In 2001, Republicans championed a law allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students, arguing it would make for a more ...

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Following a riot in Houston on August 23, 1917, members of an all-Black military unit were hanged on mutiny charges. What ...

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One of Texas’s most under the radar and remote parks was set for a massive expansion. In an unprecedented move, the federal ...

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The stress of running a barbecue trailer is nothing compared with keeping the country’s nuclear arsenal safe. “It’s not work ...

Matthew McConaughey, Cody Johnson, Lyle Lovett, and others gathered at the Moody Center to mourn the recent Hill Country ...

Once a symbol of rural grit, the image of the best-selling Ford F-150 has evolved within the music genre that loves it.

This article originally appeared in the September 2025 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “Jessi Milam, Superintendent ...