Texas lawmakers passed a bill in 2025 that allowed families to use public taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s education at an accredited private school or pay for a variety of other ...

President Donald Trump criticized Texas for being anti-data centers, just days after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott paused industry-wide approvals until the companies provide the state with more ...

Tarrant County cities are focused on bringing new businesses to their booming areas even as available land becomes scarce. At a recent economic development forum, officials with Arlington, Mansfield, ...

In 1918, a group of Texas Rangers were sent to West Texas to investigate a raid that happened near Porvenir, a small village in Presidio County. They narrowed their suspects down to a group of 15 ...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has already invested plenty in Texas through his companies like SpaceX and Tesla. Recently, he announced that the state will host his biggest project yet — ...

There are some phrases in the game show world that carry more weight than others: “Is that your final answer?” “Would you like to buy a vowel?” “Deal or no deal?“ But three words stand above them all: ...

The Texas Standard is excited to start sharing the Beachchombing Report from Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The ...

For the next few weeks, a tallgrass prairie outside Goliad will host a dance party: That is, a male Attwater’s prairie chicken, one of the rarest birds in Texas, dancing to attract a mate. In addition ...

Jacob’s Well is an earthly wonder so stunning that it looks almost otherworldly: Crystal-clear water with bright green algae in what appears to be a bottomless hole in the limestone. “When it’s clear ...

Aida Barrera was never trained as a teacher and didn’t know anything about television. But in 1962, she got a job in TV that started her on a path that would lead her to becoming a pioneer in the ...

Deep into the night, heat from the 100 degree day radiates off the sidewalk outside of Elysium, Austin’s oldest goth bar. It’ll celebrate 25 years this year. By 10 p.m. on the Sunday I went, dancers ...

Cristina Balli is moving. She’s gently packing the altar she had in her office. Balli is the outgoing president of a nonprofit called Texas Folklife. Her altar is more chic-modern than traditional.