While Houston residents and Texas politicians take aim at the electricity provider’s reaction to the storm, a senior vice president defended the response.
A revision of the upper chamber’s employee policy was supposed to address misconduct exposed by the #MeToo movement. In practice, it protects the institution, not the women who work there.
LBJ, in one of his final public appearances, offered humility and hope. The current president’s upcoming speech in Austin may offer a striking contrast.
A Texas Monthly roundtable discussion.
In this adapted excerpt from her new book, ‘This Is Going To Hurt,’ Bekah McNeel explores the intersection of theology and abortion rights.
As climate change worsens and temperatures rise, the dangers posed by hurricanes aren’t limited to high winds and flooding. Moving forward, experts say, Texans will also need to prepare for the dangers posed by extreme heat.
We rank high on a list of states with the worst drivers, and our performance on the road has gotten worse since the pandemic. But it’s not just us.
The representative from Austin on Tuesday implored the president to make way for new leadership. Biden is meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday as he considers his options.
The technology that makes indoors comfortable is helping make the outdoors less so. But can we survive without it?
As Democrats debate whether Joe Biden should stay in the race against Trump, LBJ’s often misunderstood example looms.
State District Court Judge Francisco X. Dominguez wrote, in part, that the attorney general’s shuttering of Annunciation House would be a breach of the group’s religious liberty.
We take a glimpse into the multiverse, where Kinky Friedman won his 2006 gubernatorial bid.
At two seminars sponsored by the True Texas Project after Daniel Perry’s pardon, gun owners were fearful their right to self-defense could be threatened by liberal district attorneys.
Pete Arredondo, the former chief, and former officer Adrian Gonzales face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a child.
The president’s struggles in last night’s debate with Donald Trump were foreshadowed five years ago by an attack launched by the former San Antonio mayor.
An ascendant faction of the GOP wants to make the party smaller and purer while keeping Democrats from power by any means necessary.
Allen West Watch: The former Texas GOP chairman was known to rock the boat, and in doing so may have edged the state party further right. These days, he’s picking a losing battle with ballots in blue Dallas County.
Testing of smokable hemp at eight dispensaries around the state found that all were selling cannabis with potent levels of the psychoactive compound THC.
Senior editor Alex Samuels examines which non-Texans are making the biggest election contributions. And more importantly—what do they want?
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, two new books explore the untold stories of how it happened—and its impact.
The anti-vaxxers who went viral in 2020 are back with an offering taking on the New World Order through the power of song.
The guidance lays out what the board will consider when investigating allegations of illegal abortions.
The island struggles with thickening traffic, overcrowded beaches, and a rise in drownings. Locals are adapting—as they always have.
Those who know Ramiro Gonzales say he’s utterly transformed since committing a heinous crime at the age of 18. That may not be enough to save his life.
Kerry Max Cook, wrongfully convicted of murder, fought for decades to prove his innocence. He was exonerated Wednesday as he lay in a hospital bed awaiting major surgery.
The now-overturned ban on the device was championed by a Texas politician. But gun control is only politically expedient for a short while.
High temperatures and the heat dome came early this year—part of our new climate change reality.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of Michael Cargill, ending a federal prohibition dating from the early days of the Trump administration.
A brief selection of recent events in our unpredictable state.
A small-town Texas church paid lawyer fees to Jonathan Mitchell, architect of Texas's abortion bounty law. But does the church even exist?
A case originating in Amarillo challenged the legal status of mifepristone. The nation's highest court preserved access to the abortion pill in a ruling today.
As his bankruptcy takes a turn, Alex Jones has agreed to sell the brand that both made him famous and cost him everything.
Dallas mayor Eric Johnson shocked his city when he became a Republican last year. And he’s not backing down.
"We cannot put back what God put there in the first place, but we can help make them feel whole again."
Texas Democrats only need to flip three seats to potentially block the governor’s biggest policy priority, but their long record of losing suggests doing so will be a challenge.
What happens when a hotshot Dallas attorney gets ticked off about thousands of his fellow citizens being thrown out of their homes in violation of the law? Courtroom fireworks, for starters.
The Tesla CEO has brought jobs to a historic community in Central Texas. Along the way, some locals say, his companies and suppliers have degraded the environment and upended a way of life.
The former president on Thursday was found guilty on all counts in the trial over hush-money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star. Naturally, right-wing leaders in the state came to his defense.
Conservative Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan narrowly beat a far-right challenger—and liberals appear to have pushed him to victory.
The embattled Republican speaker of the Texas House faced down a Trump-backed opponent, but his allies were routed this primary season.
At its annual convention, the state GOP elected a new chair and reaffirmed it has no interest in moderating itself.
Republicans regularly attack Democratic donor George Soros as interfering in the politics of the Lone Star State. But the two biggest political donors in Texas favor Republicans and hail from Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Community health centers contend with revenue shortfalls as their patients lose coverage, many without ever being deemed ineligible.
Experts say the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles broke sharply from its standard protocol when it recommended a pardon for the killer of a Black Lives Matter protester.
The congressman challenging Ted Cruz discusses President Biden’s “open-borders policies” and why Democrats haven't won statewide in Texas in decades.
Even some Republicans say the Tarrant County woman is an unfair target of an overzealous prosecution. The local district attorney won’t let her case go.
Space City just got walloped by a deadly windstorm that seemed to come from nowhere. We asked a meteorologist to explain what happened.
Though “marijuana” remains illegal, Texans across the state are experiencing the mind-altering effects of various cannabis products—legally. Here’s your guide to the wild world of cannabinoids.
Experts say no; they insist things really are different this time.
Ahead of the runoff elections, the governor is trying to paint a group of conservative Republican incumbents as untrustworthy liberals.
