Texas Standard

Are you a Texas voter in 'suspense'? Don’t freak out. You can still vote in November

Data centers are driving some conservative Texas voters away from the GOP

Meta AI’s intrusive questions land Instagram's parent company in hot water — again

Construction begins on Big Bend area border wall

Data centers use lots of water and power, but Texas officials don't know exactly how much

Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas water agency to penalize data centers that don’t report their water usage

Texas landowners sue federal government over border wall plans

Coral reefs face bleaching threats as Texas Gulf trends warmer

How livestock smuggling could help spread New World screwworms

Businesses in the Big Bend region team up to push back against border wall

A sea urchin goes on an adventure miles from home

Rural Americans feel the sting of sweeping federal food aid restrictions

Texas Standard for Sept. 18, 2026: Livestock smuggling complicates the fight against New World screwworm

As Texas expands public pre-K, longtime childcare providers struggle to keep their place

Is possessing smokable hemp flower and concentrate legal in Texas? No one knows

Texas Standard for Sept. 14, 2026: Texas Longhorns take No. 1 ranking after dramatic Ohio State comeback

A few key takeaways from the G20 energy summit in Houston

$12 billion in Medicaid funds restored to Texas hospitals, ending impasse with the feds

What one barbecue expert did after he was served spoiled meat

Texas Standard for Sept. 17, 2026: Houston G20 energy summit confronts high oil and gasoline prices

This book about Fort Worth social elites has been buried since the 1940s. Now you can read it

UT students attacked by Bo French call his comments 'disgusting' and too familiar

Texas Standard for Sept. 16, 2026: UT students respond after Bo French targets them online

How Leonel Manzano went from breaking records at UT to a silver medal at the London Olympics

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans

In 'Taipei Story,' Dallas-raised RF Kuang wants us to take risks in language and life

Texas Standard for Sept. 15, 2026: RF Kuang’s ‘Taipei Story’ explores language, family and loss

How the Longhorns pulled off their 'miracle win' over Ohio State

'The Excel of the 21st century': Why Tarrant County universities are turning to AI degrees

Several Texas Republicans condemn Bo French’s racist posts calling Asian students at UT a 'problem'

Trump's convention comments about Paxton a mixed bag of support and criticism. Did it help?

Researchers say they may have detected a dark matter particle for the first time

25 years later, a Houston firefighter remembers the brother he lost on 9/11

The Army is training medics to treat a different kind of patient: Wounded dogs on the battlefield

Texas Standard for Sept. 11, 2026: Remembering a Houston family’s loss 25 years after 9/11

From the first folding iPhone to a super-cheap flip, fall brings new ways to call or text

Key takeaways from day one of the Republican midterm convention

Ken Paxton put out an AI-generated attack ad. He's not the only one

Nepalis in Texas come together to grieve, heal after deadly floods

A 'Trumpapalooza' in 2026. Reagan in 1984. Two GOP conventions in Dallas, but times have changed

‘The Beauty of the Days Gone By’ paints an unflinching picture of frontier Texas

Texas Standard for Sept. 10, 2026: New novel 'The Beauty of Days Gone By' tackles the Texas frontier

Sound over surgery: UT Southwestern doctors take new approach to beating Parkinson's tremors

As young people drink less, bars add more nonalcoholic options to menus

Senior citizens in the Rio Grande Valley are paying the price for oppressive heat

Why Texas Republican donors give — and why the state matters to GOP fundraising

Texas cities say Abbott’s proposal to disband their electric companies won’t lower costs

A 'Monarch Highway' in the central US stalled. But states are still planting butterfly rest stops

GOP's first midterm convention kicks off Wednesday, putting Dallas at center of national politics

Texas Standard for Sept. 9, 2026: Dallas GOP convention highlights Texas’ fundraising power