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Dan Patrick Proposes Massive Boost for Film Incentives ... But There's a Catch
Is Texas' lieutenant governor lining up cash for a culture war?...

Frostweed Quietly “Bloomed” Flowers Made of Ice in Texas Last Week
There was plenty to pay attention to last week—the inauguration and the devastating wildfires in California, for example—but there’s a fair chance you missed what was happening on a much quieter...

Why Kevin Von Erich Is Parting With a Lifetime of Pro-Wrestling Memorabilia
When Kevin Von Erich moved back to Texas last year, the first thing that struck him was the weather. “It was three months in a row of hot spell,” he says from his new home in the Hill Country. His...

The Texanist: Can I Use “Y’all” in Work Emails?
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A Flesh-Eating Worm Is Crawling Toward Texas. Can a Pause on Cattle Imports Keep It at Bay?
Give a screwworm an inch, and it’ll take a mile. This pernicious pest, which, in its adult form, has bulging orange eyes and a metallic blue-green body, has held insecta non grata status in Texas si...

Several Teachers Changed His Life. Years Later, He Returned to the Classroom to Pay It Forward.
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Roberto Garcia muscled rows of school desks ...

Fed Up With the STAAR Test, Some School Districts Are Betting on a More Holistic Approach
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Four polished plaques hang behind Jeff Burke�...

Fine Arts Programs Are the Jewels of Our Public School System. It’s Time We Finally Funded Them.
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” No state in the country does fine arts bette...

Texas Superintendents on the Budget Crisis: “This Is Not Going to End Well”
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Two years ago, during the 2023 legislative s...

What Our Schools Actually Need
Recent years have not been kind to Texas’s public schools. Because of soaring inflation and paltry funding, many districts large and small are facing the prospect of insolvency. Citing low morale an...