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Mike Miles Cancels Moonlighting Contract with His Former Charter School Network

Houston ISD says its state-appointed superintendent has ended a paid agreement with Third Future Schools, after the Observer obtained the contract and requested comment. A 2025 state law restricts moonlighting by superintendents.

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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport

The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

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Denton Promised Net Zero. Then It Kept Building Roads.

The booming city's transit predicament is not unique; it is a local expression of a statewide structural problem.

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How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate Endangered Species Along Texas’ Gulf Coast

If left intact, the exemption for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico could forever harm vulnerable species and their habitats.

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How Teach for America Helped Set Up James Talarico’s Political Rise

The prestigious education group is more than a shiny résumé item. For the Democratic Senate candidate, it was an incubator for his rapid political ascent.

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Who Accounts for Freedom?

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.

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The Plight of the Monarch

All along their journey, from my hometown suburb to their winter home in Mexico, the iconic butterflies face human-made threats.

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Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas

Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

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Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

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‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline

The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

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The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn’t Exceptional. It’s Early.

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

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Foster Care Repeats Rejection for LGBTQ+ Texans

State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and isolation.

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‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

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East Texas Hit Hard by Gun-Related Suicides

Scarcity of mental health resources, prevalence of guns, and stigma all contribute to the region's high suicide rates.

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Texas Saw a $50 Billion Future in Clean Energy. Then the Political Winds Shifted.

Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.

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Time Comes for Castroville

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.

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Dolores Huerta Feared Speaking About Her Abuse for Years. The Farmworkers She Advocates for Understand.

They grapple with a system where their income, housing, or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.

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Defending the Most Vulnerable in San Marcos

When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My colleagues have to have those conversations with an openly gay man next to them.”

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Mythbusting Texas’ Reactionary Past

A new book doesn't romanticize our state's history, but it does establish a neglected throughline of solidarity.

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Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston

Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid shock to global markets.

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After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

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.

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‘Riding Shotgun’

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

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How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

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We Have the Power to End Family Detention in Texas—and We Must

We cannot let this cruelty continue. There are so many ways to take action, and even small acts make a difference when we do them collectively.

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Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

The governor’s office said the city’s two main reservoirs could dry up by May, much sooner than previous timelines. But authorities still offer no plan for curtailment of water use.

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