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Texas Republicans are poised to pick the statehouse lower chamber’s next leader this weekend.

Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.

He defeated incumbent Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio.

The reintroduction of the sheep to Franklin Mountains State Park is part of a statewide effort to return the native animals to the mountains they once called home in Texas.

Climate change and inflation are causing the cost of home insurance to spike.

Despite the efforts of local governments and others, the move to provide internet access to millions of Texans has been slow and faces new challenges.

Despite more than $5 billion in federal and state funding pledged to improve high-speed internet access in underserved Texas, little progress has been made.

The Beaumont Republican was expected to go toe-to-toe with Rep. David Cook. The caucus holds a meeting Saturday to ultimately decide who they will be backing.

The company’s rebirth seems like a joke, but more details are forthcoming.

The popular large language model has been giving errors when asked for information related to specific names, including David Mayer.

Recent reports detail many doctors are considering relocating as residency programs see a drop in applications.

The state ethics commission passed new transparency rules after The Texas Newsroom reported that Attorney General Ken Paxton had not disclosed information about several properties he or his blind trust...

Dormant for years, South Texas uranium mines are set to restart operations. Two companies are leading this renewed push, raising questions about the environmental and economic implications.

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium boom means for their groundwater.

Three Tennessee families — and the Biden administration — are challenging the state’s ban.

One expert says a smuggling economy could emerge.

The Dallas Morning News explored this question in a three-part series.

The towns of Texico and Farwell were established on either side of the Texas-New Mexico border.

Almost half of Texas counties have nowhere to get prenatal care, let alone deliver a baby. This plan offers legislative proposals to shore up what’s left.

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.

Texas has over 500 ghost towns, a testament to shifting population dynamics, according to recent reporting by The Texas Tribune.

Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.

The last big wildcat in the state is known to avoid humans but can sometimes bump up against ranchers’ sheep or deer.

The San Antonio City Council will vote on a timeline to phase out the horse-drawn carriage industry next month — the only question is how long they’ll give them.

A foundational figure of the Screwed Up Click, he was essential for the group’s lyrical themes and feel.

The fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.

Physicians and nonprofit leaders say Texas is no stranger to misinformation that politicians like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. perpetuate. But they worry about the impact Trump’s cabinet picks will have...

Controversial voucher-like Education Savings Accounts seem a certainty after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott helped oust fellow Republicans who opposed them last year. But educators are wary about what a new...

A fertilizer made with biosolids, part of an effort to find a climate-friendly method to recycle municipal sewage, was found to contain synthetic and hazardous man-made “forever chemicals” known as...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has hinted at retaliatory tariffs, a move that could further impact Texas, in particular.