Last week, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced that it had approved a record-setting amount of funding for parks across the state. In total, more than $21 million will be allocated to 50 ...

An official review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement begins in July. President Trump already has suggested the U.S. would be better off without it.

In December 2020, it was widely reported that Christopher Allen Whiteley was killed by a mountain lion in Hood County – a rural area southwest of Fort Worth. Whiteley was found dead in a wooded area ...

Enrollment in public virtual schools has exploded over the past decade, no doubt accelerated by the pandemic and families looking for alternatives to traditional classrooms. But this month, one of the ...

Catastrophic flooding hit the Texas Hill County on July 4 when Kerrville received 10 to 12 inches of rain in a matter of hours. The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes, according to state ...

Texas has spent decades as a wild west for industry, fighting for factories, warehouses, and corporate headquarters to come to the Lone Star State. Officials have long advertised the state’s laissez ...

It’s often difficult to evaluate a potential place to live based on the cost of rent alone. That’s because some landlords, including the largest owner and manager of apartments in the U.S., add a ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday handed the Trump administration a tool that could make it far more difficult for asylum seekers to enter the United States. By a 6 to 3 vote, the high court ruled that ...

This story originally aired on July 19, 2016. For decades, South Austin has been at the center of Austin’s weird – where hippies live, where clothing rules at public swimming hole Barton Springs are ...

Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Debating what Texas students should learn Texas education officials are ...

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 ...

The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a challenge over beach closures near SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site, ruling the plaintiffs lacked standing rather than deciding the broader constitutional issues at ...