El proyecto de ley para aumentar la edad para comprar armas de asalto fracasa...
Dos días después de que un comité de la Cámara de Representantes de Texas avanzara sorprendentemente una medida que restringiría el acceso a determinadas armas, el proyecto parece haber muerto.
View ArticleThe COVID-19 public health emergency is ending, but Austin says people should...
The federal emergency expires at the end of the day. Austin Public Health officials remind people COVID is still circulating and asks them to do what they can to prevent its spread.
View ArticleLive updates: The Texas border braces for the end of Title 42
The restriction has allowed the U.S. to quickly send migrants — even those seeking asylum — out of the country since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.
View ArticleAustin may flood this week. Here's how you can stay aware.
The National Weather Service expects most of the heavy rain to come this weekend, with the highest risks of flooding on Saturday.
View ArticleSalvation Army's downtown homeless shelter is being sold and redeveloped
The downtown property will fetch millions — it's just a matter of how many and when.
View ArticleOne way to get more Austinites screened for colon cancer: Mail-in poop tests
A partnership between Dell Medical School and CommUnityCare caused rates of lifesaving screening among low-income and uninsured patients to shoot up. Now, program leaders want to scale the initiative...
View ArticleLive updates: What the Texas border looks like after Title 42
People who enter the U.S. illegally could be banned from returning for at least five years, and repeat offenders could face prosecution. And many migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will...
View ArticleAustin Energy has its first female line crew apprentice. She hopes to set a...
Marine Corps veteran Cherie Cheramie is the first woman to graduate from Austin Energy’s climbing school. It's the first step before becoming a line worker.
View ArticleState police end controversial patrol agreement with Austin — for now
Police Chief Joseph Chacon said troopers will be reassigned to the border amid the expiration of Trump-era restrictions for migrants seeking asylum.
View ArticleDell Children's dismisses adolescent medicine physicians amid Paxton...
While the hospital's adolescent medicine clinic will remain open, physicians from other areas of Dell Children's will replace the eliminated staff.
View Article‘Just Say You’re Sorry’ questions Texas Ranger’s interrogation technique
Maurice Chammah hosts the new podcast, which examines a confession from a 2005 cold case.
View ArticleWhat to expect with the COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration lifted
The U.S. government ending its public health order means a range of changes, from free tests and vaccines to Medicaid coverage.
View ArticleWide gap between Senate and the House on school voucher-like bill as the...
Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will call special sessions, if needed, to pass this legislation.
View ArticleInvasive hammerhead worm could make its way to Austin after all that rain
This worm is known for irritating human skin, being poisonous for pets and eating earthworms from flower beds.
View ArticleLa policía estatal suspende el polémico acuerdo de patrulla con Austin
APD dice que el DPS de Texas está terminando su acuerdo con la ciudad para complementar las patrullas policiales. Los policías estaban siendo reasignados a la frontera de Texas tras expirar el Título...
View ArticleAustin is opening a temporary homeless shelter in Southeast Austin
The city is moving quickly on the 300-bed shelter, which will sit on a 70,000-square-foot site.
View ArticleHays CISD students are overdosing on fentanyl. It’s unclear how widespread...
With so many variables — like whether an overdose occurs on campus or after school — there's no way to know if Hays CISD is a hot spot or if other districts are just tracking differently and aren’t...
View Article‘Science fiction into science fact’: Decoder can turn your thoughts into...
The technology, developed at UT-Austin, could allow communication with someone who is mentally conscious but unable to speak.
View ArticleVoices from Uvalde: 'I just don’t want anybody to forget about her'
Kimberly Mata-Rubio says she hasn’t really accepted the death of her daughter Lexi, “So it’s hard to start a grieving process.”
View Article'We're being given scraps': Texas teachers say Legislature is falling short...
State lawmakers vowed to do right by teachers during the 88th legislative session, as tens of thousands of educators have left the field in recent years. But the bills that still have a chance of...
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