Meet the Texan trying to make emergency response accessible for all
Published: April 28, 2025 17:58
The 21-year-old from Conroe wants evacuation chairs to be available at all public universities in Texas.
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100 days, 2 Americas: Assessing the impact of President Trump’s policies on Texas and California
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/donald-trump-policies-texas-california/
Published: April 24, 2025 12:45
In an hour-long special, Texas Standard and The California Newsroom team up to examine how the Trump administration is changing life in two of the nation’s largest states.
UT Austin President Jay Hartzell leaving to lead Southern Methodist University
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/jay-hartzell-leaving-ut-austin-smu-president/
Published: January 7, 2025 18:20
Hartzell said in an email Tuesday that he accepted an offer to serve as SMU’s next president beginning on June 1. Hartzell has been president of UT Austin since 2020.
China-backed hackers breached the US Treasury Department. Here’s what we know.
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/china-us-treasury-department-hack-breached-chinese-government/
Published: January 7, 2025 17:42
The Chinese government has denied responsibility for the attack.
White-collar workers are struggling with long-term unemployment
Published: January 7, 2025 16:49
Industries that went through a growth phase during the shift to work-from-home technologies amid the pandemic are now seeing some slowing.
A shrimper’s crusade pays big dividends on a remote stretch of Texas coastline
Published: January 7, 2025 16:30
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to “the bay and the fishermen.”
Texas has a housing affordability crisis. Here’s how state lawmakers may tackle it in 2025.
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-housing-affordability-legislature-2025/
Published: January 7, 2025 15:32
A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate.
Today on Texas Standard: How one woman is helping revitalize Matagorda Bay
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/today-on-texas-standard-january-7-2024/
Published: January 7, 2025 15:19
After a landmark pollution settlement, Matagorda Bay is seeing a fishing and shrimping revival. Surprisingly, the woman behind the settlement hasn’t kept any of the funds for herself.
More Texans are investing in microgrids to avoid winter power outages
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-microgrids-backup-winter-power-outages/
Published: January 7, 2025 13:45
Microgrids generate and supply their own power in tandem with the grid and work as a backup option in case extreme weather knocks out power.