• The All-or-Nothing ‘Turning Texas Blue’ Narrative Needs to Be Retired
   
• Texas Prison System Sheds Men, Swallows Even More Women

• Texas Ranks First in Violating Water Pollution Rules
   
• ‘Get High With Ricki Lake!’: New Film on Medical Marijuana Leaves Out Texas Families

The Lede
Cody Wilson, Austin's Edgelord Prince

• Our latest profile focuses on Cody Wilson, the Austin-based libertarian “crypto-anarchist” who gained international notoriety for designing a plastic, 3D-printed gun, indiscernible to metal detectors and uncontrollable by law.
   
• Writer Michael Agresta follows Wilson’s ascent from lonely University of Texas law school student to the toast of Austin’s libertarian scene to international conspiracy-theory celebrity.

• ‘BANG’ Offers a Dark Look at the Human Cost of Mexico’s Drug War
   
• ‘TransMilitary’ Is the LGBT Advocacy Film Middle America Needs to See

• Drag Queens and Churchgoers Find Common Ground in ‘The Gospel of Eureka’

From the archives
Signs of God

• How a mayor’s campaign to keep a Jesus sign brought discord to a God-fearing East Texas town.
   
• From the 2016 story: "Rogers says the town’s faith community seemed splintered when he arrived; a First Baptist Church billboard stood near his cafe, the Will Rogers Coffee Company, and he envisioned replacing it with one sponsored by multiple churches, bearing a message that would speak to all of the town’s Christians. He took up a collection, enlisted a high school shop class to do the sawing and painting, and in 2011 planted the 18-foot-long sign in the grass along Highway 80. On kingly purple, gold letters spell out “Jesus Welcomes You To Hawkins.” Not “Welcome to Hawkins” or “Hawkins ♥ Jesus.” But Jesus welcomes you. To Hawkins. Because, apparently, he’s been waiting here all this time."

What’s Happening at the Observer

• Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 edition of the Observer's MOLLY Prize dinner. The MOLLY Prize is an annual national journalism award presented by the Texas Democracy Foundation and the Texas Observer in memory of Molly Ivins, columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist. This year's event will include a keynote from Joan Walsh, of CNN and The Nation. We'd love to see you there.

• The Observer will have a booth at this year's San Antonio Book Festival. The event is April 7, and features a ton of great stuff. More details here: http://www.saplf.org/festival/
   
• Thanks very much to all 175 of you who helped us raise nearly $8,000 as part of the Observer's 2018 Amplify Austin campaign. As you know, we can't do our work without your support. We're grateful for it.