But experts say that, as Harris County judicial seats have swung with the political tides, it’s not partisanship that matters ...

Amid voter suppression and rampant ideological warfare, Tarrant County Democratic candidates try to capitalize on this surge ...

State law requires parents, educators, police, and administrators to be a part of district safety committees, but not the ...

Texas public school student and nationally recognized youth advocate from Round Rock. He serves as the non-voting student ...

With a candidate on the ballot in every state and federal race, the minority party is trying hard to gain some ground in the GOP’s electoral firewall.

At Fresh Arts, photographer Violeta Álvarez created a space where immigrant families in Houston can see their own histories ...

A version of this story ran in the September / October 2026 issue. On a sizzling Friday night in late May, Houstonians from all over the city flock to the Ensemble Theatre’s lobby. Under fluorescent ...

An exhaustive accounting of the Austin podcast giant's thoughts (and lack thereof) on James Talarico, Ken Paxton, and the ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Truthdig and the Texas Observer. In the late spring of 2009, Andrew Collins learned that an oil and gas drilling waste landfarm, operated by a ...

The time has come for this North Texas school district, and others like it, to move from an all-at-large board to a mix of geographic districts and at-large seats.