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.
Railroad Commission’s Energy Ties Leave Texas Out in the Cold
The Texas Railroad Commission is the state’s chief regulatory committee when it comes to oil and gas, a role in seeming opposition to its...
Texas Secessionist Movement Partially Powered by Russian Interference
It is critical to the preservation of the American democracy that we face the fact that we remain under constant attack by Russian interference,...
Why Texas’ Laws Are Mostly Made By the Rich
The image of the fat cat member of congress is only half true. Some people, such as President Joe Biden when he was a...
Abbott Losing Legal Fights Against COVID Mandate Bans
Ever since the pandemic began, Governor Greg Abbott has tried repeatedly to hamstring other government authorities, both local and federal, when it comes to...
O’Rourke Closing Gap With Abbott in New Poll
Everyone agrees that former congressman and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has a hard fight ahead challenging Governor Greg Abbott in 2022, but a new...
Supreme Court Offers No Reproductive Freedom for Texas Women Yet
The latest term of the Supreme Court has begun, and reproductive freedom advocates are impatiently waiting to see if Texas’ onerous vigilante law banning...
Texas Claims Citizens Can’t Challenge Them Over District Maps
In what is sure to be a long court fight over the newly drawn congressional and legislative district maps, the State of Texas has...
Who’s Suing Texas Over Redistricting
As sure as humidity and bluebonnets, the lawsuits against the Republican-led redistricting have begun.
Following the release of the 2020 U.S. Census, Texas began the...
The Republican Primary for AG is Heating Up
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is likely to be fighting for his political future, if not his actual freedom, in the 2022 midterms.
The AG...
Will Texas Get Any Federal Money for Grid Weatherization?
President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill has finally passed through Congress, and that means a significant chunk of improvement for the state of...
