Operation Lone Star has turbocharged DPS’ surveillance capabilities. Lawmakers say they want to prevent Texas from becoming a ...

Texas’ AI-Powered Surveillance Arsenal Has Ballooned. Proposed Laws Provide Few Guardrails. Operation Lone Star has turbocharged DPS’ surveillance capabilities. Lawmakers say they want to prevent ...

Too late for many pregnant Texans, lawmakers might finally clarify exceptions to the state’s deadly bans—but advocates fear ...

Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural ...

In response to the Observer’s reporting, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey demanded answers he has yet to fully receive—while ICE refuses ...

One company wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced ...

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Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this ...

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Labanino Matos, a licensed nurse practitioner, was under an agreed order from the Texas Board of Nursing for negligent ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue. Forty-five days into President Joe Biden’s first and only term, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to launch Operation Lone Star ...