A grand jury indicted state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, over misuse of legislative money and staff Tuesday, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Dukes is indicted on 13 felony charges of tampering...
At the end of 2016, the Austin Police Department reported 40 murders in the city throughout the year, the most in more than a decade.
Compared with 2015, the murder rate increased 66.7 percent,...
Faced with a Republican-majority state Legislature, Texas Young Democrats and Austin Young Democrats hosted an event Tuesday night at Wright Bros. Brew and Brew to promote progressive policies on the municipal...
Thousands of UT students, Austinites and activists marched to remember civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., marking his birthday and the holiday’s 50th anniversary on Monday.
“This...
Students who use Megabus services will have to walk a bit farther than usual to get to the service’s new terminal located on 15th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard.
Megabus spokesperson Sean Hughes...
Austin writers and poets have mixed views on President-elect Donald Trump’s effect on the writing and journalism community.
At an event called Writers Resist, local writers and poets came...
With the addition of two new faces, Jimmy Flannigan and Alison Alter, the Austin City Council will tackle old and new objectives such as land development, homelessness and anti-immigration sentiment from...
Nearly two years after a 2014 crash that killed four people and injured 20 others during the international music festival South By Southwest, a Travis County judge has dismissed cases against the festival,...
Austin immigration attorney Jose “Chito” Vela III kicked off his campaign for House District 46 on Thursday evening, even though Rep. Dawnna Dukes was present when the legislative session was...
Within the past week, Austin has received grants from a philanthropy and a federal government agency to resolve its homeless problem.
Bloomberg Philanthropies, a charity by former New York City Mayor...
Former Austin mayor pro tem and Democrat Sheryl Cole said she will continue campaigning for House District 46 Tuesday afternoon despite Rep. Dawnna Dukes returning to her seat.
“I’m telling...
Activist groups and supporters crowded in the Grassroots Leadership headquarters in east Austin, vowing to protect undocumented immigrants amidst an incoming state legislative session and president-elect...
