In a lengthy message posted on Thursday, the site explained its decision to "completely disable access" to Texas and slammed the law in question as "ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous." House Bill 1181, which went into effect on Sept. 1 last year, requires age verification measures to protect minors from being exposed to obscene materials.
On Thursday, Austin Animal Center announced it was launching its new Finder to Foster program.
As the City of Austin approaches its midyear budget review, advocacy groups like Vocal Texas and the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance, were outside City Hall Thursday asking for additional funding for homelessness services.
The Texas Medical Board will consider language to clarify what qualifies as a medical exception to the state’s abortion laws at an upcoming March 22 board meeting. The meeting agenda was published in the Texas Register Thursday morning.
Some Austin students recently got to collaborate with a Hollywood director known for his work on the movie "Spy Kids," which was also filmed mostly in Austin.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was in London on an economic development trip to build on the partnership between Texas and the United Kingdom.
City, county and transportation leaders celebrated the grand opening of a $27.4 million roundabout project at RM620 and Chisholm Trail this week.
A man was deemed incompetent related to a June stabbing that occurred in West Campus near the University of Texas at Austin.
A man was convicted and sentenced Feb. 28 on two first-degree felony arson-related charges and three others in connection with a February 2021 fire that destroyed a 111-year-old courthouse in Mason County.
The Austin Fire Department is responding to a broken gas main near the Oak Hill area Thursday morning.
Austin-based athleisure outfitter Outdoor Voices Inc. will be closing all of its stores on March 17, a local store employee confirmed.
Another civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit challenging Texas' controversial new immigration law SB4 from taking effect.
KXAN Meteorologist Nick Bannin spoke with Dr. Sean Griffin about the camera that allows you to live stream Athena and her owlets.
The wayfinding signs are those yellow signs that direct passengers where to go inside the airport for gate location, baggage claim, and ground transportation.
An apartment complex in Cedar Park will be without water for several hours as crews work to repair a nearby water main break.
Texas' population grew by almost 475,000 during that time period, but some counties grew at much faster rates than others. The Census Bureau published its 2023 county population estimates Thursday.
BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX launched its third test of the most powerful rocket ever built - Starship from Boca Chica Beach. The rocket made it past stage separation on Thursday morning and into Earth's orbit. The third test flight was targeted for Thursday morning, with a 110-minute test window opening at 7 a.m., [...]
In a letter sparked by KXAN’s reporting, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, asked the leaders of TEA and TJJD, “What exactly went wrong in the protections we established that allowed Xavier Smith to be passed from one juvenile education setting to another?”
On Wednesday, Austin-Travis County EMS gave KXAN access to emergency resources it uses at any given moment to reach any South by Southwest venue.
Texas community colleges know many high schoolers are skeptical of higher education because of the price tag. Some want to change that conversation by using new state dollars to waive tuition for some of their youngest students.
As AI continues to become a part of many peoples lives, discussions on how to manage this technology is on-going.
As extreme wildfire conditions are expected across the Panhandle Thursday, Texas A&M Forest Services want Texans to be prepared and have an evacuation plan in place in case of a wildfire or other disaster.
Texans in the Panhandle are calling for accountability for multiple energy companies after investigators identified a downed power line as the source of Texas' largest wildfires.
Experts spoke at a South by Southwest Wednesday morning about the importance of considering how an area’s climate might change when choosing a new home.
AI was a hot topic at the 2024 SXSW Conference, from AI marketing tools to AI-generated films, self-driving cars and more.