New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

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We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

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

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

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

The Texas House spent over 14 hours debating—but mostly, just standing around—amendments during a marathon proceeding to pass ...

Dallas. His work has appeared most recently in the Tampa Review and X-R-A-Y.

A new book from late author Richard Parker brims with El Paso pride, teasing out the small stuff that makes the city unique.

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 ...