Texas Standard: Well, Texas is a massive state with lots of high school mascots. Where do you even start with a question like this? For example, I went to Pace High School in the Rio Grande Valley, ...

Dolly Parton had millions of fans in Texas, but relatively few direct ties to the state. One of the strongest was with a man who’s been helping to define the sound of Texas music for more than a half ...

Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Texas Medical Board clarifies abortion exceptions For the first time since ...

In ecological terms, South Texas is known as brush country – it’s home to lots of thorny shrubs, trees and palms. Its humid climate makes it similar to parts of Northern Mexico, and it’s only in these ...

The current effort to carry out mass deportations in the U.S. has been seen as unprecedented by some. The call for immigration reform has persisted for decades and includes voices from both sides of ...

After the deadly 2021 winter storms and blackouts, Texas planned a massive expansion of high-voltage transmission lines to strengthen the grid, particularly in fast-growing West Texas. But now, ...

Baldemar Garza Huerta, better known as Freddy Fender, was born in 1937 in the small town of San Benito in the Rio Grande Valley. His family worked in cotton fields during his childhood. Fender made ...

Both Austin and Houston have hosted minor league hockey teams, but it’s been a while. The Austin Ice Bats last skated in 2008, while the Houston Aeros shut down in 2013. But hockey appears to be on ...

More than three years after a group of gamblers spent millions of dollars buying nearly every possible combination for a Texas lottery drawing, the fallout is moving into a new phase: criminal court.

A federal judge on Tuesday again struck down a Texas law aimed at restricting drag performances, after an appeals court set aside his earlier ruling and allowed the law to take effect. U.S. District ...

In Texas, 774 new state laws took effect last Friday. Under one of them, SB 1124, candidates for sheriff now need to have a peace officers license. Up until now, there was no law enforcement ...

When migrants who are deaf interact with immigration enforcement officials, they are supposed to have access to a sign language interpreter. But new reporting from Mother Jones has found that some of ...