Best and Worst Legislators
June 13, 2023
2023: The Best and Worst Legislators
Our scorecard of the Eighty-eighth Texas Legislature’s noisy scoundrels and quiet heroes.
Texas Capitol
The Texanist
February 14, 2023
The Texanist: Did the Texas Capitol’s Pink Granite Come From Maine?
A San Antonio man is puzzled by a historical marker he encountered while visiting the Pine Tree State.
The Texanist
January 17, 2021
The Texanist: Has There Ever Been Any Violence at the Texas Capitol?
The recent, terrifying events in Washington have an Austin man wondering about mayhem closer to home.
Politics & Policy
January 6, 2021
“Love Bombs” vs. “Hang Traitors”: Pro-Trump Protesters Rally for Their Man in Austin
As the president’s supporters launched a violent insurrection in Washington, D.C., about three hundred demonstrators gathered at the Texas Capitol to call for the election results to be overturned.
Film & TV
January 22, 2020
Just How Texan Is Fox’s ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’?
Rob Lowe’s firefighter drama is shot in L.A., but desperately wants you to know it takes place in Austin.
Texas History
May 26, 2016
Hello, Governor
The state capitol's adventures in portraiture.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
A Stately House: A Photographic Portrait
Even on her one-hundredth birthday, the Texas Capitol looks good in places other building don’t even have places.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
North Toward Dome
The best way to visit the Capitol, the state’s grandest public building, is to take the 45-minute guided tour. But there is much more to see if you know what to look for, and I’m going to tell you precisely that.
Texas History
September 1, 1995
Texas Twenty: Dealey Herndon
Dome, sweet dome.