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April 25, 2022

Austin grapples with three weekend shootings in an 8-hour period

Austin saw three weekend shootings over an 8-hour period, with two in north Austin and one near downtown.

April 21, 2022

Austin City Council postpones vote on $1.18M guaranteed income plan after council members raise questions

The vote on a $1.18 million guaranteed income plan in Austin, Texas, was delayed on Thursday after council members raised questions about the proposal.

April 20, 2022

Austin City Council set to vote on $1.18 million guaranteed basic income plan

Austin, Texas could be the latest city to implement a guaranteed basic income for certain citizens when the city council votes on the proposal Thursday.

March 25, 2022

Texas school board reinstates scandal-ridden superintendent

The Round Rock Independent School District (ISD) Board of Trustees voted to reinstate Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez Thursday night, two months after he was suspended amid a Texas Education Association investigation into family violence allegations.

March 20, 2022

4 people shot near South By Southwest festival in Texas

A suspect has been arrested for an overnight mass shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, near the SWSW festivities.

February 23, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott releases statement in support of 19 indicted Austin police officers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement Wednesday in defense of the 19 Austin Police Department officers who were indicted on felony charges by progressive Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza.

February 22, 2022

Austin crime watchdog calls on DA Garza to step aside in case against 19 indicted officers

The Greater Austin Crime Commission is calling on Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza to step aside and recuse himself from involvement in the indictment of 19 Austin Police Department officers for their role in quelling a riot following the death of George Floyd.

February 19, 2022

AOC skips coach, flies first class back from Texas

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ditched the commoners in coach and cozied up to elites in first class on an American Airlines flight

February 18, 2022

As Austin homicides rise 19 cops are hit with felony charges, police officers furious: 'new war on cops'

Violent crime has been on the rise in the Texas capital since the early stages of the COVID pandemic, and accelerated when the Democrat-controlled city council voted unanimously to slash the Austin Police Department’s funding by about $150 million, or about a third of its budget in August 2020.

February 18, 2022

California bill to allow citizens to enforce gun ban modeled after Texas heartbeat bill draws Newsom's support

California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed a Democratic proposal to allow citizens to sue their neighbors and businesses to enforce Golden State gun control – modeled after a Texas heartbeat bill that has been praised on the right and reviled by the left.