Answer Me This: Why Are This Year’s Runoffs So Important?
Senior editor Alex Samuels discusses which primary runoff races are the ones to watch and what’s at stake.
Senior editor Alex Samuels discusses which primary runoff races are the ones to watch and what’s at stake.
The governor didn’t offer much of a rationale in granting clemency to Daniel Perry, who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020, but apparently the enemy of his enemy is his friend.
A brief selection of recent events in our unpredictable state.
Joey Victorian may have been eliminated halfway through Netflix's "Barbecue Showdown," but he's hoping Victorian's Barbecue stays for a long time in Mart.
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year. Abbott then asked the state parole board to review his case.
Russell Bentley left Round Rock for a breakaway Ukrainian state and found stardom in Russia, before he died under mysterious circumstances.
After 53 years, Antiquarian Book Mart, on Broadway, has shut its doors. It’s the latest change in an area of the Alamo City that is experiencing the push and pull of nostalgia and progress.
Breaking will make its debut as a medal event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Texas B-boy Jeffro intends to be there with Team USA.
In Van Zandt County, you'll find art, festivals, and history in these neighboring destinations.
Kistler Custom Fishing Rods was founded in a garage by an Army veteran 25 years ago.
GE Appliances’ $1,000 indoor smoker puts a crusty bark on butts and brisket in your kitchen, and professional pitmasters are mostly here for it.
The Austin filmmaker knows you’ll probably wait for his twenty-third feature to show up on Netflix a couple weeks after it hits the big screen. Still, he can dream.
It may be because of the processed pork product topping or the mesquite grilling, but these handheld delights are endlessly customizable.
Pecan pie, Texas sheet cake, or tres leches, anyone?
The blue puppet on a wholesome kids’ show seems quite at home in a red state. Welcome to the anti-Hollywood.
Sixties-era student activism on the campus of Texas State University “snatched” the beloved preacher into the civil rights movement.
The actor-artist-skateboarder always wears a cowboy-coded scent, for one.
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The Texas senator discusses whether he’ll accept the 2024 election result, the ethics of his podcast deal, and that trip to Cancún.
The new, trendy Austin restaurant hopes to fill a hole in the local market when it comes to Tijuana-style tacos.
Life really slows down here.
Q: When I was a child, my grandfather, a farmer in Ranger, instructed me on how to tell if a watermelon was ripe. He would hit the fruit with the side of his thumb and determine which ones had the deepest “thump.” Are there other techniques? My granddaughter can’t seem
On 1,500 rolling acres near Hamilton Pool, the RGK Ranch is set to become a Travis County park for all to enjoy.
State and federal authorities were quick to green-light a proposed conduit that would carry massive quantities of natural gas from the Permian Basin to Mexico for export. They didn’t fully consider the costs and benefits.
This playful but shy swimmer is returning to some parts of the state for the first time in years.
Twenty years ago, the Big Bend Sentinel, based in Marfa, wrote about a backyard barbecue thrown in Austin by some guy who played bass in a band.
This former Austin firefighter found his calling delivering hangover cures and vitamin infusions in the Texas capital.
This Texas author’s novels of romance and trauma made her one of the best-selling writers of all time, and her first film adaptation hits theaters this summer. Readers wonder what’s next. So does she.
Sosa's Barbecue trailer, in Dallas, dodged city officials for years, but there's nothing criminal about its superb brisket and flavorful burgers.
A week after the Department of Justice announced fourteen charges against the Laredo representative, Cuellar returned to Congress to ignore reporters and jam out.
In We Were the Universe, Parsons builds a world that feels deeply rooted in Texas culture, but mercifully devoid of any old-school, clichéd depictions of the state.
In a filing seeking to shut down an El Paso migrant shelter, the attorney general displays his ignorance of the religious beliefs held by a quarter of Texans.
The rising country singer melds the likes of Elvis and Vicente Fernández for a style that's all his own.
Henry Cuellar was indicted on charges that he hid payments from Azerbaijan. The country has long waged an influence campaign in Texas.
Bobby Monsted III serves true-to-form Texas barbecue sixty miles southeast of New Orleans.
But we’re finding ways to cope, from Colorado vacations to indoor camps and museums, and, of course, lots of time at the pool.
After a preseason win over Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, the Dallas Wings see enthusiasm and attendance rise at games.
The director-screenwriter’s love letter to Flannery O’Connor attempts to invigorate the biopic, to mixed results.
Restaurants such as Coyota, La Tonina, and Tacos Domingo are leading the charge for greater respect in the Mexican capital for Texas’s favorite cuisine.
After performing in the musical ‘The Prom,‘ theater students threw the party they never had—and invited everyone.
It’s part of a $51 million project to rebuild Washington-on-the-Brazos, “the birthplace of Texas,” where the declaration that created the Republic of Texas was signed.
Months after the company responsible missed a key deadline, the state environmental agency has yet to take further action to help Sweetwater officials get rid of two industrial dumps.
Christine and Tim Hood, owners of perhaps the largest private pinball collection in Texas, are planning a new museum devoted to the game.
José Ralat, Dan Solomon, Mimi Swartz, and Forrest Wilder were all recognized for their impactful storytelling.
The Texas congressman said he and his wife, Imelda, are innocent, and that he is still seeking reelection this November.
Last year, an ideological battle nearly ripped apart the 127-year-old Texas State Historical Association. Now many of the state’s most prominent historians have broken away to start a rival organization.
Behind the scenes with the Dallas Jackals as the third-year franchise establishes its niche in a crowded pro sports landscape.
The Conroe-born musician is "in a rut 90 percent of the time," but you'd never know it by the many milestones he has on the horizon.
The Netflix documentary Rather revisits the storied career of the former CBS Evening News anchor and the ungluing of television news.
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