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Weekend winds toppled trucks and fueled wildfires, one of the worst of which is still burning north of Fredricksburg. We’ll get the latest on the Crabapple Fire, which has burned almost 10,000 acres.
A hunters’s day out in West Texas leads to an unexpected archaeological trophy: the discovery of a mammoth tusk in a dry creek bed.
And: The brackets are set for the race to the college basketball championships, and several men’s and women’s teams from Texas are part of the madness.
June 3, 2024
How Mexico’s new president could affect U.S. relations
We’re bringing you the latest on Mexico’s historic presidential election in today’s edition of the Standard, hosted by Angela Kocherga from Mexico City. How will Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first female president, approach governing and U.S.-Mexico relations?Is Attorney General Ken Paxton using consumer laws to promote his political agenda? Investigative reporters looked into the issue.What […]
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May 31, 2024
The Caddo Mounds are rebuilt and ready for visitors
The Trump verdict is in, and Texas political leaders are responding as expected along party lines. A snapshot of the fallout in the Lone Star State.The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions.Mexico voters head to the polls this weekend, poised to elect the country’s first […]
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May 30, 2024
Students could soon be taught Bible stories in public schools
You check in with your ID, find an empty booth and cast your ballot in secret. But have Texas voter transparency laws challenged that privacy?Depending on where you live in Texas you might pay taxes to a local hospital system. Understanding how that works.Storm chasers have enormous followings on social media, many copycats and, increasingly, […]
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May 29, 2024
House Speaker Dade Phelan narrowly wins primary runoff election
In the most expensive primary runoff in Texas House history, Speaker Dade Phelan hangs on to his seat, but many GOP incumbents lose after opposition from the far right. What do the primary results tell us about the state of the Texas GOP?The latest on storms moving across the state and what to expect today.A […]
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May 28, 2024
Communities begin cleanup following deadly North Texas tornado
Deadly storms, including a tornado, ripped through North Texas over the weekend, killing at least seven people and injuring 100 others. We’ll have an update on the latest recovery efforts.The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins this week, will be “extraordinary,” forecasters warn.Our monthly deep dive into investigative reporting, The Drill Down, takes a closer […]
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May 27, 2024
The Future of Work in Texas – A Texas Standard special
Texas is changing, and so is the world. If we squint to try to look at the future job landscape, what do we see? There are more than 15 million working Texans right now, but while the state boasts steady growth and “record high levels” for jobs and the labor force, there are always unknowns […]
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May 24, 2024
Why is Ted Cruz proposing a bill to legislate in vitro fertilization?
There’s infighting among Texas Republicans over the next steps in their efforts to stop abortions in the state.Canada is Texas’s second-biggest international trade partner, behind Mexico. We’re talking to Mary Ng, Canada’s minister of export, trade and economic development, during her visit to the Lone Star State this week.After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that […]
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May 23, 2024
What’s behind an anti-birth control push on social media?
After an apparent tornado strike in Temple last night, it’s looking to be another day of severe weather across large parts of the Lone Star State.A ransomware attack on the Ascension hospital network is still having a big impact on staff and patients almost two weeks later.After online reports and videos of women giving up […]
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