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.
Is Government Keeping First Responders Safe? ‘Oh, Hell No!’
First responders and law enforcement officials in Texas are seeing COVID-19 outbreaks among staffs, and one of the state’s largest unions has nothing nice...
Texas Hospitals Dealing With Red Ink, but it Could be Worse
Health care is one of the few industries in America where being sold out doesn’t mean you aren’t losing money hand over fist. Despite...
Texas to Benefit Substantially from New Free Trade Agreement
The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, could have a positive economic impact for Texas, provided that...
Texas Teachers Union May Strike Over COVID-19 Precautions
Update August 24th, 2021 by Reform Austin Staff
The president of the Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers says that going on strike...
How Likely is it Texas Attorney General Paxton Can Kill DACA?
Last week brought a crippling blow to the Trump administration when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against its attempt to repeal the Deferred Action...
After Six Deadly Shootings, Calls Intensify for HPD to get its own House in...
As Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Police Chief Art Acevedo were in front of the TV cameras speaking passionately about the need for police...
Texas Eyes Retail Marijuana as Possible Solution to Financial Woes
Texas has been slowly acclimating to the idea of legal marijuana access, but there is some indication that the current financial crisis may be...
Is the GOP Outrage Over Racist Posts Genuine?
In the midst of mass protests over the death of Houstonian George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, some Texas Republicans have chosen the...
Concerns Mount About State’s Contact Tracing Plan
Texas awarded a $295 million contract to Frisco-based company MTX to institute a massive contact tracing program for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasingly,...
2020 College Graduates Face Bleak Texas Job Market
As if the fact that graduations have largely been canceled wasn’t enough disappointment, Texans graduating from college are facing one of the worst job...
