The Texas Standard
Weekdays at 11 a.m. on 89.1FM
Produced in the state capital, The Texas Standard is a one-hour daily news magazine is grounded in the best traditions of American journalism: fact-based, independent and politically neutral reporting. Setting a new bar for broadcast news coverage, offering crisp, up-to-the-moment coverage of politics, lifestyle and culture, the environment, technology and innovation, and business and the economy – from a Texas perspective – and uncovering stories as they happen and spotting the trends that will shape tomorrow’s headlines.
The Latest from The Texas Standard
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A New York Times investigation has revealed allegations that the late renowned labor leader abused girls and raped Dolores Huerta, his longtime organizing partner. -
While she didn’t win the Texas Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett dominated the Black vote in the party’s primary. Now, political experts say James Talarico must win... -
Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now we’re making them available to you. -
Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong explores the Texas connection to one of the world’s most famous parks. -
From Smithville to Taylor to Martindale, libraries are offering mental health resources in areas where health infrastructure is scarce. -
In 2025, several states passed laws limiting speech at colleges and universities. Texas is one of them. -
In the 1970s, incarcerated musicians across Texas formed bands and recorded music inside prison walls. Maurice Chammah, a staff writer at The Marshall Project, joins the Texas Standard along with... -
U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to a group of Muslim parents and Islamic private schools that sued state officials, according to the plaintiffs’... -
In his latest turn, the “Better Call Saul” star leans deeper into action, playing a small-town sheriff caught in a mystery that’s as violent as it is darkly funny. -
Federal prosecutors, who can face discipline for not advancing the Trump administration’s priorities, are bringing military trespassing charges against immigrants with little evidence.
