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Coverage of politics, lifestyle, environment, technology, innovation and money matters from a uniquely Texas perspective.

Episode Date
New institute aims to immortalize the sounds of Texas music
May 27, 2025
After outages last year, CenterPoint promises a better tracker
May 26, 2025
Fort Worth considers shuttering 14 schools to cut costs
May 23, 2025
As the clock winds down, Texas lawmakers scramble to pass key bills
May 22, 2025
How one West Texas town built its own broadband lifeline
May 21, 2025
A special broadcast from El Paso
May 20, 2025
10 years later, still no convictions in Twin Peaks biker shootout
May 19, 2025
State parks are expanding efforts to improve accessibility
May 16, 2025
Central Texas art studio centers artists with disabilities
May 15, 2025
An Austin book club has been reading the same novel for more than a decade
May 14, 2025
Potentially historic heatwave settling in over much of Texas
May 13, 2025
Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the US, study finds
May 12, 2025
Texas Renaissance Festival ordered to sell land, assets following lengthy legal battle
May 09, 2025
Ranchers plead for help to fight a devastating pest on its way back to Texas
May 08, 2025
How shrimp fraud is affecting coastal fishers
May 07, 2025
What’s next as Gregg Popovich steps away from the Spurs?
May 06, 2025
Documentary tells story of landmark Texas archaeological site
May 05, 2025
Texas Extra: Amy Lee Nelson on her new film, Texas music, and her dad
May 03, 2025
Judge rules Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act was unlawful
May 02, 2025
Farmers in Texas face mounting losses as lawmakers propose relief
May 01, 2025
UT System bans drag shows, but students push back
Apr 30, 2025
100 Days, Two Americas: A Texas Standard / California Newsroom Special
Apr 29, 2025
Questions remain after death of man in Dallas County jail
Apr 28, 2025
After yearslong fight, school voucher bill clears Legislature
Apr 25, 2025
How Texas schools fared in long-awaited TEA accountability grades
Apr 24, 2025
Houston ISD has half the nurses it did last year
Apr 23, 2025
Remembering the ‘People’s Pope’
Apr 22, 2025
Harris County deputy suicides raise questions about mental health support
Apr 21, 2025
Texas Extra: Our favorite Typewriter Rodeo poems
Apr 19, 2025
Bird flu is spreading across Texas wildlife
Apr 18, 2025
Texas House gives initial approval to school voucher bill
Apr 17, 2025
WNBA draft sends top pick Paige Bueckers to Texas
Apr 16, 2025
Plan to expand Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is in peril
Apr 15, 2025
Could SpaceX’s Starbase become an actual city?
Apr 14, 2025
Valley bakery raid sparks immigration debate in region swept by Trump
Apr 11, 2025
All eyes are on Texan Scottie Scheffler at the Masters
Apr 10, 2025
Living near oil and gas wells linked to childhood leukemia
Apr 09, 2025
A Texas company says it’s brought the dire wolf back from extinction
Apr 08, 2025
Baylor bets big on E-sports with first-ever program director and coach
Apr 07, 2025
Texas Extra: My KUTX
Apr 05, 2025
There’s no online registry for ranchers’ brands – but that could change
Apr 04, 2025
Trump’s new tariffs could hit Texas businesses hard
Apr 03, 2025
‘Mistaco’ teaches kids how tacos can make everything better
Apr 02, 2025
Deadly floods swamp South Texas, shatter records
Apr 01, 2025
30 years after her death, Selena’s legacy only grows in Corpus Christi
Mar 31, 2025
Remembering Carole Keeton Strayhorn, a trailblazing Texas leader
Mar 28, 2025
Long-awaited historical marker will recognize Sherman Riot of 1930
Mar 27, 2025
A forgotten history of DeWitt County comes back to life
Mar 26, 2025
New idea touts nuke power to clean dirty frack water
Mar 25, 2025
How a Houston man spent 18 years in jail without a trial
Mar 24, 2025
Rediscovering Texas farm worker history through photos
Mar 21, 2025
Navy destroyer headed to the southern border region
Mar 20, 2025
Lawmakers renew push for legalized sports gambling
Mar 19, 2025
West Odessa residents take water crisis into their own hands
Mar 19, 2025
West Texas hunter stumbles upon rare mammoth tusk fossil
Mar 17, 2025
Fans are overjoyed for Texas’ first women’s sports bar
Mar 14, 2025
What are current struggles signaling for Texas-based Tesla?
