‘You are the best El Jefe!’: Henry Cuellar’s Alleged Brazen Foreign Bribery Schemes (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/henry-cuellar-indictment-briber…
Small-Town Politics, National Consequences: The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen. (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/small-town-politics-national-co…
A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld (www.texasobserver.org)
Until now, injustice has impeded serious faults, abuses, and negligence from that night from coming to light. These actions contributed to the fatalities that occurred inside the overcrowded locked cell without fire extinguishers, ventilation, fire sprinklers, and working smoke detectors, a death trap for migrants from...
Some Texas Prisoners Allowed Only Four Hours of Sleep a Night, Lawsuit Says (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/criminal-justice-prison-sleep-t…
The Lost Promise of Refuge Ranch - Christian activists brought concerns about sex trafficking to prominence in Texas and then failed the survivors they sought to help (www.texasobserver.org)
In January 2023, about 10 months after it was forced to close, the Refuge reached a settlement with [the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)] that allowed it to reopen on probation. The conditions included implementing a reopening plan, monthly team meetings to evaluate the program’s compliance and efficacy, and...
Why Was This 11-Year-Old Brownsville ISD Honor Student Put in Solitary For Three Days? (www.texasobserver.org)
A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
'Go Away TEA,' Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers (www.texasobserver.org)
“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”
Domestic Violence Murders in Texas Are Going Up (www.texasobserver.org)
The [Texas Council on Family Violence] tracked and analyzed hundreds of homicides from 2022 (PDF) and found it the second-highest number on record in the past 10 years, an 8 percent increase since 2021. The 216 victims included 179 women and 37 men, 17 people who were pregnant or had recently given birth, 19 teens and young...
‘Heartbreaking’: Anti-Trans Healthcare Law Takes Effect in Texas (www.texasobserver.org)
Despite ACLU win in lower court, an appeal by the state means transgender kids and their families will feel the devastating effects of the ban.
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks (www.texasobserver.org)
House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
