Новости за 30.08.2023

According to AISD Superintendent Matias Segura, TEA officials presented an alternative Wednesday to the state-appointed management team.

Protestors gathered outside Stars Cafe Wednesday denouncing the Texas Department of Transportation's Interstate 35 Capital Express Central project. Stars Cafe is one of more than 100 properties slated for displacement as a result of that expansion effort.

A trial began Wednesday morning for a Texas county judge who was previously indicted in March on felony and misdemeanor charges, according to the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office.

Medical professionals now must tell families 25 days in advance before ending care. Some groups wish the state gave families even more power when they disagree with a doctor’s prognosis.

A Travis County district judge ruled Wednesday that the so-called "death star" local preemption bill is unconstitutional, just two days before the law is set to take effect.

Council Member Vanessa Fuentes sponsored the resolution that would initiate a code amendment process to Title 25, the city's land development code. Fuentes told KXAN Wednesday the proposed change comes as the city has received hundreds of violation complaints regarding landlords not having tenants' AC units fixed in a timely manner.

On Wednesday, the court heard from a Travis County deputy medical examiner and an Austin Police detective in the digital forensics unit about the case.

Texas' main electrical grid operator asked Texans to conserve electricity use. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)'s request for conservation is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Travis County reported its first Xylazine-related overdose death, leaders announced Wednesday.

Austin's “missing housing” was the focus of a new research report by the Austin Board of REALTORS.

A Travis County resident got sick and died after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson earlier this month.

More than 100 Austin-area restaurants, bars and breweries will take part in an annual program starting on Friday designed to help a local food bank.

Travis County Commissioners Tuesday approved a list of 32 early voting locations and 145 Election Day locations for the Nov. 7, 2023 election, according to the County Clerk's office.

An Austin non-profit on Tuesday welcomed a change in Texas law removing a sales tax on diapers, wipes, period supplies and other health-related items.

Tune in Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. for a conversation about this week's top stories with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree.

With expectations as high as they've been in years, Texas football enters the season with hopes of leaving the Big 12 as conference champions.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, names for the moons were historically used to track the seasons. Now, their names are thought of as "nicknames."

Travis Scott is making a stop in Austin for his "Utopia The Circus Maximus" world tour in November.

Discussions about some hard to answer questions will take place at Texas State University next week. One of the main topics: the impact climate change is having on Texas' water supply.

Idalia had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and was moving north-northeast at 18 mph.

The Austin Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect allegedly involved in a north Austin criminal trespassing case.

The family of the man killed in the 2021 mass shooting on Sixth Street saw body camera video in court Tuesday as the trial for the suspected gunman began.

More than 100 witnesses in the impeachment trial for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton must appear in-person to the Texas Senate at the start of the trial next week.

One person is dead following a crash off U.S. Hwy. 290 West in Elgin on Saturday, the Elgin Police Department said in a release.

Austin Water said it has received 1,076 watering violation reports via 311 since the Stage 2 restrictions went into effect Aug. 15.