Mar 13, 2025
Galveston becomes a major hub for the luxury cruise industry
Mar 12, 2025
How border businesses are reacting to Trump tariffs
Mar 11, 2025
‘Uvalde Mom’ profiles woman behind viral act of bravery
Mar 10, 2025
Rap to the Ranch: The Ballad of Mason ‘Bric’ LaDue – A Texas Standard special
Mar 07, 2025
Remembering Sylvester Turner’s life and legacy in Houston
Mar 06, 2025
Fire danger and the weather ahead
Mar 05, 2025
Why Texas is so vulnerable to tariff impacts
Mar 04, 2025
Troops may return to Big Bend National Park
Mar 03, 2025
A year after the Smokehouse Creek Fire
Feb 28, 2025
What potential mass layoffs at the IRS could mean for your tax filing
Feb 27, 2025
What’s affecting El Paso’s air quality?
Feb 26, 2025
Controversies and resignations at the Texas Lottery Commission
Feb 25, 2025
Major airlines target rule setting standard for disability accommodations
Feb 24, 2025
What’s in the forecast for Texas’ real estate market?
Feb 21, 2025
Lawsuit challenges federal wildlife trapping in Texas
Feb 20, 2025
Behind Southwest Airlines’ big job cuts
Feb 19, 2025
Measles outbreak spreads in rural West Texas
Feb 18, 2025
Why Texas’ paid parental leave plan isn’t working
Feb 17, 2025
Texas Extra: Introducing Season 3 of The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout
Feb 16, 2025
What a stock exchange boom means for Dallas
Feb 14, 2025
Cracking the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
Feb 13, 2025
A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row
Feb 12, 2025
‘Petflation’ is real, and a Texas lawmaker wants to help
Feb 11, 2025
A year after the Smokehouse Creek Fire, recovery is still underway
Feb 10, 2025
ICYMI: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s 2025 State of the State Address
Feb 08, 2025
Former leader of USAID speaks out against agency cuts
Feb 07, 2025
Texas Senate passes bill creating school voucher-like program
Feb 06, 2025
What does the Farmer’s Almanac say about Texas’ winter?
Feb 05, 2025
Why does Keller ISD want to split in two?
Feb 04, 2025
Why did the Mavericks trade Luka Doncic?
Feb 03, 2025
Flu surge shuts down schools in North Texas
Jan 31, 2025
Texas secures land for a new state park
Jan 30, 2025
Texans weigh in on how to spend the state’s $24 billion surplus
Jan 29, 2025
Abbott wants feds to cover Texas’ border costs
Jan 28, 2025
Reflections from three Holocaust survivors in Texas
Jan 27, 2025
Will Corpus Christi’s water restrictions be enough to stem emergency?
Jan 24, 2025
US military sending troops to southern border
Jan 23, 2025
What Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency could mean for Texas
Jan 22, 2025
Trump’s first executive orders focus on immigration
Jan 21, 2025
Health and Human Services Commission employees accused in data breach
Jan 20, 2025
State targets Allstate data collection practices
Jan 17, 2025
What Texas can learn from wildfire history
Jan 16, 2025
Dustin Burrows wins race for Texas House speaker
Jan 15, 2025
UT Dallas student journalists fight for press freedom
Jan 14, 2025
What’s a wolf moon?
Jan 13, 2025
Could Houston send water to West Texas?
Jan 10, 2025
It’s cold outside, but politics are heating up in Austin
Jan 09, 2025
The polar vortex is complicating Northeast Texas farming
Jan 08, 2025
How one woman is helping revitalize Matagorda Bay
Jan 07, 2025
What to expect as polar vortex hits Texas
Jan 06, 2025
Ted Cruz to chair powerful Senate committee
Jan 03, 2025
What we know about Texas ties to deadly attack in New Orleans
Jan 02, 2025
A look ahead at the 89th legislative session
Jan 01, 2025
The W.F. Strong Power Hour
Dec 31, 2024
Our top music stories for the year
Dec 30, 2024
A year of travel across Texas
Dec 27, 2024
Diving into Texas history
Dec 26, 2024
Some of our favorite stories of the year
Dec 25, 2024
Tour the Texas Museum Map
Dec 24, 2024
The best of The Texas Newsroom
Dec 23, 2024
Texas Extra: Billy Bob Thornton and ‘Landman’
Dec 21, 2024
Inside the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Dec 20, 2024
Remembering Melinda Wickman Swearingen, ‘the Annie Leibovitz of outlaw country’
Dec 19, 2024
After its buyout, has Whataburger lost its spice?
