It took him a while to get here, but now he’s out to transform our state with new technologies—if our leaders’ hostility toward renewable energy (and his Twitter misadventures) don’t get in the way.
There aren’t nearly enough physicians in the state, especially for the more than 7.5 million Texans who primarily speak Spanish.
In his new short story collection, the Austin writer offers a fantastical view of the Texas borderlands. Just don’t call it “magical realism.”
Mounjaro is a potential lifesaver in a region with a high rate of obesity. Its price tag may prevent many from accessing it.
The visually stunning new nature documentary, narrated by Matthew McConaughey, is a delight.
When she began her year-long bird-spotting adventure, Tiffany Kersten was lost and lonely. She ended up achieving a major milestone—and finding her way.
After a four-year hiatus from comedy, the Rio Grande Valley native has a new Netflix special and a new approach to her career.
House-made sausages and oak-smoked brisket help this joint—which recently debuted its brick-and-mortar—stand out from the local crowd.
By chasing an early retirement and triggering a special election, veteran Rep. Filemon Vela of Brownsville has opened up a big opportunity for Republican candidate Mayra Flores.
There was a lot of great coverage of happenings in Texas this year. Our staff selected its favorite stories.
The Valley’s landscapes and people are subjects of a transporting art exhibit in San Antonio's Presa House gallery.
The Del Rio–raised law enforcement official chatted with ‘Texas Monthly’ about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.
The party assumes people of color will turn the state blue. But most Tejanos consider themselves white. And more are voting Republican.
From South Texas’s simple ocelot culverts to San Antonio’s pioneering land bridge, these passageways can reduce car accidents and help animals thrive.
Texas Democrats felt slighted by the president’s campaign in 2020, but Emmy Ruiz and Natalie Montelongo have given them a voice in the White House.
At the Big Squeeze, the state’s most talented teen accordion players are keeping a historic Texas tradition alive.
Fear of deportation at vaccination clinics and a lack of access to up-to-date information about eligibility have kept many migrant farm workers in Hidalgo County from getting immunized.
He confessed after someone spotted him in surveillance footage.
“Ladders and walls go together like peas and carrots,” says one McAllen Border Patrol agent.
His new book traces the evolution of caracaras—a strange and beautiful type of falcon.
Bow down to the greatness of the Vaqueros, who are the best in the nation (again).
In announcing an ambitious renewable-energy push this week, the Biden administration highlighted a vessel under construction in Brownsville as proof of the economic opportunities of going green.
South Texas queens who put on a wig, makeup, and heels are rebelling against a culture that has long been steeped in machismo.
On his latest album, the Texan country musician sings of endurance within a fraught system.
The death rate from COVID-19 in deep South Texas is more than twice the state average.
A sleepy Democratic primary runoff against challenger Sara Stapleton-Barrera heated up last week when a mailer, using a nickname for the incumbent, incited numerous political allies to rally behind him.
The community has united to save the 73-year-old cinema and venue, which did not qualify for federal relief funding.
Chad Wolf was in the Rio Grande Valley last week for a border wall photo-op, but over a meal of cordon bleu he heard from businesspeople about economic woes.
All the news from the “Dallas suburb” of Marfa and the “adjacent” regions of El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley.
Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece connect tacos with community issues in their new show on Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network.
Critics say it’s a political gimmick. It’s unclear when, or if, the administration can erect the steel barrier through the Rio Grande Valley.
He was the sort of local icon that lives at the heart of every enduring, tight-knit music scene.
Art and activism intersected at the Rio Grande Valley’s first Encuentro en la Frontera.
The acting Border Patrol chief steps down as migrant children go without soap or toothpaste and bodies are found along the Rio Grande.
Falcon Lake hit a balmy 116 while the heat index in Brownsville was an eyeball-melting 128 degrees, nine degrees warmer than Death Valley.
Texas GI Hershell Riggs went missing in 1950, but his family never gave up hope he’d come back home.
With its mixture of American and Mexican heritage, South Texas does Holy Week like nowhere else.
The well-known humanitarian says community leaders weren't even represented in what turned out to be a scripted event touting Trump's plans.
They were some of the toughest narcs on the border, known for busting smugglers, staging raids, seizing cartel cocaine—and being dirty.
Why farmers and big-city folk are at war over water. Plus: Jane Nelson for comptroller?
Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are reeling from last year’s crop disaster—and they don’t cotton to agriculture commissioner Rick Perry’s excuses.
Brig Marmolejo may have been convicted of bribery, but he is more than just another crooked cop in South Texas. His is the story of borders easily crossed—the ageless parable of the Rio Grande Valley.
Bigger than life, drive-in movies defined America’s giddy age of hula hoops, poodle skirts, and blue suede shoes.
Mix election time, South Texas, and barbecue, and you get the pachanga circuit, where politics and barbecue are served with equal reverence.
The race war on the range.
Meet the ocelot, not as pet, not as fur coat, but in its best role—an elusive remnant of Texas’ wild past.
