Members of the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs agreed Monday to send on the two proposed drag restrictions — Senate Bill 12 and Senate Bill 1601 — for debate to the full chamber. Both measures advanced in committee by votes of 6-2.
Round Rock police are looking for several people involved with an assault in an H-E-B parking lot near Interstate 35.
The Texas House discussed a bill Tuesday that would fine teachers and school officials up to $10,000 for celebrating or providing special instruction on sexual preference, including events like Pride Week.
Have a seat with the stars for the first major award show happening in Austin.
For the first time, the icon award ceremony will air from the "Live Music Capital of the World" on Sunday, April 2.
The 187,000 square foot facility will host emergency and trauma services, operating rooms, and a fourth floor for future expansion.
On Tuesday, county commissioners approved a yearlong extension of an overtime incentives program that aims to encourage overtime use and retain employees and also asked county staff to bring back a budget adjustment proposal in 30 days.
Hi Tech Imports LLC -- operating as Porsche Austin -- is required to pay the employee damages after they had been fired within an hour of alerting their coworkers that another coworker had tested positive for COVID.
El Paso saw the biggest shift — the allergy season there has grown 50 days longer over the past 52 years, according to a new report.
Terry was formally introduced as the permanent head coach of the program Tuesday after taking over in December in an interim role following Chris Beard's suspension and eventual firing. Terry signed his contract, reportedly a 5-year deal worth $3 million annually, Monday. Coincidentally, Monday was also his 55th birthday.
Opening statements in the murder trial of Daniel Perry, who is accused of shooting and killing Garrett Foster in Austin during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, started on Tuesday morning.
Parents in Elgin ISD say they were shocked to see spoiled milk being served to their kids in school cafeterias.
A little more than a month after Jesús Garza was asked to temporarily take Austin's city manager seat, Garza has shaken up the city's leadership structure and is working towards establishing what he thinks will be more collaborative office procedures.
Thousands of people living with chronic pain are hoping lawmakers at the Texas Capitol provide them with relief in the form of medical marijuana.
Some lawmakers are taking up the proposed ban on a state-wide level
Most of the robberies happened in east Austin, and one was in southeast Austin, according to the Austin Police Department.
An Amber Alert has been discontinued for a 6-month-old girl who was missing out of Houston.
Firefighters responded early Tuesday morning to an RV fire in east Austin.
According to the Texas Transportation Code, Texas vehicles must have two license plates — but an error from a decade ago has continued to create confusion surrounding the rule up to the present day.
Elgin police suspended an overnight search after investigating a shooting late Monday night.
HB 1686 by State Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) would prohibit physicians from providing gender transition surgery or “puberty blockers” to Texans under 18. It would also exempt that care from coverage under state health insurance plans.
While public schools are given safety rules from the Texas Education Agency, each individual private school tackles it differently.
Arati Singh wrote a letter addressed to the AISD community Monday that said the board is calling a special meeting March 30 to, "discuss the possibility of slowing down our search for our district’s next superintendent." The letter also said the board would consider a contract extension with Matias Segura, the district's interim superintendent, through June 30, 2024.
A surviving teacher from the 2018 Santa Fe shooting was driving up to the Texas Capitol to testify about school safety legislation when she and her husband heard news that would come as a "gut-punch," but not a surprise — another school shooting was happening in America.
Steven Ogle, the Deputy Director of the Sunset Advisory Commission -- which conducted the legislative reviews of TBVME -- described the board over the years as an "agency in crisis" and a "mess."