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.
The Bizarre Outrage Over Rusted Border Wall Materials For Sale
Republican media circles have been in an uproar the past week over the sale of surplus border war material the federal government wasn’t using....
Texas Republicans Don’t Have A Plan For Rising Home Insurance Rates
If State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) is any indication, the Texas legislature has no plans yet to deal with the skyrocketing price of...
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...
