Upon signing school vouchers into law last May, Governor Greg Abbott pronounced that he had delivered “education freedom to every Texas family.” But the billion-dollar program, which opens to parents ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. Something moved John Byrum. He believed he could succeed where others had not. The ...

The most conservative Republicans continue to win in Texas; from U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton, to nominee for Railroad Commissioner Bo French, and Attorney General nominee “MAGA” Mayes Middleton, as ...

On lists of the most stunning places in Texas, Big Bend National Park is frequently at the top. Yet, once a remote vista lucky to draw 300,000 visitors in a year, the park has seen a more than 40% ...

Joey Santore came across the idea for his book “Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance” when he noticed plants growing out of sidewalk cracks in big cities. “They ...

As bitcoin mining operations have sprawled across rural Texas and other remote parts of the country, questions have arisen about their impact on the power grid. But a new concern is on the horizon as ...

If you’ve ever gone to a high school football game, a mega sports arena, or a movie theater, you’ve probably had some of those those salty, crispy, cheesy, spicy little paper dishes of nachos. The ...

Researchers exploring Phantom Springs Cave near Balmorhea have documented new species in one of North America’s deepest underwater cave systems. The fragile ecosystem, accessible only to specialized ...

Driving in Texas, you likely have had the experience of motoring onto a highway. These massive crossroad interchanges take a driver high above the ground—so high it can be unnerving. We’ve even heard ...

Texas barbecue, like Texas itself, has many origins. There’s the Mexican influence, which you can taste when you bite into a juicy barbacoa taco, and then there’s the influence of Germans and Czechs ...

In the 1970s, Watergate, Vietnam, stagflation and secret FBI memos were among the news events that led many Americans to distrust the institutions that had formed the backbone of society. And one of ...

The saga of Lubbock’s Reagor-Dykes Auto Group is a long one, filled with murky details and convoluted legal wrangling. Three years after the West Texas company went bankrupt, more than 15 people have ...