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THE MIRAGE OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL: DISSECTING THE PANIC OVER SOUTHERN OAKS
SALADO, TX — If there is one thing more predictable than a Central Texas summer, it is the profound legal illiteracy of a local…
The 192 Page Autopsy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In politics, the length of an official excuse is directly proportional to the magnitude of the failure. On Wednesday, the national…
INSIDE THE 19 MAY ELECTORAL PURGES
TEMPLE, TX — If you are still clinging to the mid-century romance of local constituent service, institutional incumbency, or ideological independence, the state-certified ledgers…
THE DESCENT OF THE DATA CENTER REBELLION
TEMPLE, TX — It began with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer for civic unity. It ended with warnings of government mind-control frequencies…
The Oval Office Thumb
AUSTIN, TX — For over two decades, Senator John Cornyn has served as the steady, immovable center of gravity in Texas Republican politics. He…
KILLEEN’S DAIS THEATER AND THE FIRST SPLIT
KILLEEN, TX — If you want to understand how power redistributes itself after a municipal realignment, don’t look at the smiles during the ceremonial…
A TRUCE AMONG THE TOMBS: THE SEVENTY-TWO HOUR REPRIEVE
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the grey dawn of this Friday, the machinery of modern slaughter has been ordered to a halt. President Donald Trump,…
The Ghost Taxpayer: Separating Fact from Science Fiction in the Data Center Debate
If you attended the recent city council meeting in Temple, you might have walked away thinking the apocalypse was breaking ground in Central Texas.…
THE MANOR EXPERIMENT: ACCOUNTABILITY’S GRIM RECKONING IN BELL COUNTY
KILLEEN, TX — In the hallowed, often stifling halls of the Killeen Independent School District’s central office, a decision was reached this spring that…
THE LAW OF THE BIGGEST PUMP: TEXAS’S FEUDAL WATER REALITY
AUSTIN, TX — As the mercury climbs and the Leon River begins its annual retreat into the mud, the citizens of Bell County find…