In his three terms as attorney general, Paxton’s state police security detail has cost nearly $3 million as it accompanied him across Texas, the country, and the world.

Few faced repercussions.

An ICIJ investigation reveals the role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering – and the bloodshed and suffering that flow in its wake.

404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.

The attorney general's office once aggressively pursued fraudsters targeting immigrants. Not on Ken Paxton's watch.

The attorney general's office once aggressively pursued fraudsters targeting immigrants. Not on Ken Paxton's watch.

How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.

A note from the editor

On August 11, 2023, local law enforcement seized electronics and reporting materials from the Marion County Record in a raid that provoked a national outcry over the blatant press freedom violation…

Community-powered tracking of US/Mexico border wall construction, surveillance technology, and infrastructure.

A 20-year-old border crosser was shot and killed. But investigations dragged on. New records obtained by USA TODAY reveal the inside story.

After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.

“Ben was irrepressibly hopeful of the human spirit,” longtime friend Ruben Garcia said about Sáenz, an award-winning author whose “Aristotle and Dante” young adult novel was adapted into a movie in 20...

“We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe, and you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about.”

Six of the victims, including a 14-year-old boy, were found dead inside a train shipping container in Laredo in the sweltering Texas heat.

“We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe, and you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about.”

Ruben Garibay's push for a new trade bridge has won support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other powerful leaders. But it's dividing Eagle Pass.

The plan, from Laredo trucking magnate Ruben Garibay, has the backing of key political leaders in Austin and D.C. Locals warn it's a boondoggle.

Ruben Garibay's push for a new trade bridge has won support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other powerful leaders. But local critics worry it's a boondoggle.

Tribal police in Washington hire officers fired elsewhere at a rate four times higher than their share of the workforce

Ruben Garibay's push for a new trade bridge has won support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other powerful leaders. But local critics worry it's a boondoggle.

FBI investigators sought permission to search the van involved in the ICE shooting, citing suspected methamphetamine. In a rare move, the warrant is public.

A Rio Grande Valley murder case was botched and evidence lost by local police and by Texas Rangers. Will anyone ever be held responsible?

"A lot of the same arguments for why you wouldn't build it in Big Bend are the exact same arguments for why you wouldn't build it in Laredo," say opponents of the wall, as local officials have sought ...

YouTube video by Austin History Center

The citizen-journalist and social media provocateur's case against local officials was thrown out in a decision that horrified First Amendment advocates. But, at home, observers say arresting her…

The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) is honored to announce that this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media” will be shared by one outlet, Texas Observer; journal...

A federal court is unlawfully prohibiting journalists from copying immigration records at the courthouse. The practice must stop.