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 ...

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 ...

It’s a well-known, inarguable fact that Texans have an outsize love of Texas. So of course, we have a truckload of state symbols to embrace. Some of our official Texas state symbols are unsurprising ...

AUSTIN - The state bird? OK, that's an easy one, the mockingbird. The state flower? The bluebonnet, of course. But what about the state flower song? Or the state dinosaur? Those may have been left out ...

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 ...

The ‘buzz’ around the Texas Capitol this week was centered on adding honey bees and cowboy hats, as well as a few other things, as new Texas state symbols, which represent the cultural heritage and ...

Inspired by a recent visit to The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Rosie perused the museum’s website to find a page of Texas state symbols. Rosie challenged Stephanie to see how many Steph could ...

DALLAS — Plenty of states have official flora and fauna designations as part of their official symbols, like a state bird (the Northern Mockingbird for Texas) or state flower (Bluebonnets). But a ...

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DALLAS — Plenty of states have official flora and fauna designations as part of their official symbols, like a state bird (the Northern Mockingbird for Texas) or state flower (Bluebonnets). But a ...