Christopher Adams
Christopher Adams is a Texas-based journalist who spent several years as a staff reporter for two Texas newspapers before transitioning into freelance writing a few years ago. He has written for Culture Crush, Growing America, Ranch & Rural Living Magazine, No Depression, For The Love Of Bands, and Bee Culture.
Texas Tech Is on the Rise—And We’re Not Talking About the University
Illustration by Mariana G.
This piece has been updated as of February 24, 2020.
Austin, Texas is at the top of the list for the second...
How Rodeos Go Big in Texas
Rodeos are well-tethered to Texas, unabashedly and proudly reflecting its identity, heritage, historical economic viability and steadfast resolve. Rodeo in general serves as a...
Anger Runs Through Hill Country As Kinder Morgan Pipeline Nears Completion
As the completion of a pipeline project nears, setting up Texas natural gas on a 430-mile southeast trajectory, the anger of landowners along the...
Safeguarding the Vote: How Texas Plans to Keep Votes Safe
This election season, intelligence officials and analysts security have warned about expected attempts to interfere in U.S. elections by Russian State Security Services, Chinese...
Is There a Place for Mass Transit in Truck-Loving Texas?
W.F. Strong, a professor in the department of communication at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley-Brownsville, told a story about a British couple...
Texas Developers Find a New Cash Cow: Cows
A recently enacted Texas law gives agricultural property owners a break in rollback tax, providing them financial benefits by reducing mandated rollback years as...
Across Texas, District Attorneys Hope to Decrease Number of Incarcerated Citizens
As county jails and state prisons swell and Texans are herded into correctional facilities, reducing incarceration rates through reform has gained traction among some...
Texas Developers Find a New Cash Cow: Cows
A recently enacted Texas law gives agricultural property owners a break in rollback tax, providing them financial benefits by reducing mandated rollback years as...
State’s Agricultural Tax Exemptions Benefit Wealthy at Education’s Expense, Critics Say
For many residents of property-tax happy Texas, a collective concern about next year’s tax bill from local governments constantly percolates. But not for all.
Ranked Choice Voting: How to End Endless runoffs
In runoff-election happy Texas, it seems voters are losing interest in a drawn-out voting process that comprises successive runoffs where turnout numbers are abysmally...