Dec 18, 2024
A&M’s next giant leap is the Texas Space Institute
Dec 17, 2024
YouTube cleaning sensation AuriKatariina heads to Texas
Dec 16, 2024
A special broadcast from Abilene
Dec 13, 2024
Trade schools thrive as electric vehicle demand grows
Dec 12, 2024
Big Bend seeks artists to capture park’s rugged beauty
Dec 11, 2024
Cold snap grips West Texas and the borderlands
Dec 10, 2024
What exactly does the Texas House speaker do?
Dec 09, 2024
House Speaker Dade Phelan bows out of leadership reelection bid
Dec 06, 2024
Uranium mining poised for a comeback in South Texas
Dec 05, 2024
Texas’ ghost towns spotlight rural population shifts
Dec 04, 2024
Is new fertilizer behind Texas cattle deaths?
Dec 03, 2024
How might proposed tariffs on Mexico impact Texas?
Dec 02, 2024
Some of our favorite books of 2024
Nov 29, 2024
Stories we’re thankful for this year
Nov 28, 2024
Work up your Thanksgiving appetite with these Texas food tidbits
Nov 27, 2024
ArnieTex brings the flavors of South Texas to millions on YouTube
Nov 26, 2024
State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum
Nov 25, 2024
SpaceX backs out of Boca Chica Beach land swap
Nov 22, 2024
WNBA expansion sparks hopes for Austin franchise
Nov 21, 2024
How news organizations are partnering with public libraries 
Nov 20, 2024
After nearly 50 years, food critic Pat Sharpe asks for the check
Nov 19, 2024
Reflecting on the Aggie bonfire tragedy, 25 years later
Nov 18, 2024
Texas Extra: The science of motivating young people
Nov 16, 2024
A closer look at the country music Grammy nods
Nov 15, 2024
Could Texas get its own Appalachian-style trail?
Nov 14, 2024
Lawmakers start filing bills for 2025 legislative session
Nov 13, 2024
15 Texas restaurants have received a coveted Michelin star rating
Nov 12, 2024
Will Elon Musk have a role to play in the Trump administration?
Nov 11, 2024
Texas Democratic Party chair resigns after controversial comments
Nov 08, 2024
How Republicans broke a losing streak in South Texas
Nov 07, 2024
Unpacking the results of the 2024 election
Nov 06, 2024
What to watch on Election Day 2024
Nov 05, 2024
Why Texans can’t put abortion – or other citizen-led initiatives – on the ballot
Nov 04, 2024
Texas Extra: ‘There’s Always This Year’ goes beyond the bounds of basketball
Nov 02, 2024
San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures eyed for demolition
Nov 01, 2024
Talking with a real-life Texas Willy Wonka
Oct 31, 2024
Catholic leader dismisses Arlington nuns amid ongoing dispute with Fort Worth diocese
Oct 30, 2024
Brazos County voters to decide whether livestock should roam free or be fenced in
Oct 29, 2024
Texas Extra: A documentary on the Texas Farm Workers Union
Oct 29, 2024
Battleship Texas still in search of a new home after Galveston deal falls through
Oct 28, 2024
Presidential campaigns make high-profile stops in Texas
Oct 25, 2024
Marijuana is on the ballot in two more Texas cities
Oct 24, 2024
West Texas town dealing with insect invasion
Oct 23, 2024
Digging into the business of predicting elections
Oct 22, 2024
School vouchers, proposed in Texas, are mostly used by the wealthy in Arizona
Oct 21, 2024
Lawmakers buy more time for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson
Oct 18, 2024
‘Austin City Limits’ celebrates 50 years on PBS
Oct 17, 2024
Fact-checking Texas voter roll claims
Oct 16, 2024
How women’s pro basketball traces its roots to Houston
Oct 15, 2024
The untold history of the Texas Farm Workers Union
Oct 14, 2024
PBS special explores untold Latino history
Oct 11, 2024
Officials renew push for Texas-Mexico rail project
Oct 10, 2024
A geyser of oily water erupts in West Texas desert
Oct 09, 2024
Texas air pollution monitoring scaled back by TCEQ
Oct 08, 2024
Supreme Court kicks off new term with high-profile cases
Oct 07, 2024
Presidio County seeks ownership of international bridge
Oct 04, 2024
Some convicted felons can actually vote from prison in Texas. Here’s why.
