Texas launched a teacher-driven Classroom Commission Tuesday, a new initiative to shape the future of public education in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a press release.
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Two former Travis County tax office employees and an outside coordinator were indicted by a grand jury related to their charge of engaging in an organized criminal activity.
The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to enforce the App Store Accountability Act, which requires age verification and parental controls for app stores, while legal challenges continue.
A plume of Saharan dust is expected to hit Florida this week, which could affect our weather patterns for its duration.
A patriotic entrance took a dramatic turn at a California rodeo when a skydiver carrying a giant American flag lost control and crashed near the crowd.
Austin Arts Culture, Music and Entertainment, or ACME, has launched $23 million in grants funded by the city's Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue. This round of grant funding is one of several from ACME throughout the year, which will end up totaling what the office said is a "historic" $51 million in g...
Texas launched a teacher-driven Classroom Commission Tuesday, a new initiative to shape the future of public education in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a press release.
Gina Hinojosa proposes sending every Texas household $1,500 in her bid to oust Greg Abbott
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant on July 6 filed notice with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation that it intends to start work next month on a 249,000-square-foot sorting warehouse at 104 Wittera Way. That's within Gateway35, one of two large industrial parks being built in Georget...
Animal control officers with the Round Rock Police Department rescued 14 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain near Rock 'N River Water Park last week.Th
During the second day of the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged in the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, prosecutors showed never-before-seen security video of Robinson on the Utah Valley University campus on Sept. 10, the day he's accused of shooting an...
State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates
A Texas wind turbine company must stop accepting wind turbine blades and begin the cleanup process at two of its facilities in Sweetwater, according to a temporary injunction from a Travis County district court judge.
A summer stomach parasite that can cause severe, prolonged diarrhea is now showing up in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The
The Abilene Zoo welcomed its third giraffe calf in just a matter of months after giraffe Malaika gave birth to a healthy female during the early morning hours
More than two decades ago, Roxanne Paltauf's family gathered at an Austin roller rink to celebrate the teenager's birthday. This week, as the family marks 20 years since her disappearance, they plan to gather and skate together once again.
The USA-Belgium World Cup showdown came with plenty of controversy before the opening whistle. A red card that sidelined one of the Americans’ top players was o
According to the City of Austin, all Austin Public Libraries and Austin Parks and Recreation facilities act as cooling centers during the summer.
Americans are nearly three times as likely to be concerned rather than excited about the growing footprint of artificial intelligence in society, according to a new biweekly survey about the public’s sentiment on the advancing technology.
A pregnant driver and her unborn twins survived a metal bar shooting through a van’s front windshield and hitting her in the stomach on a Southern California freeway earlier this month.
The U.S. is home to 23.6 million millionaires — more than the rest of the top 10 countries combined.
Emergency dispatch audio indicating that someone at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) home in Washington, D.C., suffered “cardiac arrest” earlier this month has raised questions about when the former GOP leader will return to the Senate or whether he will return at all.
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The summer heat remains through the week. A few rain chances could provide relief, especially this weekend. - Meteorologist Hannah Gard
With the first funds for school vouchers that rolled out last week, how many students can AISD expect to lose?
As temperatures climb in Austin, city officials are pushing to get more people out of the heat and into cooling shelters, with a renewed focus this summer on he
FIFA’s stunning decision to lift the suspension of a star U.S. player riled the host country's World Cup opponent, Belgium, and sent soccer fans — and political leaders — into a frenzy over the influence President Donald Trump may have had over the extremely rare ruling. Hours before kickoff Mond...
Team USA fell 4-1 to Belgium in the Round of 16 match, ending America's run in this year's World Cup.
Walmart is paying over $13 million to settle a Texas investigation alleging it shortchanged Spark gig drivers on customer tips and base pay, marking a massive win for the state's grocery delivery workers.
Toyota is doubling down on Texas with a massive $3.6 billion expansion that will bring thousands of new jobs and shift production of its beloved Tacoma pickup truck from Mexico to San Antonio.
After police labeled a Northeast Austin shopping center a "crime hotspot" last year, violence continues to plague the area. A fatal shooting on Saturday night i
Months after the July 2025 floods tore through areas along Sandy and Cow creeks in northwest Travis County, some residents who applied for recovery help say the
The Fourth of July blended the solemn and the celebratory this year in Kerr County, where nearly 120 people lost their lives in last year's deadly floods.
With five All-American selections or none, expectations are high for Texas in 2026. The Longhorns' five selections to the 2026 Walter Camp Preseason FBS All-America Teams were the most for any program in the country.
rews have begun preparing the land to build a border wall through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. On Monday, Border Report saw crews working for Spencer Construction cutting grass and brush on the southside of the levee, which is where U.S. Customs and Border Protection has said the 30-foot-...
Nolan Wells, 18, was last seen on Fourth of July near Horn Island as the U.S. Coast Guard and United Cajun Navy searched.
While cooling centers are available throughout the city, Austin Public Health officials said they remain underutilized.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Walmart will lower prices on a slew of products at his administration's request.
Nolan Wells, 18, was last seen on Saturday.
More than 700 fireworks complaints were made to Austin 311 over the Fourth of July long weekend.
Police are investigating a late-night shooting that left one man dead and another injured in north Austin, marking the city's 32nd homicide of the year.
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