While Austin and the state of Texas are seeing an overall drop in crime, downtown Austin is experiencing the opposite, forcing local authorities to implement new strategies to deal with growing safety...
A packed Austin City Hall roared with applause Thursday night after council members voted to pass a proposed ordinance for short-term rentals, or rental contracts for 30 days or less.
Prior to the new...
Austin tourists may have safer housing options when they come to town for popular events if Austin City Council approves new regulations on short-term rentals.
The council will vote Thursday on a proposed...
Update at 7:45 p.m., Aug. 2 - The Austin City Council postponed voting Aug. 2 on the agreement to extend ACL Music Festival. This agreement with ACL producer C3 Presents will instead be voted on...
Early voter turnout for the Texas runoffs in Travis County is looking to be lower than early voting in the May primaries. This trend is not new and some expect voter turnout for the runoffs to be lower...
Last year’s devastating Bastrop County wildfire has shown that the vegetation-free area around a home should extend beyond the long-accepted recommendation of 30 feet, Texas Forest Service officials...
Beginning next month, stops and searches performed by the Austin Police Department will be pointedly different than they have been in the past.
APD will now be required to obtain additional means of consent...
Co-op residents are fighting a new proposal that may make it difficult to build new Greek houses or co-op buildings in the area surrounding the UT campus.
Proposed by Austin City Council, the Limitation...
In the wake of the shooting at Friday’s midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., the Austin Police Department said it does not plan to tighten security in movie...
A suspect in a downtown shooting that left four injured may have been spotted on San Jacinto Boulevard early Sunday morning.
The University of Texas Police Department alerted the UT community of a person...
Fashion retailer H&M will be opening their first Austin store this fall at The Domain shopping center.
H&M is known for their affordable, high quality merchandise for all ages and currently has...
An off duty Capital Metro employee fatally shot himself on bus No. 302 Tuesday evening.
The incident occurred at 8:40 p.m. on the 3100 block of Red River Street in Austin, across the street from St. David’s...
