In the mini-series Lonesome Dove, Charles Goodnight was immortalized loosely as Captain Woodrow F. Call, played by Tommy Lee Jones. In truth, Charles Goodnight in real life was even more fascinating ...

One of this year’s most anticipated books comes from a name better known for film. Jane Schoenbrun is the filmmaker behind critically acclaimed, genre-bending movies like “I Saw the TV Glow” and ...

Where has Harris County’s Tax Assessor-Collector been? A recent Houston Chronicle investigation found that the top tax official in Texas’ most populous county has not shown up to her office in four ...

Whether TikTok is a harmless time waster or a sneaky surveillance mechanism depends on who you ask – and it’s a question that members of Congress are currently wrestling over. Last week, TikTok CEO ...

Applications are now open for Texas’ new private school voucher program, launching a process that will determine which families receive state-funded education savings accounts. The Houston Chronicle ...

There’s been a lot of talk about the potential for a historic win for Democrats this midterm season in Texas, given that no Democrat has held statewide office in the Lone Star State in over 30 years.

Dave Philipps new book teaches about Texas regions known as wild horse desert that used to house massive herds of wild horses. If you look at some old maps of Texas, whole swaths of the state are ...

This story comes from the Next Gen Journalism project: Debra Grant hoped her house had survived the wildfire that devastated her community of Bastrop in 2011. But as she reached her cul-de-sac, all ...

The Republican and Democrat running for Texas agriculture commissioner both question whether the other is eligible to run for the office. Neither Republican Nate Sheets nor Democrat Clayton Tucker ...

Paulino Serda was a small ranch owner near Edinburg, Texas, in 1915 when a group of Mexican bandits came through town. They demanded he open the gates that connected the ranches so the group could ...

The Texas Standard and public radio stations across the state have been working together to help you make sense of the midterms through our Texas Decides project, inviting listeners to send in their ...

Since the start of the U.S. military action in Iran, average prices for a gallon of gas have risen from roughly $2.70 to over $3.50 a gallon in parts of Texas in just over a month. Out in El Paso, ...