Friday afternoon, just before the holiday weekend got started, the Trump administration announced a change to the way people apply for green cards. Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will ...

In 2002, then-Texas Attorney General John Cornyn ran to replace a nationally known political figure: Retiring Sen. Phil Gramm. Back then, he ran as a fresh face — someone promising to bring new ideas ...

The show changed her life. “I went from being the girl in the bikini to actually being taken seriously as an actress.” ...

This spooky season, Texas Standard is Tracking Texas Cryptids from the chupacabra to the wampus cat. The Hairy Man of Round Rock draws some comparisons to Bigfoot. But others, like local Alexandra ...

A Finals rematch seemed like the perfect time for a friendly San Antonio-New York comparison. Here’s our contribution to the rivalry: a list of 20 things San Antonio does better. New Yorkers, we say ...

While the Conservative Political Action Conference has left Texas, the messaging from the influential annual event will shape Republican priorities moving forward. The four-day event — which wrapped ...

Grammy Award-winning artist Ruben Ramos, known to many as “El Gato Negro,” was not born in Austin, but his work over the last seven decades has earned him a sculpture in the city among other greats ...

GOMEZ — The railroad changed everything. Long before the open plains were filled with rows of crops, they were brimming with the hopes of prosperity from families who flocked to Gomez. It was the ...

Voters in a handful of states are voting right now on whether to put abortion protections in their state constitution. These so-called ballot referendums have become increasingly popular since the ...

Texas Standard’s go-to insect expert Wizzie Brown says, aside from cockroaches, which are her favorite, dung beetles are tops for her. The Texas A&M Agrilife Senior Extension program specialist says ...

Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where guard shifts couldn’t be filled locally. The Texas Department of Criminal ...

How much is a promise worth? How much is it worth if you guarantee the promise with a handshake? What is the value of one’s word? In Texas, once, all these taken together were worth over $10 billion ...