Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: texasobserver.org/issues/july-…

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Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication

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