Texas Standard

07/01/2025

Specialty producers exporting to China have been hit just as hard as soybeans and beef. But they often have fewer alternative markets for their crops, worsening the impact of retaliatory tariffs.

Specialty producers exporting to China have been hit just as hard as soybeans and beef. But they often have fewer alternative markets for their crops, worsening the impact of retaliatory tariffs.

06/30/2025

A Dallas County district judge dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas over the State Fair’s gun policy enacted at last year’s fair.

Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky previously rejected Paxton's attempt to stop fair organizers from enforcing the gun ban at last year's fair. This year's event begins Sept. 26.

06/30/2025

"Elon Musk has proposed that the most fit, the most intelligent have large families. He thinks there’s a crisis where the West, as he puts it, is not keeping up in terms of numbers with other parts of the world and if that happens, there’s a disaster.

The idea of eugenics never completely died. It has sometimes transformed. It sometimes has hidden behind euphemisms, but it has always been there."

The discredited theory is seeing renewed interest among contemporary adherents to natalism, such as Elon Musk.

06/30/2025

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of clarity to images of far-flung galaxies.

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of clarity to images of far-flung galaxies.

06/30/2025

“Democrats took places like the Rio Grande Valley for granted, and it bit them on the ass. They totally wrote off places like the High Plains or rural Texas. And it’s no wonder that we don’t pass 30% when we have a Democrat on the ballot in those places. You’ve got to show up everywhere for everyone, write nobody off, take no one for granted. And when Democrats do that, Democrats will win.”

The former congressman has not announced – nor ruled out – a run for office, stressing that he is focused on being "helpful."

06/30/2025

What’s it gonna be today y’all???

06/27/2025

Home prices in Texas cities like Austin and San Antonio have cooled off sharply, leaving some recent buyers owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.

"It's a little tricky right now for some homeowners."

06/27/2025

Lithium is a key ingredient in the batteries that power phones, cars and other devices. And the next big source of it might be Texas.
A new partnership between GeoFrame Energy and Halliburton aims to extract lithium from brine in the Smackover Formation – possibly enough to meet U.S. demand.

The producers say there’s enough lithium in the formation to fulfill total U.S. demand.

06/27/2025

Until his most recent record, most of Joshua Ray Walker’s songs have taken place in honky-tonks. The Dallas country artist released a trio of albums based on the bars where he’d play and the people who drank in them. But his newest record, Tropicana, has a much sunnier sound.

The Dallas country artist wrote many of the songs for the record while undergoing chemotherapy.

06/27/2025

Lots of decisions coming from SCOTUS today – we already got one related to birthright citizenship. Talk to us here!

06/26/2025

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06/26/2025

With the top two picks in the NBA draft going to the Spurs and Mavericks, and the Rockets also landing a big prospects, Texas basketball teams are making major moves.

The 6-foot-6 guard Dylan Harper said he's excited to join Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, the team's last two top picks who took home the league's last two Rookie of the Year awards.