The best Texas newsletters

An independent local news outlet covering Huntsville, Texas and Walker County, with reporting on local elections, community history and wildlife, and book reviews. Readers get original local coverage, including candidate Q&As and features on local figures.

Weekly analysis of the Texas electric grid, ERCOT, utility policy and the clean energy transition, with interviews, opinion essays and curated reading picks. Readers get legislative context, regulatory detail and lessons that apply beyond Texas.

Deceleration is an online environmental justice journal covering fossil fuel expansion, immigration enforcement, water and power in Texas and beyond. Recent issues report on LNG export expansions on the Gulf Coast, a podcast on ICE and local policing, and data centers undermining climate plans in El Paso and New Mexico.

Personal essays on San Antonio and Texas life, covering urban affordability, design, native plants, and local civic issues like homelessness policy. Readers get a reflective, locally grounded perspective with some interviews and research references.

Black Texas News publishes data-driven investigations and geospatial reporting on Black communities and businesses across Texas, including federal contracting analysis of Texas Black-owned firms and Census-based population shifts. Readers get original numbers-led reporting on Texas economics and demographics, alongside event coverage from Texas business organisations.

A travel newsletter encouraging slow, immersive exploration over tourism, with first-person features on Texas destinations such as Matagorda Bay Nature Park and Palo Duro Canyon. Readers get history, practical notes on places and rentals, and a traveller's perspective on what to see.

James Lex, a product director, writes personal and design-focused newsletter issues: critiques of design choices like Fox's Super Bowl score bug and a website hero section redesign, plus lighter lists about life in Texas. The writing combines short design teardowns with casual personal observations.

Lone Star Sports Journal covers Texas sports teams with match and game reports, including San Antonio FC in the USL Championship and University of Texas football. Readers get recaps of results, coach quotes and playoff-race context drawn from the games.

A Texas-focused lifestyle magazine that publishes features on beauty, skin health, and local business such as the growing barbering profession. Articles mix practical skincare explanation with community and career storytelling.

A newsletter from McKinney Camera, a camera shop in McKinney, Texas, featuring local staff and community profiles, film photo projects, and artisan spotlights. Readers get updates on in-store events, local makers and businesses, and promotions tied to the shop.

ExpertTexan is a website-linked newsletter covering Texas lifestyle, food, travel and business, with practical guides such as co-working spaces in Waco, a San Antonio coffee shop review, and reporting on Texas cottage food law changes. Readers get local recommendations and a news-style look at Texas business rules.