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.
New Bill Would Give Paxton Authority To Go After People Who Get Abortions
A new bill in the Texas Legislature would give Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton the ability to directly prosecute people who get abortions or...
Maternal Sepsis More Than Triple After Texas Abortion Ban
The fallout from Texas’s near-total ban on abortion continues as rates of maternal sepsis soar. Those rates have more than tripled since 2021.
Maternal sepsis...
Measles Outbreak in Texas as Senate Questions Anti-Vax HHS Nominee
North Texas is seeing a breakout of measles as the U.S. Senate questions President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health...
Trump Lends Weight To School Vouchers. Will It Make A Difference?
The debate over school vouchers is heating up again in Texas, and newly installed president issued an executive order on Wednesday adding power to...
It May Be Paxton vs. Cornyn for Senate in 2026
One of the biggest Republican primary fights in Texas history may already be gearing up. Attorney General Ken Paxton is hinting that he may...
Texas Domestic Abusers Can’t Have Guns, But They Do
By federal and state law, domestic abusers in Texas are barred from owning guns. However, lack of enforcement means that many of them still...
Texas Republicans Follow Trump On Birthright Citizenship
The second Donald Trump Administration started its first week seeking to end birthright citizenship. Republicans in Texas immediately followed suit despite the fact that...
Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the state’s largest anti-reproductive choice organization, Texas Right to Life, are teaming up to further restrict abortion access....
Texas Republicans Poised For Christian Nationalism Ahead Of New Session
Shortly before State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) clinched the race for Speaker of the Texas House, a group of Republican lawmakers and Christian nationals...
Bill To Create Texas Bitcoin Reserve Filed Despite Risks
State Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Bryan) has filed a bill with the Texas Legislature to enable the state to buy a strategic reserve of the...
