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Strangest State: Where the Giant Crayfish Roam
Austin Can you get an A in Taylor Swift? In the fall 2022 semester, the University of Texas at Austin is offering a course on the megastar’s discography. With so many fine Texas musicians around, why...
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Strangest State: Petty Drama, Electric Trucks and Hungry Bears
Austin Drue Wagner / Texas Observer The unreliable Texas grid could not stop one man’s pursuit of reliable family planning. When his urology clinic suddenly lost power, Dr. Christopher Yang thought he...
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On Friday, the staff and I had a big party to celebrate the revival of the Texas Observer at our offices in Austin. I wanted to share my remarks with the readers who saved our bacon. The staff and I...
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Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw
Amarillo A former biology professor at West Texas A&M University was sentenced to six months in federal prison for smuggling more than $14,000 worth of skulls, skeletons, and taxidermy mounts into...
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Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas
Austin The antics of Attorney General Ken “I’m still under indictment” Paxton could often earn a mention here doing his part to retain Texas’s tile as the “Strangest State.” But things got weirder...
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Strangest State: Ken Paxton and Other Odd Creatures
Austin This year’s regular session of the Texas Legislature ended with GOP lawmakers failing to pass a number of party-priorities bills, while passing some legislation targeting vulnerable Texans...
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Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!
Fort Worth Texans head for spring-fed rivers or hide out in air-conditioned homes and cooling centers during heat waves. But what do animals do? At the Fort Worth Zoo, tigers, lions, and primates play...
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Strangest State: Eclipses and Flying Snakes
Above: The shadows of leaves on a brick wall in North Central Texas form into crescent shapes during the October 2024 “Ring of Fire” eclipse. Austin The Paxton impeachment trial was mostly covered by...
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Strangest State: Hello Possum, Goodbye Fish
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Strangest State: Airplane Etiquette, Australian Octopi, and an Itinerant...
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Strangest State: Power, Gators, UFOs, and Cockfights
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Strangest State: Lights, Fights, and Frights
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Strangest State: Robbers, Witches, and Sharks
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