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.
Lina Hidalgo: How the Times are Shaping Harris County’s Top Officeholder
In the biggest county around the biggest town in Texas sits Judge Lina Hidalgo as the biggest boss. Her term as Harris County Judge...
Your Guide to Right-Wing Extremists in Texas as the Election Nears
Early voting in Texas starts on Oct. 13, and there are already concerns being voiced by the FBI that armed right-wing extremist groups might...
Texas Cities Could Raise Taxes Now. Here’s Why They Aren’t.
In 2019, Senate Bill 2 was passed, capping property tax rates in Texas. But there was a loophole regarding states of emergency that would...
Countless Children Safe Thanks to a Little-Known Texas Rescue Program
Amid the noise of child trafficking conspiracies, a program started by the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2006 has spread nationwide to aid...
Republicans Pass Buck on Expanding Texas Tribal Gambling
Texas Republicans want to expand gambling on tribal lands. Texas Republicans don’t want to expand gambling on tribal lands. Confused? That’s an appropriate response.
Two...
Tradition Collides With Calls to Uproot Racism at Texas A&M
All colleges have their own traditions, but few adhere to them quite as strongly as Texas A&M. Amid the recent social justice movement regarding...
Long Waits at the Border Hurting Texas Economy
When non-essential traffic across the Texas-Mexico border started to increase over the summer, Customs and Border Patrol began artificially inflating the wait times to...
Fort Hood: The Whole Story, So Far, of a String of Suspicious Deaths
Fort Hood has been the center of a bizarre and horrific set of tragedies in 2020. The circumstances are so strange and awful that...
Houston Company One of First in State to Manufacture Hemp Products
In many ways, the hemp industry in Texas still has a “wild west” feel, as many of the cannabidiol, or CBD, products are sold...
Two Houston Weather Guys Break Through Hype to Become Trusted Sources
Houston was in the crosshairs of not one but two hurricanes this past month, hurricanes that might have combined into a superstorm. Breathless reporting...
