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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Texas House of Representatives has passed Senate Bill 1816 that allows imported mini vehicles that are at least 25 years old to be driven on Texas roads. Texas joins 28 other states in legalizing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last month, immigration attorneys at a Central Texas nonprofit got a phone call that stood out to them, even amid a nationwide immigration crackdown. A 19-year-old woman who’d been living in Austin ...