Texas allows mothers to anonymously relinquish parental rights, but babies are still illegally abandoned. As Texas' stringent ...

The mayor, county judge and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as ...

As we at the Texas Observer were racing to finish proofreading ... including the New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

The Texas Observer is a nonprofit news outlet and print magazine dedicated to investigative reporting, narrative storytelling, and cultural commentary in Texas. Since 1954, we have prioritized ...

State government officials are progressively getting older. The average age of Texas lawmakers during the 2021 session was 54 ...

A new book by the publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News illuminates events that forever altered lives in this small Texas city.