Matthew McConaughey is a tried-and-true Texan, an Oscar-winning actor, the University of Texas at Austin’s minister of culture, a guy who somehow makes most commercials far less annoying, a dad, a ...

The U.S. Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton is attracting big-dollar donors in Texas and beyond. Talarico is outraising Paxton, and the pro-Talarico super PAC has ...

Weather forecasters are warning that Tropical Storm Edouard could reach hurricane strength as it heads toward the Gulf Coast. Landfall is likely to bring heavy rains, high winds and flooding to parts ...

At an event for a congressional candidate last October, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called Rick Perry “one of my best friends in life” and said the two “talk all the time about politics.” The former governor ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire took office in 2024 with big claims about improving public safety and infrastructure. He came to the job with years of experience in the Texas Legislature. And even though ...

Changes to the state standardized tests known as STAAR have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, at a time when concern about the impact of the pandemic ...

Yesterday, Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle claims with nearly every state in the country. Texas struck its own deal worth more than $1 ...

Electric power lines bigger than any now standing in Texas are one step closer to being built, after the Public Utility Commission of Texas unanimously approved a key permit for one such project on ...

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 ...

The Texas Standard is excited to share the Beachchombing Report from Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The series ...

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 ...

From the American Homefront Project: It’s been more than ten months since Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to clean up the places where most younger troops live. In an October 2025 ...