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    Aug 30

    Notice anything different about us? We’re THRILLED to announce the launch of our redesigned website! For months now, our team has been working hard to bring y’all the new Texas Observer. 1/

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  2. Sep 12

    Char Miller’s 'West Side Rising’ delves into the man-made side of the 1921 flood.

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  3. Sep 12

    Incidences of mold in Texas homes exploded after the mid-February storm, which burst pipes and allowed moisture to seep into buildings’ foundations at a rapid rate.

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  4. Sep 12

    Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Money, regulations, and public beaches are no object.

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  5. Sep 12

    Seven of the state’s nine veterans homes had a fatality rate of 25% or more, far higher than the statewide average of 11% for nursing homes. Bush has vowed to not renew the operators’ contracts.

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  6. Sep 12

    Four days after 9/11, a towing barge crashed into the Queen Isabella Causeway, killing eight people. Twenty years later, the fishermen who saved three lives are telling what really happened that night.

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  7. Sep 12

    Deep in a mountainous landscape, West Texas-born musician W. Chase Peeler stumbles upon a gold mine of music makers who prefer life off the grid.

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  8. Sep 11

    The third installment of our series following ordinary Texans through extraordinary times.

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  9. Sep 11

    Despite federal protections aimed at preventing eviction, thousands of tenants in Texas have been unable to use them to keep their homes.

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    Deep in a mountainous landscape, West Texas-born musician W. Chase Peeler stumbles upon a gold mine of music makers who prefer life off the grid.

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    Incidences of mold in Texas homes exploded after the mid-February storm, which burst pipes and allowed moisture to seep into buildings’ foundations at a rapid rate.

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  12. Sep 11

    The Earthworks report is also the first analysis to identify what could constitute widespread illegal flaring in Texas oil fields.

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  13. Sep 11

    "As Texas Republicans pit neighbor against neighbor, we must respond by rebuking bigotry and embracing progress."

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  14. Sep 10

    Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton both won Donald Trump’s coveted endorsements. But their 2022 primary battles are just beginning.

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  15. Sep 10

    A COVID-19 vaccine developed in Houston is in clinical trials in India and could be ready for global use as soon as late summer.

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  16. Sep 10

    “The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World” makes a thoughtful but tedious case that we can harness capitalism to stem climate change.

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  17. Sep 10

    The former state representative led a revolt against corruption in 1972—and is calling for action now.

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  18. Sep 10

    The 2021 findings displayed a damning picture of results scientists warned of 30 years ago.

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    Sep 10

    For I spoke with tenants who said they had "COVID-like symptoms" bc of the mold in their apartment. With no federal regulations for airborne concentrations of mold indoors, when push came to shove, their landlord didn't do anything about it

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  20. Sep 10

    For more than a year, we’ve been following Texans from across the state, chronicling the ways the pandemic has altered their lives.

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  21. Sep 10

    Incidences of mold in Texas homes exploded after the mid-February storm, which burst pipes and allowed moisture to seep into buildings’ foundations at a rapid rate.

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