Texas Standard

11/19/2025

Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.

Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.

11/19/2025

"There’s probably no word that’s worse for an economy than ‘uncertainty,' Because like any other aspect of our lives, when you’re uncertain, you tend to back off and not do anything until you feel better about things."

The shift comes ahead of an election year and a stubborn sense of sticker shock for consumers.

11/19/2025

The team’s “stranger-than-fiction” run in 1952 saw parties, major upsets and bankruptcies.

The team's "stranger-than-fiction" run in 1952 saw parties, major upsets and bankruptcies.

11/19/2025

Senate Bill 10, which requires public schools to display the biblical text in classrooms, has sparked multiple legal challenges from civil liberties groups.

Senate Bill 10, which requires public schools to display the biblical text in classrooms, has sparked multiple legal challenges from civil liberties groups.

11/18/2025

Scammers sometimes reach out to say you won a lottery you never entered, but you have to pay to access the money.

Scammers sometimes reach out to say you won a lottery you never entered, but you have to pay to access the money.

11/18/2025

Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.

Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.

11/18/2025

A federal court in El Paso has blocked Texas from using the new congressional district map passed by the Legislature at President Trump’s urging this summer.

The ruling is a blow to President Trump and the Republicans in a nationwide redistricting race called for by Trump which started in Texas this summer.

11/18/2025

Veterans with male breast cancer will face additional requirements to obtain VA care and disability benefits. The agency says the Biden Administration falsely classified men’s breasts as reproductive organs.

Veterans with male breast cancer will face additional requirements to obtain VA care and disability benefits. The agency says the Biden Administration falsely classified men’s breasts as reproductive organs.

11/18/2025

Hayden Pedigo says his songs know things before he does.

The Panhandle-raised guitarist has built a cult following on instrumental tracks that feel like diary entries in disguise — pieces of mood and memory that reveal their meaning months after he writes them.

Now living in Oklahoma City, Pedigo says leaving Amarillo hit the same way: a feeling he chased in music long before he understood it in real life. His new album, I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away, closes his “Motor Trilogy” and quietly marks that break — a final chapter he didn’t fully realize he was writing.

On tour, those meanings keep unfolding. Fans tell him what his own songs are “about.” Older tracks morph into new versions. And in the middle of a long run through Europe, he learned he’s about to become a father — another moment his music seemed to anticipate before he could name it.

Pedigo also dropped a surprise collab with OKC noise-rock band Chat Pile, blending sludgy heaviness and delicate guitar into what he calls a “record-store album.”

Hear our full conversation about hometown ghosts, unlikely partnerships, and how you sometimes make the art first… and only understand it later. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/hayden-pedigo-ill-be-waving-as-you-drive-away-new-album-tour/

11/17/2025

Texas lawmakers approved a billion-dollar education savings account program set to launch next school year, but a recent Texas Southern University study shows many parents still don’t know it exists. Researchers found gaps in outreach and uneven interest across racial and political lines.

Applications for the funding is expected to open in February.

11/17/2025

"Like anything that a lot of people read, people have started to pick up on problems. They have personal objections. They have ideological objections and Elon Musk is one of those people."

The tech billionaire is positing Grokipedia as an "anti-woke" version of Wikipedia.

11/17/2025

For the first time in a decade, Texas voters will have the chance to select a new attorney general without an incumbent in the race.

At the Texas Tribune Festival, Republican and Democratic candidates made their case for why they should be the state’s top lawyer.