Brian is founding member of The Barbed Wire team. A longtime Texas journalist, he has written for the Austin American-Statesman, the Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas Monthly, and more. He was also a writer and producer at Rooster Teeth.
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If you’re going to the State Fair of Texas next week, you’ll have to keep your assault rifles at home. Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to stop a gun ban from taking effect when the fair opens next week,
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Should we be able to pack pistols at the State Fair of Texas? A judge heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against the City of Dallas, which banned firearms at the event. Paxton has sued the city and the beloved State Fair of
Culture
Texas is wonderful, but it’s also home to some of the most disgusting creatures on God’s green earth. For every beautiful vista, every awesome live band, every plate of barbecue or Tex-Mex, there’s a creepy-crawly critter lurking in the shadows waiting to ruin your day.
Crime & Justice
Famed author John Grisham and a bipartisan group of 86 lawmakers think Texas is about to make a big mistake: executing an innocent man. The man in question is Robert Roberson, 57, who has been on death row for allegedly shaking to death his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, for
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A massive pipeline explosion in the Houston area was still burning Tuesday morning. Nearly 1,000 homes were evacuated early Monday in Deer Park after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve connected to the natural gas pipeline, the Associated Press reported. Witnesses said it
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We told you: Texas football is back. After a great start, the Longhorns are now ranked number one in the country, according to a new poll. For the first time in 16 years, the University of Texas won the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press top 25 college football
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You can’t win ‘em all. The GOP’s latest target in its never-ending quest to make it harder for (certain) people to vote — polling sites at the University of Texas at Arlington and other campuses — slipped through its grasp this week. Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare, a
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We love our meats in Texas and, by golly, we’re not gonna let another state top us when it comes to piling protein, toasted carbs, and tiny little treats onto a big-ass tray. Axios Austin reports that the Central Market grocery store in Austin has set a world
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One lucky Texan is worth a lot of money. The Mega Millions lottery announced today that a winning ticket worth $800 million was sold at a gas station in Sugar Land. It’s the seventh highest jackpot in the game’s history; the player can take either a lump cash
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is still thinking about those pesky protesters, and he wants their masks off. The Baltimore native has asked the state senate for a number of right-wing goodies in his list of priorities for the upcoming state legislative session, including laws aimed at stopping protesters
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Apparently ignoring climate change has consequences because even Texas state officials now admit that we’re running out of water. In a true Leopards Ate My Face moment, Agriculture Commissioner (and sentient cowboy hat) Sid Miller rang a warning bell this weekend, telling WFAA: “The limiting factor is water. We’
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Tony the tiger has been caught. KRGV reports the Bengal tiger that spent nearly a week on the loose and almost made it to Texas was captured at midnight on Tuesday in the rural community of Los Longoria, according to the Reynosa Emergency Management and Fire department. It was caught,