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Laws might get made under the dome, but this weekly Wednesday newsletter will give you a glimpse of where they’re put to the test: The Docket.
- The Docket: An All Time High
- The Docket: Sunlight Kills the Germs of Corruption
- The Docket: Render Unto Caesar What is Caesar's, But No More.
- The Docket: A Delegation of Power
- The Docket: Advice and Consent
- The Docket: Blue Slip Brouhaha
- The Docket: Sweet Justice
- The Docket: I Wanna Talk To My Lawyer
- The Docket: The Freedom of the Press
- The Docket: The Politics of Prosecutions
Bills work their way through the Texas legislature with the first, second, and third reading. But for a deeper look at the environment where those laws are made, get the weekly scoop on Texas politics every Tuesday in Fourth Reading.
- Fourth Reading: The Danny Glover Congress
- Fourth Reading: All Over the Map
- Fourth Reading: The Tortoise and the Hare
- Fourth Reading: When Eras End
- Fourth Reading: Things Are Gettin’ Botty
- Fourth Reading: Water Woes
- Fourth Reading: About Those Billionaires
- Fourth Reading: Power Politics Comes for All
- Fourth Reading: Taller Than Everest
- Fourth Reading: All About the Money
With modern society’s ever-shortening attention span, this weekly newsletter will take a deeper look at the first principles underlying hot cultural and political issues — more nuanced ideas that tweets and sound bites leave effectively Redacted.
- REDACTED #089: Intelligence and the Artificial
- REDACTED #088: Thanksgiving Food for Thought
- REDACTED #087: The Data Center Dilemma
- REDACTED #086: It's (Not Just) The Economy, Stupid
- REDACTED #085: The Language of 'Democracy in Crisis'
- REDACTED #084: Subculture and Sub-Culture in the Internet Era
- REDACTED #083: The Art of Pile-On Politics
- REDACTED #082: Federalism, the National Guard, and Executive Authority
- REDACTED #081: Robert Roberson and the Question of Justice
- REDACTED #80: The Inverted Morality of Political Violence
With 38 apportioned representatives and the constitutionally mandated two senators, Texas’ congressional delegation is the second largest in the nation. Every Thursday, The 40 will give subscribers the latest updates on DC from a Lone Star perspective.
- The 40: Cuellar's Sweet Dreams, Crockett's Chaos, and Tijerina's Take
- The 40: Epstein Files Exposed, Redistricting Rejected, and Border Bucks
- The 40: Government's Grand Reopening, Hemp in the Weeds, and Arrington's Adieu
- The 40: Blue Successes, Arctic Frost, and CD 18 Takeaways
- The 40: Shutdown Scoreboard, Autopen Infamy, and Offshore Betting
- The 40: Fundraising Finale, Space Shuttle Showdown, and an Announcement of an Announcement
- The 40: Commercial Driver's Licenses, Toth and Tucker, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions
- The 40: Wesley on the Hunt, Senatorial Polling Trends, and Wikipedia Controversy
- The 40: Broke Bureaucracy, Eckhardt's Exploration, and a Glimmer of Bipartisanship
- The 40: First Amendment Freedom, Gill's Name ID, Friends in Court
Ever wonder how the sausage gets made in our newsroom? Have burning questions about stories we've written or politics writ large? Straight from The Editor’s Desk, our Senior Editor McKenzie DiLullo gives you a glimpse into The Texan's day-to-day operations with this weekly newsletter.
- From the Editor's Desk: Pie for breakfast, office therapizing, drunken raccoons
- From the Editor's Desk: Black Friday plans, linebacker baby, and a very special day for turkeys
- From the Editor's Desk: Sourdough cornucopias, ‘Loading,’ and losing lunch
- From the Editor's Desk: Cultural literacy, podcasting woes, and Chili’s at 45th and Lamar
- From the Editor's Desk: ShrimpFants, binders full of tabs, election weeks
- From the Editor's Desk: Candy wars, loose monkeys, and postpartum pregnancy
- From the Editor's Desk: Mac is back, funnel cake chicken sandwiches, Marine lions
- From the Editor's Desk: The Return of the Queen, comptrol freaks, and Brad’s castle
- From the Editor's Desk: Dress shoes, cookies, and time travel
- From the Editor's Desk: The DiLittlest, turning the government off and on again, and burger puns
“Unprecedented.” We seem to use that word now more than ever. But what if the past was just as wild as the present? This monthly newsletter looks back at the old days, good and bad, that show we're actually living in Precedented Times.
- Precedented Times: Five Favorites
- Precedented Times: The Pink Dome
- Precedented Times: Texas, Dallas, and the Kennedy Assassination
- Precedented Times: The Fable of the Killer Bees
- Precedented Times: Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other
- Precedented Times: The Other Two Parties
- Precedented Times: One Candidate is Better than Two
- Precedented Times: Where's the Beef?
- Precedented Times: The Man Who Would Be Lieutenant Governor
- Precedented Times: Back to School
If you’re a Texan, you know there’s a lot more good in the world than the doom and gloom that steals the headlines. The Bluebonnet Bulletin will be some monthly medicine for the heart, highlighting encouraging stories in the Lone Star State.
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Roll Call for Veterans
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Recovery, Restoration, Reunification, Reverence for Items FOUND on the Guadalupe River
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: The Impact of a Teacher
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Foster 'Grandma' Brings Joy to Children’s Lives
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Faithfully Serving the Senior Community
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Hospital Hostage Negotiator
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Redeeming Women from Exploitation
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Dresses Galore for Proms, Weddings, and More
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Building Community through Music
- The Bluebonnet Bulletin: Gardening for Good, but Green Thumb Not Necessary
Ever wondered how political decisions trickle down to everyday life? Delve beyond the headlines to uncover how policy affects people, examining the Ripples.
- Ripples: The Purposes of Government
- Ripples: Keeping Texas Transparent
- Ripples: Million-Dollar 'A' Earns an 'F'
- Ripples: A Tantalizing Show but Can You Get a Ticket?
- Ripples: A Chief Executive
- Ripples: The Politics of Public Safety
- Ripples: No Guarantees
- Ripples: Property Rights and the Miltonian Serbonian Bog
- Ripples: Momentum Builds for Bail Reform
- Ripples: Making Bail
