In his new picture book, “ I’m So Happy You’re Here ,” librarian Mychal Threets lays out all the joys of the library for kids. Threets made a splash on TikTok making videos about his experiences as a ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glossy pamphlets ostensibly offering advice to transgender students have appeared in mailboxes across Texas, bearing the name of an organization that says it did not send them. Now a West Texas ...

In the early 1950s, the threat of nuclear war and Communism cast shadows over much of the western hemisphere. And for a brief time, they darkened the pastures and hills of Central Texas more than ...

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 ...

A Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to come from a transgender rights organization. Sarah Stogner, ...

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 ...

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 ...