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.
Abbott Appears To Use Mass Vetoes To Push For Vouchers
Governor Greg Abbott vetoed 76 bills last week, a massive number. It appears the reason is partially to push his school voucher program, which...
Paxton Attorney’s Trying To Quash Impeachment Trial Before It Starts
According to comments from suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment lawyer Tony Buzbee, it looks like Paxton’s team is trying to head off...
Abbott To Give Up Emergency Powers Now That COVID Safety Measures Are Banned
Governor Greg Abbott is the last governor to relinquish the emergency powers granted to him when the COVID pandemic started three years ago. He...
Supreme Court Decision Could Strike Texas Gerrymandered Maps
In a surprise win for voting rights activists, the U.S. Supreme Court breathed new life into the Civil Rights Act and may have paved...
Is Dan Patrick Right For Once?
In any given fight in the Texas legislature, you can usually count on Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to take the hardline conservative stance on...
Oil Billionaires Ride to Rescue Impeached AG Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may be impeached, but he has friends in high places. Like, Spindletop high. The two oil billionaires funding Texas’s...
Texans Scramble To Keep Medicaid During Unwinding
During COVID, millions of Texans were able to stay on Medicaid. Now, they may be losing it.
It’s called “unwinding,” a banal term for losing...
Abbott-Allied PAC Threatens Pro-Public School House Reps
As the fight over school vouchers continues into the special legislative sessions, a PAC allied with Governor Greg Abbott is looking to primary opposition...
Property Tax Fight Involves Personal Business Benefits For Phelan, Bettencourt
As the first special session of the legislature begins, Texas Republican leadership are viciously fighting for competing property tax reform. As things get nastier,...
Texas Senate Moves To Shut Down Renewable Energy Permanently
With only days left in the legislative session, Texas Republicans in the Senate are hoping to permanently cripple the renewable energy industry in the...
