Our top story: Will anyone ever be held accountable for the botched response to the Robb Elementary School shooting? The Texas DPS seems to be working against it.

The Texas Observer

DPS Dodges Transparency in Uvalde—Again

Director Steve McCraw reinstated a Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have br...

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“I’ve always thought of the #border as being the testing ground for the rest of the nation. License plate readers, sensors, and drones are tested at the border—and then they’re rolled out into the interior. We need to pay close attention to what’s happening at the border, because it’s the future.”

The Texas Observer

Observing the Borderlands

As the Texas Observer’s border reporter from 2008 to 2018, Melissa del Bosque investigated corruption and uncovered injustices.

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