Editor’s Note: In light of the forthcoming entrance of another Democrat into the governor’s mansion—and because exactly two decades have lapsed since Ann Richards’ passing—we’re resharing our October 6, 2006, cover story. It... READ MORE

My son is 3 now. So in just one or two vanishingly short years, he’ll enter Austin’s public school system. That doesn’t make me special—there are 70,000 kids in the Austin Independent School... READ MORE

You’ve probably heard by now that, in two months’ time, Texas will have the first Hispanic governor—one by the name of Gina Hinojosa—in its history as a U.S. state. And you might have... READ MORE

In September, tech industry executives in freshly pressed suits watched as about 50 locals protested outside the downtown Austin Marriott hotel, where the suits had gathered for an annual conference focused on the... READ MORE