Flamingo fans fight to unseat the mockingbird as Florida’s state bird

But the gangly pink bird must unseat the mockingbird, which has been Florida’s official bird for 99 years, to gain the ...

The most iconic book set in every state

In fact, it’s a staple of middle and high school reading lists across the country. The town of Maycomb is fictional, but it was based on the real-life location of Monroeville, Alabama, where Lee was ...
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Fla.'s state bird may be booted from its nest after 99 years

Florida lawmakers are mulling a question for the birds this session: Should the mockingbird give way to the flamingo as the ...
The Texas Observer

‘Black Bird Redemption Song’: A Fort Worth Artist’s Work on Confinement, Freedom, and Fred Rouse

Huckaby, a Fort Worth native and longtime professor at UT-Arlington, made his name creating massive, mural-sized paintings ...
Texas Public Radio

Bluebonnets on the River Walk? Beloved state flower will soon adorn downtown San Antonio

“It is not necessarily common to find bluebonnets in the urban core or in downtown San Antonio," said Centro San Antonio's ...