Oct 03, 2024
The religious backdrop surrounding debate over migrant aid
Oct 02, 2024
What to expect as Mexico’s new president takes office
Oct 01, 2024
Remembering songwriter, actor and outlaw legend Kris Kristofferson
Sep 30, 2024
Texas Extra: It’s Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in ‘America First’
Sep 28, 2024
A special broadcast live from the State Fair of Texas
Sep 27, 2024
New exhibit showcases never-before-seen Freddy Fender artifacts
Sep 26, 2024
A North Texas city has paused all new development
Sep 25, 2024
Abilene Christian University gets green light for nuclear reactor research
Sep 24, 2024
Researchers relocate coral to Texas coast in conservation project
Sep 23, 2024
Texas Extra: Remembering DJ Steve Crosno
Sep 21, 2024
Proposed school curriculum with Bible stories nears vote
Sep 20, 2024
Ultramarathoner prepares for run across Texas
Sep 19, 2024
Hindu voters in Texas weigh in as political ties grow stronger
Sep 18, 2024
Texas Extra: The Poll Party
Sep 18, 2024
Probe finds UNT built business using bodies of destitute
Sep 17, 2024
Can you trust polls saying Texas could turn blue?
Sep 16, 2024
New student data system has Texas school worried
Sep 13, 2024
Palestine fights Union Pacific’s move to leave town despite 1872 contract
Sep 12, 2024
Plastic piles up as advanced recycling program in Houston struggles to get off the ground
Sep 11, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine bringing rain to the Texas Coast before it hits Louisiana
Sep 10, 2024
Clinic teams up with barbershops to boost health care access for Black men
Sep 09, 2024
Alamo Trust battles to keep Ferris wheel out of historic neighborhood
Sep 06, 2024
Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over plan to mail out registration forms to unregistered voters
Sep 05, 2024
How to prepare for the fall/winter gardening season in Texas
Sep 04, 2024
Sul Ross raises its own bucking horses to keep rodeo tradition alive
Sep 03, 2024
Texas Extra: Paralympian Ryan Medrano extended interview
Sep 02, 2024
On Labor Day, a look at the ways our work is changing
Sep 02, 2024
Texas athlete Ryan Medrano heads to his first Paralympic Games in Paris
Aug 30, 2024
The state is facing a middle-class housing crunch
Aug 29, 2024
Boerne Little League reflects on historic World Series run
Aug 28, 2024
Preserving the legacy of the Kilgore Rangerettes
Aug 27, 2024
East Texas has a long history of labor disputes you may not know about
Aug 26, 2024
Remembering Johnny Canales’ legacy
Aug 23, 2024
Lawmakers slam Texas Lottery for aiding jackpot scheme, prompting policy change
Aug 22, 2024
Biden administration bets on Texas Instruments in the chip manufacturing race
Aug 21, 2024
‘The Stadium’ reconsiders the role of our modern arenas
Aug 20, 2024
What Texas Democrats can look forward to as the DNC kicks off
Aug 19, 2024
How Texas is likely undercounting heat-related deaths
Aug 16, 2024
Setbacks stall two big energy projects in the Rio Grande Valley
Aug 15, 2024
What can Austin learn from Dallas about covering I-35 with a park?
Aug 14, 2024
Remembering the London School explosion, a tragedy that changed safety forever
Aug 13, 2024
What we learned from new Uvalde school shooting records
Aug 12, 2024
New survey reveals bipartisan concern over Texas housing affordability crisis
Aug 09, 2024
Federal COVID dollars for schools go away as Texas districts struggle
Aug 08, 2024
Texas Extra: How do we define a museum?
Aug 07, 2024
Record number of employees leave Houston ISD after state takeover
Aug 07, 2024
Amazon expands Prime shipping to rural areas, challenging USPS
Aug 06, 2024
State of Texas defends lack of prison A/C in federal court
Aug 05, 2024
What’s ahead for U.S. gymnastics at the Olympics
Aug 02, 2024
Bighorn sheep being released in Franklin Mountains outside El Paso
Aug 01, 2024
Fifth Circuit rules Texas can keep buoys in the Rio Grande for now
Jul 31, 2024
Dozens of earthquakes rattle region west of Fort Worth
Jul 30, 2024
Investigation finds worker deaths from trench collapses were often preventable
Jul 29, 2024
What VP Kamala Harris said at her Houston stop
Jul 26, 2024
Former Houston police chief speaks out about ouster
Jul 25, 2024
Southlake teen Sam Watson sets speed climbing records ahead of Paris Olympics
Jul 24, 2024
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett pledges full support for VP Harris
Jul 23, 2024
What’s next after Biden exits presidential race?
