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The long-closed Seaholm Intake Facility on Lady Bird Lake is being eyed for a community-focused redevelopment that could open the historic Art Deco structure to the public.
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The Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved new attendance boundaries for General Marshall Middle School and Linder Elementary,…
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Emergency crews were called to a Buda neighborhood after a chlorine leak was reported, prompting a response from Hays County…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company will be winding down Cybertruck production at its Austin Gigafactory, raising…
Politics
County officials say they expect voting to proceed smoothly but are preparing for possible federal interference and other…
Politics
A late delivery of more than 32,000 voter-registration applications and problems with Texas’ election software have added work…
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The City Council approved about $4.1 million in nonprofit contract extensions before receiving a staff memo noting compliance…
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JD’s Supermarket says losing its Riverside gas pumps could jeopardize a business that serves as a grocery store and gathering…
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A judge has scheduled a competency hearing for Shane James Jr. instead of the jury selection that was expected to begin Monday.…
Politics
Voters reported paper jams at polling locations in Williamson and Travis counties during the first days of Texas’ November…
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A Texas environmental group reports finding PFAS in every Texas waterway sample it tested, including two collected along the…
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Josue Salinas Jr. was convicted of three child sexual abuse offenses and sentenced to two life terms in Hays County. The cases…
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Mary Etta Sephus is suing Manor ISD, the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Mike Morath over the 2024 killing of…
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The Air Force identified Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson as the service member who died after falling during a pregame ceremony at the…
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Rouse High School senior Brinda Morisetty, 17, won the high school division of Williamson County’s “I Voted” sticker contest.…
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Leander City Council authorized a public-records request and is seeking support from other property owners to restore Lakewood…
Politics
Lines formed at Austin polling places as Texas early voting opened Monday, with Travis County reporting more than 34,000 ballots…
Politics
More than 300 people gathered Sunday at University United Methodist Church to hear candidates in four Austin City Council…
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Austin and the University of Texas are working on a deal that would transfer ownership of Lions Municipal Golf Course to the…
Politics
Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa has emerged as a serious challenger to Gov. Greg Abbott, with two recent polls showing her…
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Austin’s youth population fell by more than 17,000 between 2019 and 2024, according to Generation ATX research. The city…
Politics
With state intervention possible after two middle schools received five straight failing ratings, candidates are running for…
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A vehicle stop involving ICE near South 973 and State Highway 71 led to a search of nearby water Thursday after two men…
Politics
A public-records database identifies at least eight kinds of surveillance technology used or previously used by Austin agencies,…
Local
Del Valle ISD Superintendent Matthew Gutierrez will leave the district Nov. 6, two years after taking the job, to pursue an…
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Dell Children’s Medical Center says its fetal care team has completed Central Texas’ first in-utero operation to treat…
Politics
Proposition I would add a voter-approved audit system alongside two city programs already examining government operations.…
Politics
An Austin resident is asking a federal court to bar the Defense Department from livestreaming or releasing video of the planned…
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East Austin has far less tree cover than neighborhoods west of I-35, leaving residents more exposed to heat. City grants and…
Politics
A University of Texas poll puts Democrats narrowly ahead in several statewide races, including James Talarico over Ken Paxton…
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Two people died and a third was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after an SUV struck a curb, overturned and caught…
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Hays County commissioners are reviewing proposed development rules focused on water supplies, groundwater quality, drainage and…
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A 17-year-old says a man attacked him near his home while he was walking his dog Saturday night. Round Rock police are…
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Austin says it is close to an agreement with the University of Texas that would transfer Lions Municipal Golf Course to city…
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The FBI says Imer Gomez is wanted in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 400 people, many of them…