Politics & Policy
November 5, 2019
Proposition 7 Could Increase Education Funding, But That’s Part of the Problem
One constitutional amendment on the ballot poses a question that often vexes lawmakers—short-term need, or long-term benefit?
General Land Office
The Culture
June 24, 2014
Phil Collins Donates His Expansive Alamo Memorabilia Collection to the General Land Office
It might yet be the craziest thing he’s done for the Texas landmark.
January 21, 2013
Should the Land Commissioner Get Into the Desalination Game?
The Austin American-Statesman reports that Jerry Patterson is considering building a desalination plant on GLO land in central Texas.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Getting to Know the Next Possible Lieutenant Governor
The New York Times profiled Jerry Patterson, the colorful and controversial Texas Land Commissioner.
Politics & Policy
December 17, 2008
Cabin fever
The story about Kino Flores’s cabin in today’s American-Statesman brings back some memories of the time when I worked as an attorney in Senator Babe Schwartz’s office. During the interim before the 1973 session, Babe held hearings about environmental issues along the coast. Jack Giberson, the longtime chief
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2008
Mountain Man
Sam Gwynne and the Texas land commissioner in Big Bend.
Feature
April 30, 2008
This Land Is His Land
Jerry Patterson’s enemies make him out to be the Grinch who sold Christmas (Mountains, that is). Of course, he couldn’t give a &$%#.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1996
Dig This
An archeological dig in Matagorda Bay unearths a bureaucratic feud.