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Newsletters

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

Ever wondered how political decisions trickle down to everyday life? Delve beyond the headlines to uncover how policy affects people, examining the Ripples.