• Three Things the Judge Says He’ll Consider in Ruling on Texas Fetal Burial Law
   
• How Pete Sessions Lives the High Life on Corporate Donors’ Dime

• Report: Oil and Gas Production Is Making People Sick in Rural Texas
   
• Who Gets Mercy on Death Row? Chris Young’s Execution Raises Questions of Racial Bias

The Lede
Homeward Bound

• The first-of-its-kind Museum of Street Culture challenges art-world norms by employing homeless docents and displaying art on the street.
   
• The museum will trace a history starting in the 15th century, with scenes of peasant life; continuing to the tramp and hobo culture of the early 20th century, when the itinerant lifestyle was romanticized; and finally arriving at contemporary street life.
   
• Founding director Alan Govenar imagines a museum that isn’t just about homelessness. He describes it as a place where people from all walks of life will come together.

• Deal Finalized to Revive Notorious 1,000-Bed South Texas Immigrant Detention Facility
   
• Zero-Tolerance Policies Meant to Protect Against School Threats May Lead to Misguided Arrests
   
• Tom Steyer’s Impeachment Show Comes to Texas
   
• ‘Shamed and Stigmatized’: Austin Woman Forced by Hospital to Bury Fetal Remains Testifies Against State Law

• Texas Farmers are Fed Up With Trump’s Trade War, but Most Stop Short of Blaming Him
   
• Is the Realm of Possibility Expanding for Texas Democrats Running for Congress?
   
• As Development Transforms the Hill Country, a Sand Mining Operation Worries Residents

From the archives
Seeking Asylum in Karnes City

• An up-close-and-personal view of family detention in a for-profit lock-up in South Texas.
   
• From the 2015 story: “Most of the women at Karnes are asylum seekers from Central America. That means they fled their homes because of something horrible that happened to them or their children. They’ve been raped, beaten, harassed, or had their lives threatened by husbands or boyfriends or gang members, and they are asking the U.S. government for help.”

What’s Happening at the Observer

• Submissions are now open for the eighth annual Texas Observer Short Story Contest. Enter by August 6 for the chance to win $1,000 and publication in our October issue. This year's guest judge is Natalia Sylvester.
   
• The Texas Observer has a brand-new merch store! Here you can find all kinds of new ways to show your support for the work we do. Show the world your love for independent investigative journalism, and help pay for it all at the same time!
   
• The "State of Drought" events are over — but the conversation doesn't have to end. We launched a Facebook group dedicated to a deep dive discussion of Texas' convoluted and outdated water policy. To join, follow this link and answer a simple screening question. The final water discussion takes place in Brownsville tomorrow.