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Texas Standard recently revealed our Top 10 list from Apr…

10 months, 1 week ago

Bird flu is spreading across Texas wildlife

Bird flu is spreading fast among wildlife including foxes and raccoons in Panhandle counties.
Twenty-seven candidates are running to become the next …

10 months, 1 week ago

Texas House gives initial approval to school voucher bill

For the first time ever, the Texas House votes to approve the use of taxpayer money for private school education. Blaise Gainey of The Texas Newsroo…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

WNBA draft sends top pick Paige Bueckers to Texas

An area known as the Roosevelt Reservation is getting renewed attention thanks to an executive order allowing for military control. What it could me…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Plan to expand Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is in peril

How a secretive gambler known as “The Joker” and his partner helped take down the Texas Lottery.
A new order from the Trump administration took effec…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Could SpaceX’s Starbase become an actual city?

Almost half of all Texas counties don’t have a hospital or birth center that provides obstetric care. A look at the challenges and what’s being done…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Valley bakery raid sparks immigration debate in region swept by Trump

The Texas House has approved its version of the state’s two-year budget. Blaise Gainey of The Texas Newsroom gets us up to speed on what Texas’ repr…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

All eyes are on Texan Scottie Scheffler at the Masters

More than 500 student visas are revoked, many in Texas. What’s happened, why and what could come next.
With Texas lawmakers considering bills affecti…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Living near oil and gas wells linked to childhood leukemia

Cases continue to rise in Texas’ ongoing measles outbreak. Experts say they know how to stop the spread. What’s preventing that?
One priority for Lt.…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

A Texas company says it’s brought the dire wolf back from extinction

How shutting down the Department of Education will affect the rights of students with disabilities.
Dallas-based company Colossal Biosciences says it…

10 months, 3 weeks ago