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  • 1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

    To tour the numerous points of interest dedicated to Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in Corpus Christi would take you all around the city. But there is one particular landmark that fans of the hometown legend can visit if they want to see the full breadth of her career in one location: the Selena Museum. Opened in 1998, three years after the singer’s death, the museum is located in the studios the Quintanilla family has long run, Q Productions.

  • 1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

    The Texas House is expected to vote on education savings accounts — what critics often call school vouchers — this week. The Senate passed their version of the bill early in the session, and have been waiting on the full House to take up the issue. Blaise Gainey, who covers politics for The Texas Newsroom, said he’s expecting a long floor debate. “There are 150 members in the House chamber, if they’re all there that day,” he said.

  • 2 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

    Leading tech companies who make video games have come together to create a tagging system designed to let gamers with disabilities know what accessibility features a title offers. The Accessible Games Initiative operates under the auspices of the Entertainment Software Association. Its founders are Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Google and UbiSoft. Tech expert Omar Gallaga says other game companies have joined, too.

  • 2 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

    I think this brings up a real question. Where do these animals go? I mean, already, you know, biodiversity… You have adaptability among the current species. Where do you put these new species? I know that you have what sounds like a growing library of sorts. I know y’all have been working on bringing back the wooly mammoth and that kind of thing. Where do they go?

  • 2 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

    This month, one of the biggest comedy festivals in the country is making a return to Texas. With more than 150 comedians in venues around the Texas capital city, Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival has become a premier showcase for a comedian’s talent in the Lone Star State. To preview it, standup comedian and Houston native Michael Yo joined the Standard. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.

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30 Mar 24

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RT @TexasStandard: It's a Texas Standard takeover! We're broadcasting like usual this morning. Then at 11am CT on our home station @KUT…

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6 Dec 23

A great writeup and so very cool to see my reporting referenced in this piece! The bird era is here

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A small South American bird has made its way to Texas—and bird watchers are flocking to the Lone Star State for a chance to glimpse the out-of-place creature. https://t.co/lkbvZgtIFi