When I first moved to Texas, of course I was struck by the natural beauty of the state, in all of its varied regions and topographies, from beaches to mountains to desert lands to rolling hills.

We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as ...

The state of Texas experienced peak oil production in 1972. But production dwindled through to the early 2000s until January 1999 when it doubled to over 39 million barrels. For 2023, an average ...

According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas’ population continues to boom. The state has seen impressive population growth over the past few years and that trend appears to have continued ...

Some of the ranches for sale span great distances, all worth a pretty penny, but its a rarity that these homes come with the size and legacy of the ranches Texas is famed for. The ranches that ...

“Salem VFD was the primary [department] on the call,” Donovan said. With the Berlin-Mill Creek-Zionsville, Latium-Wesley-Greenvine and Chappell Hill volunteer departments, about 20 firefighters were ...

It is composed of the upper chamber, the Texas State Senate, and the lower chamber, the Texas House of Representatives. Texas entered the Union in 1845. The first legislature met from February 16 to ...

With a population of over 2.3 million, Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest in the nation by population. Its location on the Gulf of Mexico and its identity as an ...

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Texas State Legislature. Alongside the Texas State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Texas state government and works ...

Part of the Southern Living team since 2017, Kaitlyn Yarborough Sadik is a Georgia native living in Austin, Texas, who covers a wide variety of topics for both the magazine and website, focusing on ...