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Back to SearchOur top 10 music stories of the past decade
Music is a huge part of what makes Texas what it is. And as part of Texas Standard’s yearlong 10th birthday celebration, we’re celebrating our top 1…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Our favorite stories from the Texas Standard and Texas Newsroom
How will you remember 2025? This hour we’re listening back to some of our favorite stories of the year from reporters with the Texas Standard and Te…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The best of the Texas Standard and Texas Newsroom in 2025
This holiday season, we’ve been listening back to some of the most compelling reporting by our in-house journalists here at the Texas Standard, as w…
4 months ago
Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom marks 75 years
Politicians can raise a lot of money running for election. But what happens to it when the campaign trail ends? Elected officials in Texas have a lo…
4 months ago
Tejano music mourns two foundational figures
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a Wisconsin-based electronic health records company has a monopoly over the industry. We’ll have more on the …
4 months ago
Protecting monarch butterflies on Texas highways
He’s been an elected Democrat for over 50 years, but now local party officials in Houston are refusing to endorse Mayor John Whitmire. Unwinding the…
4 months ago
Texas collects data on trans residents through state IDs
Texas does not allow people change their gender on driver’s licenses. Those who still try are now being tracked.
How the Trump administration is reor…
4 months ago
Tiny Texas town’s library could be adult education template
Houston, Fort Worth… Now three more Texas school districts are expected to be taken over by state education officials. Where, why and what comes nex…
4 months, 1 week ago
Texas Extra: The challenges and opportunities ahead for the Austin-San Antonio ‘Megaregion’
Austin and San Antonio have long been home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. Together, they are becoming what the authors of a new b…
4 months, 1 week ago
A special live broadcast from the McDonald Observatory
The Geminid Meteor Shower is happening, and we’ll have tips for your stargazing in a special live broadcast from the McDonald Observatory.
Today we’…
4 months, 1 week ago