Texas

Nanny State

San Antonio Gets Tough on (Butt) Crack

Strippers could be jailed for revealing "the crevice of their buttocks"

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2015 12:05 PM

Taxes

A Different Sort of Tax Rebellion

A man is arrested when he tries to pay his property tax in tightly-folded $1 bills.

Jesse Walker | 2.5.2015 11:11 AM

Police Abuse

Texas Cop Suspended for Eight Hours for Mistake That Led to Years of Legal Troubles for Innocent Man, According to Lawsuit

Ed Krayewski | 1.30.2015 10:56 AM

Police Abuse

Texas Cops Assaulted Disabled Veteran, Never Told Him He Was Under Arrest, Lawsuit Claims

Ed Krayewski | 1.27.2015 11:49 AM

Civil Liberties

Teen Girl Fatally Shot by Cops at Texas Police Station

It takes multiple cops firing multiple shots to subdue a 17-year-old girl with a knife?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.26.2015 11:30 AM

Police Abuse

San Antonio Cop Caught on Dashcam Allegedly Stealing Gun, Drugs, and Cash on New Year's Eve

Ed Krayewski | 1.9.2015 12:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Huey P. Newton Gun Club Aims To Be 'Black Alternative to the NRA'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.5.2015 12:05 PM

Politics

Best of 2014: "Sex, Spice and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid"

Anthony Fisher | 1.1.2015 9:00 AM

Police Abuse

Rules of the Road

Charles Oliver | 12.30.2014 6:00 AM

DEA

Sex, Spice, and Small-Town Texas Justice

A rogue prosecutor makes the war on drugs personal.

Anthony Fisher | 12.27.2014 1:30 PM

Police

Dallas Cop Disarms Armed Suspect Without Shooting at Him

Ed Krayewski | 12.26.2014 11:12 AM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Shows Up for Wrong-Something "Man in Distress" Call, Prosecutors Hound Him for Three Years Instead of Apologizing

Ed Krayewski | 12.19.2014 1:17 PM

Death Penalty

Texas Judge Rules State Must Reveal Lethal Injection Drug Supplier

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 1:52 PM

Policy

Texas Craft Brewers Fight for Ownership of Their Distribution Rights

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2014 4:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Texas Counties Say No to 'Prostitution Diversion' Mandate

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.3.2014 3:05 PM

Politics

Texas to Execute Severely Mentally Ill Man Tonight Despite Public Outcry (Updated)

Lauren Krisai | 12.3.2014 9:05 AM

Policy

Free-Market Texas Continues to Kick Economic Ass

J.D. Tuccille | 11.11.2014 2:17 PM

Police

Dallas Cop Allegedly Threatens to Kill His Children, Arrested on Misdemeanor Harassment Charge, Placed on Paid Leave

Ed Krayewski | 11.7.2014 12:55 PM

Texas

Greg Abbott Defeats Wendy Davis for Texas Governor

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 9:25 PM

Politics

Meet Your Texas Third Party Choices for Governor: Undauntable, Unfindable, and Pot-Smoking

Brian Doherty | 11.3.2014 3:57 PM

Culture

'Go Ahead and Call the Cops. They Can't Unrape You,' Say Cops

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.3.2014 10:36 AM

Civil Liberties

Happy Ending in One Part of the Austin Case of Antonio Buehler, Arrested for Filming Police

Brian Doherty | 10.31.2014 3:41 PM

Trans

After Massive Outrage, Houston Pulls Plug on Pastor Subpoenas

Scott Shackford | 10.30.2014 10:55 AM

Militarization of Police

Texas Prosecutor Responds to Reason's "Purple Zone Raid" Article/Video

Anthony Fisher | 10.28.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

"A Blatant Lie": Texas Prosecutor Rod Ponton Responds to Reason

Anthony Fisher | 10.28.2014 1:45 PM

Militarization of Police

Sex, Spice, and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid

Anthony Fisher | 10.25.2014 7:00 PM

Science & Technology

Dallas Ebola-Watch Over for First 43 Exposed

Whew!

Reason Staff | 10.20.2014 8:48 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Allows Texas Voter ID Law

Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan dissent

Reason Staff | 10.18.2014 8:38 AM

Puppycide

Police Body-Cam Captures Puppycide

Scott Shackford | 10.17.2014 6:10 PM

Policy

Punishment for Hash Brownie Baker Drops From 10 Years in Prison to Seven Years of Probation

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2014 6:41 PM

Trans

Houston Already Backing Off Its Church Sermon Subpoenas

Scott Shackford | 10.15.2014 6:00 PM

Trans

The Annals of Bad Ideas: Houston Responds to Religious Activism with Subpoenas for Sermon Contents

Scott Shackford | 10.15.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

How Bogus Threats of Voter Fraud, Dangerous Abortions, and Other Phony Emergencies Make Honest Debate Impossible

Two Texas laws illustrate a politically poisonous legislative habit.

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2014 7:00 AM

Abortion

Supreme Court Blocks Part of Texas Abortion Law

Had resulted in the closing of many facilities in the state

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 7:50 PM

Texas

Wendy Davis Defends Wheelchair Ad

...by calling her opponent a hypocrite.

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 4:30 PM

Ebola

Dallas Ebola Watch—Day 17 and No Reported Transmission

Ronald Bailey | 10.10.2014 3:01 PM

Marijuana

Texas Prosecutor Wants to Send Adrian Peterson to Jail Because He Admitted to Smoking a "Little Weed"

Ed Krayewski | 10.10.2014 12:31 PM

Ebola

Texas Ebola Patient Dies

Ronald Bailey | 10.8.2014 1:47 PM

Policy

Texas Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court to Stop Clinic Closures

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.7.2014 1:25 PM

Ebola

About 50 Under Observation in Texas over Ebola

Those who may have had contact with traveler from Liberia

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 4:50 PM

Police Abuse

Police Fire 80 Rounds at Schizophrenic Man, Chief Knows It's Justified, Investigating Anyway

Ed Krayewski | 10.1.2014 9:31 AM

Civil Liberties

Upskirt Photos, Free Speech, & Media Hysterics

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.22.2014 4:00 PM

SWAT

Texas Wants to Execute Man Who Killed Home Intruder Who Turned Out to Be SWAT Member

Scott Shackford | 9.17.2014 11:05 AM

Policy

Trend Alert? Federal Judges Halt Texas and Louisiana Abortion Restrictions

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.2.2014 2:25 PM

Policy

Texas Hash Brownie Baker No Longer Faces a 10-Year Mandatory Minimum

Jacob Sullum | 8.26.2014 6:42 PM

Police Abuse

Cops Pull Mother with Four Children Over at Gun Point, Caught on Camera, No Apologies

Ed Krayewski | 8.25.2014 10:35 AM

Rick Perry

Indictment of Perry May Actually Increase His Stature

Scott Shackford | 8.18.2014 11:55 AM