The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are ...

The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texas’ largest and the nation’s second largest, with 426 ...

The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

Under the Gulf Coast Sun (Stoney Creek Publishing, April 2025) is based on his years growing up in Port Aransas.

Editor’s Note: The Observer published this feature in its March 27, 1998, edition.The prior year’s private school voucher proposal narrowly died at the Lege. Bullock wouldn’t discuss his ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity counts the dollars pouring into the campaign. Here's a bilious breakdown.

A Texas author earned a certificate in AI—but there’s no way he’d ever use it to write a book.

If efforts fail, Robert Roberson would be the first man executed in America for a murder conviction based on the controversial “shaken baby syndrome” diagnosis.