(TEXAS TRIBUNE) Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy, with dozens of monuments dedicated during or after the Civil Rights era. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center — a ...

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Thirty-one Confederate symbols have been removed in Texas since 2015, more than twice as many as in any other state, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report. The state accounted for nearly a ...

In March, Texas Monthly‘s Christian Wallace excoriated the fact that the unloved “Texas, Our Texas” remained our state song in spite of hundreds of worthier alternatives. You had a lot of thoughts on ...

Among the Texas Legislature's important business, elected officials vote on resolutions like the official social media hashtag for the state. Yes, Texas has an official hashtag. It actually has three ...

In September, Dallas removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Oak Lawn Park (renamed from Lee Park). A new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center says Texas has removed 31 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you know that peach cobbler is the official state cobbler of Texas? Or that Texas blue topaz is the official state gem? Or that petrified palmwood is the official state stone of ...

On the eve of Texas Independence Day, it's a good time to look at our state's plethora of official symbols. They range from the beloved, such as the official state nickname, Lone Star State, to the ...

Texans like being on the big stage. Just think of Tommy Tune dancing across a Broadway set. Or envision Roger Clemens staring down batters from atop the pitcher’s mound at Yankee Stadium. Even modest ...

It may be early to start thinking about Christmas — but today Gov. Rick Perry signed the religious freedoms bill. The bill allows Christmas and other religious holidays into Texas schools. “Good ...