Starlink, the satellite-based internet service offered by SpaceX, will provide broadband to 64,000 Texas locations, covered by the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, also known as BEAD.

When the Guadalupe River overtopped its banks last July 4, Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley found himself a part of the biggest breaking news story in the state. His harrowing and deeply ...

Medicaid in Texas covers close to 6 million people, everyone from cancer patients to pregnant people to kids across the state. That coverage means people have access to doctor’s appointments, hospital ...

This Labor Day holiday marks 15 years since the most destructive wildfire in recorded Texas history — measured not by acres burned, but by homes lost. The Bastrop County Complex Fire was just one of ...

For the first time, scientists believe they may have detected a dark matter particle. Researchers have studied dark matter for most of the last century, but a recent breakthrough provides the ...

This Friday marks the 25 th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which cost nearly 3,000 lives. The victims included several individuals with ties to the Houston area — among them, ...

Sen. Ted Cruz is not up for reelection until 2030. But Texas’ junior senator nonetheless appears to be hitting the campaign trail, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Cruz recently ...

In a Republican primary upset, Bo French, a former chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, defeated incumbent Jim Wright for a seat on the Railroad Commission. This despite Wright’s backing from ...

Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Deaths at El Paso detention center raise alarms one year into Trump’s ...

Most of us have an idea what an aquarium is, but in Corpus Christi, the Texas State Aquarium is something else altogether. It’s more than just putting marine life on display. It’s running one of the ...

There’s no place like Texas. And if you’re holding a bunch of patents, there’s no place like the Eastern District of Texas. U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap hears more patent cases than any other ...

Stargate data center, a massive 4 million square foot complex being built in Abilene, is set to be completed by the end of the year. This is a hub of sorts for a huge AI project that the president and ...