And here we are as well (flawless transition), with the Observer’s third issue of the year. I’ve been thinking, in the two ...

If the U.S. Supreme Court renders a decision in favor of Charles Flores and others, it would likely force the Court of ...

In a cycle rife with intraparty tension, a runoff in a newly gerrymandered district finds two mainstream Dems searching for ...

The administration is using a new kind of “right-of-entry” request that allows building earlier in the legal process.

The Kyle City Council voted to apply for more state grant money for Flock Safety cameras despite a string of local-level ...

One juror recently stated, “It seemed to be an open and shut case.” During the punishment phase, where jurors in capital ...

The Cuban government has been blaming the United States for its problems since 1959—sometimes rightly, sometimes not. At this ...

We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2020 issue. On a rainy Wednesday morning in January, Keidreana Sims and Kristin Johnson are headed to their first day of work at Sterilite, a plastics ...

Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.

A version of this story ran in the October 2012 issue. It’s hard to overstate the power of money in Texas politics. If you’re wealthy, the state offers numerous ways to buy influence and implement ...