La Dépêche de Tahiti

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

The Texas Observer

THE GAS PEDDLE ↗

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The administration is using a new kind of “right-of-entry” request that allows building earlier in the legal process. Property owners could be signing away more than they realize, attorneys say.

The Texas Observer

TRUMP’S NEW TOOL TO SPEED UP WALL CONSTRUCTION MAY BE A TRAP FOR TEXAS LANDOWNERS ↗

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The citizen-journalist and social media provocateur's case against local officials was thrown out in a decision that horrified First Amendment advocates. But, at home, observers say arresting her proved more trouble for the government than it was worth.

The Texas Observer

‘LA GORDILOCA’ LOST AT THE SUPREME COURT BUT WON IN LAREDO ↗

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The nascent "freedom accounts" program is, predictably, burdened by Republicans’ insistence on religious discrimination—and likely set to benefit those already outside the public school system.

The Texas Observer

WHO ACCOUNTS FOR FREEDOM? ↗

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When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

The Texas Observer

THE CORPUS CHRISTI WATER CRISIS ISN’T EXCEPTIONAL. IT’S EARLY. ↗

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The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

The Texas Observer

TIME COMES FOR CASTROVILLE ↗

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Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

The Texas Observer

AFTER 20 YEARS OF RESISTANCE, TRUMP IS WALLING OFF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ↗

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With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

The Texas Observer

‘RIDING SHOTGUN’ ↗

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