Jef Rouner
Jef Rouner is an award-winning freelance journalist, the author of The Rook Circle, and a member of The Black Math Experiment. He lives in Houston where he spends most of his time investigating corruption and strange happenings. Jef has written for Houston Press, Free Press Houston, and Houston Chronicle.
Texas House Speaker Battle Gets Heated And Weird
With only a month left until the 2025 Texas legislative session, the fight for Speaker of the House has gotten heated and also a...
U.S. Inflation Has Slowed, Trump Plan Threatens Progress
According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, inflation in the United States continues to slow, but remains in a precarious state as...
Federal Judge Keeps DACA Recipients From Receiving Health Coverage
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor blocked a Biden Administration rule that would have allowed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients...
Phelan Out As Speaker, But Hard-Right Hasn’t Won Yet
Dade Phelan, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, announced on Friday that he would withdraw from the race for a third term as...
Climate Change Is Driving Texas Home Insurance Through The Roof
Texas has the third-highest home insurance rates in the nation, trailing only Florida and Louisiana. The reason is the same in all three states:...
Houston Will Be Hit Hard By Trump Tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump plans to institute a 25 percent tariff on imported goods. Economists have consistently said this will lead to higher prices for...
Vouchers Fail Even When Republicans Win
It’s an American political curiosity that even when Republicans win, core parts of their agenda do not.
Consider abortion. Republicans have been running on banning...
Abbott, Homan Plan Mass Deportations Before Inauguration
Governor Greg Abbott and President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” promised mass deportations and other actions while visiting the Texas border on Tuesday.
“Let me...
Texas Could Face Devastating Water Shortage
A sustained drought could be catastrophic for Texas, a new report shows.
The study was done by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s...
Paxton Loses Immigration Cases: Here’s Why That’s Bad
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s may have lost his battles against President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, but it’s possible he actually won the war...
