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Ann Richards' Legacy - The Texas Observer
October 10, 2012, 5:11 PM, CDT. A version of this story ran in the October 2012 issue. Six years have passed since cancer claimed Ann Richards. I miss her, and so do many others. I first met Ann ...
Chasing the Chupacabra, a Lone Star State Legend - The Texas …
Oct 27, 2016 · I n the summer of 1995, a wave of livestock killings rocked the towns of rural Puerto Rico. The victims were found with wounds at their throats, seemingly empty of blood. Without a culprit, dark ...
November/December 2024 - The Texas Observer
November / December 2024. Subscribers to the bi-monthly print and digital editions of the Texas Observer get the first look at our in-depth, investigative reporting before it’s published online ...
Lost in Austin: Climate Change, Displacement, and Race in the …
Sep 24, 2024 · Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City By Alex Hannaford. Brigid Shea and her husband bought a house on Rainey in 1995—a tiny one-bed one-bath that was kind of falling apart at the seams.
News - The Texas Observer
Oct 18, 2024 · Texas Is Taking Back the State Highway 288 Tollway—at a Steep Price. The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already ...
Invasive Species Have Reshaped Texas. Now What? - The Texas …
Apr 19, 2019 · As Doughty and Turner make clear, this is not a new problem. Texas has been dealing with invasive species since the 1500s, when the Spaniards released the first pigs. The ensuing centuries brought ...
Unceded - The Texas Observer
Apr 2, 2023 · Unceded . The Texas Observer acknowledges that Texas occupies the unceded homelands of many Indigenous communities and nations, past and present, and remains home to Indigenous people today. We ...
Abbott Pardons Killing by Racist Who Explicitly Texted Apparent …
May 17, 2024 · On the same day that he received a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Thursday granting a full pardon for Daniel Perry, a former ...
A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of …
January 31, 2018, 9:24 AM, CST. On January 28, 1918, a band of Texas Rangers and ranchers raided the tiny Presidio County village of Porvenir in the middle of the night. The rangers were angry ...