After more than four decades as one of the state’s top political reporters, Ratcliffe has decided to retire from Texas Monthly.

Reporter speaks with a Texas congressman on the appropriations committee ahead of Friday’s possible shutdown of some parts of the federal government.

In the second and final installment of this podcast, Max Marshall flies to Los Angeles to meet Dallas's stars. Hear interviews with a righteous Linda Gray, a forthright Charlene Tilton, a tearful Patrick Duffy, and others.

In the first of two podcast episodes, Max Marshall talks about binge-watching 200 hours of 'Dallas' to figure it out.

In a Texas Monthly Reporter podcast, we talk with Houston Associated Press journalist Michael Graczyk, who retired this week after a 45-year-long career in which he witnessed more executions than perhaps anyone in the modern era of capital punishment.

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is under indictment on securities fraud charges stemming from his private law practice from before he won the 2014 election. Paxton claims the indictment is politically motivated. But the case keeps pending. Democratic lawyer Justin Nelson is telling voters to rid themselves of the shame of having the state’s chief law enforcement officer under indictment.

The Texas Democratic convention in Fort Worth was filled with disdain for the president and love for U.S. Senate nominee Beto O'Rourke. Whether the party that hasn't won a statewide race in almost a quarter century can ride this wave of anger all the way to victory in the fall remains uncertain.

U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz may have been featured speakers at the Republican Party of Texas convention in San Antonio, but the absent star for the Republicans was President Donald Trump.

In this first episode of Reporter, senior editor Carlos Sanchez explores the implications of blocking immigrants from seeking asylum.