TEXAS MONTHLY

Dallas’s Jasmine Crockett and Austin’s Greg Casar talked to Texas Monthly about fighting for progressive policies in a GOP-controlled chamber.

Texas Monthly is eager to announce the permanent additions of two familiar faces to the editorial staff.

After a leopard escape, the suspicious death of a vulture, and the theft of two monkeys, the culprit (or culprits) is still at large.

You’ve had all month to read the latest issue of Texas Monthly. Take this monthly quiz and we’ll tell you how you stack up at the end. And if you got this

Texas Monthly editor Daniel Vaughn dives into barbecue’s role in the state for the magazine’s 50th anniversary issue.

The new chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee discusses China, the border, a divided caucus, and more.

Texas Country Reporter visits the owners of C Rojo’s Taqueria, in Tyler, which combines Mexican and Chamorro flavors to create tropical tacos.

February 2023 marks fifty years of chronicling life in the Lone Star State.

Hall of Fame bull rider Myrtis Dightman is the subject of an upcoming documentary and a Hollywood biopic—but if you ask him, he’s “just a cowboy.”

When it comes to denim these days, Levi’s and Wrangler are both ubiquitous, whether you’re shopping at a Western wear retailer or Walmart.

The Spurs electrified a once sleepy city, paved the way for the Mavs’ and Rockets’ success, and won a few games along the way.

From a Filipino pop-up to an Indo-Mex establishment, diverse restaurants across the state are creating delectable fusion tacos.

San Antonio’s 83-year-old Flaco Jiménez—son, grandson, and brother of celebrated accordionists—has won six Grammys.

A lot’s changed, but Texas-size ranches are still hitting the market (and selling) for oversized bucks.

Some tasty lab-grown barbecue and a Dallas Cowboys postseason appearance may be in Texas’s distant future.

With cancellations and delays galore, Southwest, the airline that used to get everything right, has experienced a host of recent issues. What happened?

Actors Jonathan Majors and Tommy Lee Jones don’t just have the home state of Texas in common.

When I started writing for Texas Monthly in 1973, I didn’t expect it to last very long. But it’s still here, five decades later.

The skylines of Texas’s biggest cities have seen rapid growth in the past half century. Why has San Antonio fallen behind?

High-end Texas bootmaker Henry Camargo believes his profession is dying. Is he the last of the great bootmakers?

Not long ago, brisket was regarded by many barbecue aficionados as inferior to shoulder clod. Then Texas pitmasters started heating things up.

Host Bob Phillips reflects on how 50-year-old ‘Texas Country Reporter’ became a state institution.

Dallas company Texas Instruments is to thank for your dishwasher working properly—and all of your other microchip needs.

The origins of the unhealthiest (but most delicious) competition in all the land: the food of the State Fair of Texas.

The Texas Rangers have evolved from a frontier organization to one famed for expert interrogators. But some cases have tarnished that reputation.

More than 600 episodes after Willie Nelson performed on the Austin City Limits pilot, the show is now a national institution—but not too national.

The state’s climatologist says Texans need to be ready for more triple-digit days and humidity.

Editor-in-chief Dan Goodgame shares his thoughts as Texas Monthly looks back on 50 years.

From George Jones to Attica Locke, these Texans have made lasting cultural impacts on the state.

On the occasion of Texas Monthly’s fiftieth anniversary, we look back on the magazine’s origins and on how, against all odds, it became an actual thing.

Senfronia Thompson and Tom Craddick are two of the longest-serving Texas legislators—and two of the most collegial . . . usually.

How Fort Worth’s Kimbell building changed the state’s art world—and architectural ambitions—forever.

Federal inspectors cited a sawmill run by members of the insular Church of Wells with multiple safety violations.

From emotion-filled portraits to sweeping landscapes, this year’s top shots required out-of-the-box concepts and a little quick thinking.

Heather Schaefer saw a desperate Facebook plea. Six months later, she had two new members of her extended family—and one less kidney.

In marking the Rangers’ bicentennial, we should engage with critiques of the organization’s history and have more open, honest discussions.