Jul 22, 2024
Massive disruption worldwide blamed on latest Microsoft update from Austin-based CrowdStrike
Jul 19, 2024
After switching party affiliation, Dallas mayor Eric Johnson speaks at RNC
Jul 18, 2024
Folks cut off from a public Texas waterway take their case to court
Jul 17, 2024
Meet Sugar Gay Isber, the ‘Hit Man’ jewelry designer
Jul 16, 2024
After attempted Trump assassination, a look at politically motivated violence in the US
Jul 15, 2024
Texas Extra: Filmmaker Jeff Nichols on ‘The Bikeriders’
Jul 13, 2024
Remembering iconic Texas actress Shelley Duvall
Jul 12, 2024
The Texas State Aquarium balances marine conservation and hurricane challenges
Jul 11, 2024
Tips for insurance and tree care as Texas recovers from Beryl
Jul 10, 2024
Houston starts cleanup after Hurricane Beryl tears through the region
Jul 09, 2024
The latest updates on Hurricane Beryl after storm makes landfall in Texas
Jul 08, 2024
50 years on the road with Texas Highways
Jul 05, 2024
Celebrating summer with Willie Nelson, new book releases, aguas frescas & more
Jul 04, 2024
How the Texas Lottery helped a big spending group become surefire winners
Jul 03, 2024
John Sharp on why he’s retiring as Texas A&M chancellor
Jul 02, 2024
Texas dance company brings a love story home to Shankleville
Jul 01, 2024
Former Uvalde school police chief indicted over failed shooting response
Jun 28, 2024
What to know about sunscreen this summer
Jun 27, 2024
Blue Chip Program provides mental health resources for law enforcement officers in Texas
Jun 26, 2024
The controversy surrounding GOP Rep. Troy Nehls’ military badge
Jun 25, 2024
After devastating tornadoes, Sanderson residents begin to rebuild and recover
Jun 24, 2024
Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun law in North Texas case
Jun 21, 2024
Director Jeff Nichols returns to the big screen with ‘The Bikeriders’
Jun 20, 2024
Shining a light on Black Seminoles this Juneteenth
Jun 19, 2024
A rare strawberry moon lights the Texas sky this week
Jun 18, 2024
Meet Emma, the AI assistant answering the phones at Amarillo City Hall
Jun 17, 2024
Supreme Court rejects a Trump-era ban on bump stocks
Jun 14, 2024
Texas’ Jamestown Revival talk Tony-nominated score
Jun 13, 2024
Inside San Antonio College’s hands-on mortuary science program
Jun 12, 2024
Slap fights could be coming to Texas
Jun 11, 2024
Texas Democrats plot election year strategy at convention
Jun 10, 2024
Why is Texas launching its own stock exchange?
Jun 07, 2024
How East Texas is recovering after massive storms
Jun 06, 2024
Hidalgo County election overturned after being decided by handful of votes
Jun 05, 2024
Simone Biles sets new records at Olympic qualifier
Jun 04, 2024
How Mexico’s new president could affect U.S. relations
Jun 03, 2024
The Caddo Mounds are rebuilt and ready for visitors
May 31, 2024
Students could soon be taught Bible stories in public schools
May 30, 2024
House Speaker Dade Phelan narrowly wins primary runoff election
May 29, 2024
Communities begin cleanup following deadly North Texas tornado
May 28, 2024
The Future of Work in Texas – A Texas Standard special
May 27, 2024
Why is Ted Cruz proposing a bill to legislate in vitro fertilization?
May 24, 2024
What’s behind an anti-birth control push on social media?
May 23, 2024
Laredo native Vanessa Gonzalez on how Texas informs her comedy
May 22, 2024
Who pays for Texas highways?
May 21, 2024
What’s next for Houston after deadly storms
May 20, 2024
Four dead after severe storms batter Houston, East Texas
May 17, 2024
The buzz around the Bumble ad controversy
May 16, 2024
As floodwaters recede, how to protect your home from mold
May 15, 2024
Inside the explosion of private toll roads in Texas
May 14, 2024
What does Azerbaijan want with Texas politicians?
May 13, 2024
Historic church site in South Texas recognized as stop on Underground Railroad
May 10, 2024
Voters in Texas have elected their first slate of property appraisal board members
May 09, 2024
Are unlicensed teachers affecting student performance in Texas?
May 08, 2024
A visit to the traditional Mexican rodeo in San Antonio
May 07, 2024
What we know about the bribery charges faced by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar
May 06, 2024
The latest on the bird flu outbreak among dairy cows
May 03, 2024
Is Tesla running out of power?
May 02, 2024
What a cannabis reclassification would mean for the U.S and Texas
May 01, 2024
The growing union drive in tech
Apr 30, 2024
Celebrating Willie Nelson’s birthday and his concert tradition
Apr 29, 2024
What’s next for pro-Palestine campus protests in Texas?
Apr 26, 2024
What’s next after state troopers arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at UT-Austin
Apr 25, 2024
Xcel Energy target of multiple lawsuits after Smokehouse Creek Fire
Apr 24, 2024