Where are the Latino statewide Democratic candidates in Texas? www.texasobserver.org/latino-top-b...

His words from 2004 still hold up all too well

Needless to say, Dugger didn't bite and instead became a persistent thorn in LBJ's side as he rose to the presidency.

The obituary is a worthwhile read—if only for Dugger's account of his visit to LBJ's ranch in 1955, where the future president proffered a poolside quid pro quo. texasobserver.org/ronnie-dugge...

The @texasobserver.org's founding editor Ronnie Dugger has passed away at age 95. He forged the publication in the '50s and 60s into an independent organ of progressive muckraking and a bulwark against prevailing conservative forces that dominated the state then—and now.

Gothams LLC is a poster child for the OLS contract windfall. The firm got a no-bid contract in 2021 to run the state's 2nd migrant processing center in Jim Hogg County at a cost of about $2m/month—even as OLS arrests slowed to trickle

Full story here: texasobserver.org/abbott-opera...

A top private contractor for OLS has close ties with Greg Abbott—the firm's founder has given $600k to his campaign, lent their private jet for travel to border photo opps, & hired the gov's top aide.

Take a look inside the Texas border contracting bonanza #txlege

Greg Abbott creates new Small Business Freedom Council w/ DOGE-esque deregulatory mission, chaired by Texas' Big Bidness lobby group and its mini-me Smol Biz lobby group. #txlege