For 30 years, the Texas Civil Right Project has worked to advocate for voting rights, disability rights, racial and economic justice and more. It was founded by attorney Jim Harrington who represented ...

Tawny or Rasberry crazy ants have been a problem in Texas for at least the past two decades. They’re an invasive species that was first spotted around Houston and have made their way to parts of South ...

Two members of Congress, including Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, have begun the process of resigning amid accusations tied to sexual misconduct. The move comes as Gonzales faced a runoff and an ...

Australian white-spotted jellyfish appear clear, brown or brilliant blue, with the top of their bell covered with tiny white ...

You may remember hearing about Crystal City, Texas about this time a year ago. The story made national headlines and brought a lot of unwanted attention to the small city southwest of San Antonio. The ...

Ulli Johnston says most customers at her store don’t know her name, they just call her “The Boot Whisperer.” At her Wild West Store in Wimberley, Texas, Johnston is known for being able to look at ...

If you’re a regular listener to the Standard, you may remember Courtney Meeks. She’s homeless and pregnant. When we met her in January, Meeks was standing at the corner of a busy intersection in ...

Throughout history, people have understood the “American dream” through a number of objects – a house, a car, or maybe a passport. For Texas singer-songwriter Rachel Laven’s grandmother, though, it ...

Officials have identified several new cases of screwworm since the first case in Texas for decades, detected in a calf in Zavala County. These new cases include a calf in La Salle County and a dog in ...

Below this story, you’ll find the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Celia Aniskovich, the director of “Fruitcake Fraud.” You can listen to audio from the story and the interview is ...

The Texas Newsroom and FRONTLINE (PBS) are collaborating on a new five-part podcast series, After the Flood, an intimate and deeply reported look at the catastrophic Central Texas flooding that killed ...

The Texas Standard and public radio stations across the state have been working together to help you make sense of the midterms through our Texas Decides project, inviting listeners to send in their ...