman and lay preacher is lavishly financing what he regards as a holy war against public education, renewable energy, and non-Christians.
Not everyone can vote, but seemingly anyone can run. Your guide to some of the more intriguing scoundrels, weirdos, and ne’er-do-wells on the ballot in 2024.
The longtime representative recently lost her bid for Houston mayor by a two-to-one margin. Can she retain control of her congressional seat?
The Kate Cox case, and the attorney general’s threats against physicians and hospitals, exemplifies the “circular” logic of abortion law in Texas.
At “Take Our Border Back” rallies across Texas, the convoy’s Christian nationalist rhetoric was on wide display. But not all soldiers are equally devout.
The small border town once again finds itself at the center of a performance that’s less about immigration control than political posturing.
Party leaders want to close primaries to preclude Democrats from crossing over to vote for the more-centrist Republican candidates. But the data shows that few do so.
For almost three years, Texas DPS agents worked hand in hand with the feds, but their partnership has unraveled into a bitter standoff in Eagle Pass.
It’s unlikely Texas will depart from the union. But with Governor Greg Abbott spouting secessionist rhetoric over border security, talk of a “Texit” is getting a fresh look.
House leadership–backed Jill Dutton defeated anti-impeachment voucher proponent Brent Money in a special Texas House election.
Competing factions of the GOP have turned a small-stakes Texas House runoff into an all-out proxy war.
Ahead of Sunday’s AFL-CIO Senate Democratic primary debate, we came up with a slate of questions for both candidates. This is the only debate both Allred and Gutierrez, the race’s two front-runners, will attend.
Agriculture commissioner Sid Miller said he would duel state rep Glenn Rogers—with words. Technically, the real thing isn’t off the table.
Utility giant Aqua Texas pumped 66 million gallons beyond its legal limit in 2023.
Ivery Dorsey has proclaimed his innocence since he was arrested and convicted of murder in 2007. Now, he has help in his fight for freedom.
A procedural backlog is costing many eligible Texans the medical coverage they’re entitled to.
The front-runner for the Democratic Senate nomination to challenge Ted Cruz is raising gobs of money without traveling the state much—a strategy seemingly favored by the national party.
An auction this week will privatize the federal supply of the strategically important gas.
Luke Coffee, a Dallas-based actor and filmmaker, is trying to frame himself as a victim of excessive force.
U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland said the response to the massacre cost lives.
Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas.
The Longhorns and the Cowboys got thumped after receiving Cruz’s endorsement. Some say the junior senator is to blame.
Nine years ago, U.S. district judge Janis Jack ordered the state to fix its foster care system. Activists say kids are still suffering.
Last year, one in every ten Harris County renters faced losing their home. A new program aims to connect tenants with resources.
Politicians have labeled the battle over Ken Paxton’s impeachment as one between centrists and the far right. It’s not, according to our analysis of legislators’ voting records.
2023 was a busy, chaotic year in our state—with more happening than Texas Monthly alone could cover. Sixteen staffers selected their favorite stories from other outlets.
They just don’t apply, according to a new report that says many uninsured residents aren’t taking advantage of Affordable Care Act plans.
A self-described lifelong Republican voter, Sheila Foster accuses the governor of playing politics over the murder of her son, Garrett, at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.
With $2.5 million in federal grants, Amtrak and TxDOT will study adding passenger rail in Texas.
Having survived one big legal fight, the attorney general is eagerly picking new ones with Media Matters for America, Pfizer, the U.S. State Department, and a Texan with a nonviable pregnancy.