The oldest woman in Texas, Elizabeth Francis, died at age 115 in Houston on October 24. She was one of the final people in the state who was alive the last time Webb County, home to Laredo, voted for ...

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Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...