The name for one of Texas’ popular amusement parks, Six Flags Over Texas, comes from history. The slogan is used to describe the six different countries that, at one time or another, had sovereignty ...

When Bernard Snyder and his brother were overseas, serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II, they made a promise to each other for when they returned home to Austin. “There was a lot of ...

More than 3,500 people have been prosecuted for misdemeanor marijuana possession in Harris County over the past three years. Houston voters will soon decide whether to direct police to deprioritize ...

In 1909, in the little town of Shiner, Texas, a group of German and Czech farmers decided they missed the beer of the old country. They pooled their money, built a ramshackle brewery, and called it ...

Affordability has dominated the U.S. Senate race in Texas, with both candidates promising to help voters’ pocketbooks. But there are limits on how much they actually can do to combat rising costs if ...

Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. What’s behind ICE detention deaths in Texas? In the span of just six weeks between December and January, six people died while ...

Louise Harrison, George Harrison’s older sister, was living in the United States when the Beatles debuted on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in February, 1964. She had been lobbying radio stations for months ...

Texas has two main programs serving pregnant people without insurance: pregnancy Medicaid and CHIP Perinatal. Both programs have income requirements based on federal guidelines and limited coverage ...

Texas has been majority white since at least the mid 1800s, but Hispanics have been expected to overtake the majority for some time. Now, new data shows that happened at some time in 2022. The U.S.

Some bills passed by the state Legislature are more consequential than others. Some become law and then go more or less unnoticed. Others, like Senate Bill 2038, make a deep impact immediately. SB ...

In the summer of 2025, the filmmakers of “Hope for the Guadalupe” went to Hill Country to make a documentary about Texas rivers. Then they found themselves in the middle of a historic disaster. Ben ...