Austin’s mayor, already a punching bag for his state’s powerful right wing, lectured his city’s residents to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19—while on a beach vacation.
Researchers Daniel Wrapp and Jason McLellan owe a scientific honor they won this week to a Belgian camelid named Winter.
Three questions with the Houston chef, whose “gambling man” pal David Chang took a big risk to raise money for the Southern Smoke Foundation.
The Lions have been mired in mediocrity—but Deshaun and the Texans may have helped break the fever.
Every other retailer has made this holiday season’s hottest item an online exclusive during the pandemic—except the Grapevine-based chain.
Let people have some joy for once in their lives.
Are possums ugly? Not when they’re wearing tiny purple sweaters, they’re not!
Expect marijuana, college football, and compromise to play central roles.
The team’s uniforms are the latest milestone in the club’s journey to the state’s capital.
The Beaver nominally approves.
The NBA’s first female assistant coach is the star of a new 60-second documentary.
Democrats like when lots of voters cast ballots. Republicans generally don’t. But we won’t know until tomorrow whether high participation rates favored one party over the other.
In North Dallas, Genevieve Collins challenges Colin Allred, whose win two years ago proved that Democrats could compete in the Texas suburbs.
The legendary collaboration between Queen and David Bowie gets a remake by an intergenerational pair of icons.
The Houston psychedelic rockers are a fixture on listeners’ turntables.
In Texas's Second Congressional District, challenger Sima Ladjevardian sees an opportunity in the representative’s COVID-19 response.
The conservative incumbent has alienated members of his own party, leaving room for challenger Wendy Davis to pick off centrist voters in Texas’s Twenty-first Congressional District.
Ghosts? Aliens? Cheese? A 4G cell tower? We list the possibilities.
When longtime GOP congressman Kenny Marchant announced his retirement, his seat representing the district surrounding DFW Airport became a prime pickup target for his party’s opponents.
We’re number one! We’re number one! For now, anyway!
“Bonkers” is, of course, a technical term.
In the district just west of Houston, Republican challenger Wesley Hunt's campaign has focused on his opposition to the Green New Deal.
After the football team’s latest loss, the coach and most of his players are at odds with the athletic director and many fans and supporters over the university’s controversial spirit song.
The incumbent rarely faced competitive races before labor lawyer Mike Siegel’s challenge in 2018. Now, winning a rematch is no sure thing for McCaul.
Gina Ortiz Jones lost by fewer than 1,000 votes to popular retiring Republican Will Hurd in 2018 in the sprawling southwest Texas district. Now, she faces a less well-known rival in Tony Gonzales.
The Republican touts his bipartisanship in an appeal to this increasingly blue congressional district northeast of Dallas, but he’s been a reliable vote for Donald Trump’s policies during his first term.
This election will be highly unusual. Here’s what you need to know before voting.
Sheriff Troy Nehls won his primary as a Trump ally, but has distanced from the president in his race against Democratic challenger Sri Preston Kulkarni.
Once a Democratic stronghold, then gerrymandered to be a Republican one, the district includes a large swath of Austin and part of southern Tarrant County near Fort Worth.
The best day on the internet comes at a relatively low price tag, in crowdfunding terms.
It’s the largest penalty for a criminal food safety case in U.S. history.
There's still a lot we don't know about the spread of COVID-19 on college campuses.
This might be the end of the LuAnn Platter.
Its influence is evident in the way new releases such as ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ and ‘Cobra Kai’ use time in their storytelling.
Siena, Italy, crams 30,000 people into the amount of space occupied by a five-stack interchange in the Bayou City.
San Antonio comic book creator Ben Dunn, 56, had been quietly publishing comics for more than thirty years when Hollywood finally came calling.
Austin songwriter Mobley recruited musicians to collaborate on an album in quarantine. It feels like a snapshot of a music scene seeking a new way forward.
From Mattress Mack to Dick Poe to Crazy Willie, we got ’em all!
A good can is hard to find.
We pulled up and opened the trunks of our hearts, and the Harris County Public Library’s instantly iconic pitchman quickly deposited himself inside.
UT-Austin hit students with a request that at any other time would have seemed ridiculous: before classes start, would they please spend 14 days in self-quarantine?
The Houston Astros owner decided to defend every bad PR move his organization has made.
The death rate from COVID-19 in deep South Texas is more than twice the state average.
New polling indicates that the governor’s office is lagging behind mainstream opinion of the coronavirus pandemic.
It's not just the pandemic. Texas's beloved grocery chain has been developing its disaster response for more than a decade.
Daniel Johnston's famous friendly frog is the perfect COVID accessory for a man like myself.
The celebrity chef, accused of domestic violence four years ago, says he’s ready to do the work. But what does that mean?
The new Arlington baseball stadium has an approach that's, well, out of left field.