Reader letters published in our January 2023 issue.

We review dozens of restaurants all around Texas each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new and how we liked it.

Houstonians Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi have created a COVID vaccine that’s saving millions of lives in developing nations.

Kerrville County’s John Michon gives “hogwash” a new meaning with his Boar Brand line of body products.

Texas’s elite police force has long played the hero in film and television, although the reality is far more complex.

We review dozens of restaurants all around Texas each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new and how we liked it.

Originally from Haiti, Paola Mathè has expanded her Fanm Djanm line to include bucket hats, headbands, and caftans.

Meet the editors and writers behind our award-winning food coverage.

Reader letters published in our November 2022 issue.

We review dozens of restaurants all around Texas each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new and how we liked it.

Just in time for the holidays, Texas Monthly debuts its first-ever collection of recipes.

In his new memoir, the Instagram star recounts his childhood in Austin and how he found his way in the fashion world.

In a Texas Monthly interview, Secretary of State John Scott urges “stop the steal” activists to accept the 2020 election results.

You’ve had all month to read the latest issue of Texas Monthly. Take this monthly quiz and we’ll tell you how you stack up at the end. And if you got this

“He understood Texas and Texas politics better than anyone ever has,” former Texas Monthly editor Bill Broyles said. “There won’t be anyone like him again because he was so even-handed and fair-thinking.”

Texas Monthly released their annual top 50 ranking of Texas BBQ joints, and a Houston establishment is near the very top of the list.

Their vacation does not affect the lack of quorum that the House has in Austin that prevents the chamber from passing an elections bill. But it is at odds with Democrats’ insistence that they would use their time away to advocate for federal voting rights legislation in the nation’s capital.

Texas is home to top-tier barbecue.

In light of a chaotic year, Texas grocery giant H-E-B is being recognized for its adaptability and emergency preparedness in response to the coronavirus pandemic. H-E-B has been named “Grocer of the Year” by Grocery Dive, an industry publication, KPRC 2′s sister-station KSAT reports. As the pandemic continues and the number of cases across Texas increases, H-E-B continues towards keeping its shelves well-stocked for shoppers. The publication also recognized the Texas-based grocer’s early emergency preparedness beginning in January before the coronavirus became a major issue in the U.S. Click here for the full report from Grocery Dive.

Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas TribuneWill Texas Latinos eventually turn the state from Republican red to Democratic blue? Their research, commissioned and funded by the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, sought to better understand Latino voters and nonvoters in Texas. Latino voters in Texas have been characterized as a “sleeping giant” that’ll wake up one day and show up at the polls. What are some of the things that Texas Latino voters said they care about? They're seen as one-dimensional voters with one entrance — immigration — and that's the only time Latino voters get engaged.

If you’ve ever visited Buc-ee’s website, you may have been disappointed to discover an online marketplace for its products doesn’t exist. “As a Texan, it would be my dream to help Buc-ee’s sell their delicious snacks online,” Plano entrepreneur Chris Koerner said. “But the Buc-ee’s founders will not answer my emails, so I took matters into my own hands.”This week Koerner launched TexasSnax.com, an online third-party reseller of Buc-ee’s products. Though Pirate Joe’s shut down in 2017, after a lawsuit from Trader Joe’s, Koerner believes explicitly stating that he’s a reseller, unaffiliated with Buc-ee’s, protects him, Texas Monthly reports. “Selling a new product is protected under first-sale doctrine, but if you imitate them, you can get in trouble,” Koerner told Texas Monthly.

Crossing the state border, travelers are welcomed to Texas by a giant road sign that says “Drive Friendly -The Texas Way,” but how did this come to be? Officially, Texas' nickname is the Lone Star State although it has reputation for its friendliness. According to a study on Texas stereotypes by a real estate company Movoto, native Texans are the most genuine, friendly people one will ever meet. The study goes on to state the kind gestures of residents of the Lone Star State. The ranking curated by Big 7, an international travel blog, went on to state “Texas' enthusiastic locals and greetings of ‘Howdy!’ everywhere you go have surely helped it secure its place among the friendliest states in America.