Cocaine Is a Hell of a Drug, But Then So Is Partisanship
What Poncho Nevarez’s cocaine problem tells us about corruption and impunity at the Texas Capitol.
What Poncho Nevarez’s cocaine problem tells us about corruption and impunity at the Texas Capitol.
Environmentalists worry the wall could worsen flooding and violate an international treaty.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the mayor weighs in on sparring with Governor Abbott. Plus, his takes on mayors Bloomberg and Buttigieg.
An 'Atlantic" piece says there are — but does that really mean anything in a population of 29.1 million people?
The eccentric megalawyer’s unpredictable and at times unintelligible speech claiming victory in Houston’s mayoral election has to be seen to be believed.
Spooked by the gun control debate, some rural Texas communities say they will defy “unconstitutional” gun laws, though it’s not clear how they would do so.
Our hero’s odyssey ends where it started: with him.
One constitutional amendment on the ballot poses a question that often vexes lawmakers—short-term need, or long-term benefit?
Despite, or maybe because of, Mayor Sylvester Turner’s business-as-usual approach, the race is surprisingly contentious.
Despite obvious talent and a dedicated fanbase, the El Paso native’s big national release is uninspired.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the digital news startup’s CEO and co-founder discusses how a risky bet on covering Texas politics and public policy paid off.
When Beto left Texas, he lost his way.
As part of his campaign against Austin’s homelessness rules, Greg Abbott tweeted an old video of a non-homeless man having a mental health episode. His attorney says the governor is “retraumatizing” the man and his family.
The nonprofit Jolt Texas is partnering with families across the state to register voters.
The embattled speaker of the Texas House, Dennis Bonnen, calls it quits.
Rick Perry, the former governor turned energy secretary, is about to have a lot of time on his hands.
Dan Patrick, John Cornyn, and Ted Cruz stood by at the president’s Thursday night rally in Dallas as he ridiculed them and claimed Hurricane Harvey made the state “a fortune.”
Gulf Coast citizen-activists collected 30 million plastic pellets in order to prove that Formosa was violating the Clean Water Act.
Two new books remind us that the Lone Star State once had a nationally powerful tradition of liberalism.
The secretly recorded meeting between Dennis Bonnen and Michael Quinn Sullivan shows how Texas political operators talk behind closed doors.
Our ever-entertaining former governor has been awfully quiet for the past few years. But we knew that couldn’t last.
Bexar County leaders are grappling with rates of violence against women that exceed those in the state’s other major cities.
Asylum seekers subject to Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy wait in fear and boredom at a gritty tent encampment.
Austin-bashing is as old as the hills, but things have gotten a little out of hand.
John Cornyn and other Republicans are doing their best to explain away the Ukraine scandal, but their best just looks silly.
What good is a law that promotes lawlessness?
Impeachment is serious business. And so is the political calculating that goes into how to respond.
For many years, taking on the senior Texas senator seemed like a fool's errand. But in 2020, Cornyn looks less than invincible.
But the event was also unsettling in the way it brought together two leaders—Trump and Modi—in an authoritarian embrace.
Situated on the frontlines of the immigration crisis, the Angry Tias y Abuelas group acts as the eyes and ears of the border.
Veronica Escobar, the first Latina to represent El Paso in Congress, isn’t afraid of playing the Washington game—as long as it means the Texas borderlands get the respect they deserve.
Some Texas Democrats are quietly urging the former San Antonio mayor to drop his White House bid, but many Hispanics wish him to fight on.
Beto vs. Julian, Castro tries to shank Biden, why the debate format sucks, and (bonus!) a snoozy Latinos for Trump rally.
A decidedly unscientific appraisal of why the hell they bother.
In his plainspoken, hilariously vivid vernacular, the Texas oilman constantly spun tales about good times and bad.
At a meeting of Texas social conservatives, all anyone wanted to talk about (and eat) was Chick-fil-A
In just a few years, the reputed genius behind Trump’s election has completely reinvented himself. But is his story too good to be true?
The lieutenant governor’s pledge to “take an arrow” from the NRA is a surprise, but the move is not as politically risky as it looks.
There’s something dishonest in the state’s bureaucratic approach to killing its own citizens.
This week on the National Podcast of Texas, a freewheeling conversation with Texas’s junior senator.
Tony Buzbee knows how to win big in court. In the era of Trump, he might just win the Houston mayoral race.
The Texas congressman doesn’t believe in background checks between friends.
Of the four major mass shooting suspects in Texas in recent years, the only one it would impact is the man who wants to die as soon as possible.
What politicians like Matt Schaefer are really saying is that no number of victims is worth the discomfort of a fairly small number of gun owners.
The governor has apologized (sort of) for an ill-timed fund-raising letter calling on supporters to “defend” Texas from immigrants. But there’s much more he can do.
Activists are concerned that the Trump administration will circumvent congressional prohibitions against building a barrier through the South Texas preserve.
In the aftermath of the El Paso shooting, party leaders expect the presidential candidates to address racism and immigration.
If Texas biologists can prevent an outbreak of white-nose syndrome, caused by a fast-spreading fungus, they may provide a new national model for bat conservation.
Plenty of people did, but not all of them are in charge of the nuclear arsenal.
An analysis of the two Texan presidential candidates’ rally songs.