Less than a week before the start of early voting, a federal appeals court reinstated Texas’ controversial state voter ID law Tuesday, which was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district judge...
George Reason’s obsession with haunted houses began when he was a kid. He used to travel across England to visit the best ones with his dad, whom he fondly refers to as a fellow addict.
That addiction...
Austin City Council District 9 candidates discussed student issues such as the enforcement of the city's sound ordinance in West Campus and housing at a debate hosted by several student organizations...
Erin McGann, candidate for the Austin City Council’s District 9 seat, sat down with The Daily Texan to discuss her plans should she be elected. This year’s city election is the first under...
U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck down Texas’ controversial voter ID law Thursday, less than two weeks before the start of early voting for November elections.
Senate Bill 14 required...
Chris Riley, Austin City Council member and District 9 seat candidate, sat down with The Daily Texan to discuss his plans should he be reelected. This year’s city election is the first under the...
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, canceled a planned tour stop on campus for her gubernatorial campaign Monday because of inclement weather in the Houston area.
Davis, the Democratic gubernatorial...
The three candidates vying for the first District 9 Austin City Council seat discussed the city’s affordability at KUT’s “Ballot Boxing” forum on campus in the Belo Center for New...
Instead of a formal gallery talk, the artists behind the current Center Space Project exhibition wanted to address visitors with something much more personal: manicures and pedicures.
For...
Only seven or eight abortion clinics in Texas will remain open after Texas was given the authority to enforce House Bill 2.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that two provisions...
The Austin City Council continued to discuss an interim ordinance allowing transportation network companies to legally operate in Austin and passed a resolution to revise the city’s sound ordinance...
Seven mayoral candidates discussed water conservation, transportation issues and curbing property taxes in a forum at the Austin Convention Center on Wednesday night.
Businessman Todd Phelps,...
The American punk rock band The Gaslight Anthem has been recording and performing since 2007. The band debuted its fifth album, Get Hurt, in late August. It shot up to the No. 2 spot of Billboard’s...
DALLAS — During their second and last televised debate Tuesday, Attorney General Greg Abbott accused state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, of profiting from an incentive deal handled by her title...
Leading candidates for lieutenant governor, state Sens. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, faced off at their first and only scheduled debate at the KLRU studio on campus...
A state audit of the Texas Enterprise Fund concluded that the Office of the Governor needs to monitor and control the Texas Enterprise Fund administration in order to substantiate the program’s claims...
The Austin City Council discussed regulating transportation network companies’ operations Thursday night. Council member Chris Riley, who sponsored the resolution to define and enter into agreements...
Electrical engineering senior Konrad Werzner skipped last year’s AustOberfest because he was underage, but he won’t have to worry about that this year.
“It’s an all-ages event,...
On a bench outside of South Congress Cafe, James Anthony Johnson sings and plays the guitar. He wears a uniform of jeans, ankle boots and a straw cowboy hat. He smokes Marlboros and greets passersby. A...
Closing The Texas Tribune Festival on Sunday morning, Gov. Rick Perry reviewed his 14-year tenure as the state’s executive at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, discussing health...
Less than 24 hours after her gubernatorial debate with Attorney General Greg Abbott, state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spoke with Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune CEO and editor-in-chief, at...
In discussing foreign policy at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz clarified his statement from August about bombing the Islamic State group back to the Stone Age.
“The...
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn criticized the inefficiency of Congress at his Texas Tribune Festival keynote interview Saturday.
Cornyn, who is also the Senate's minority whip, is running for his third...
The second day of the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival kicked off Saturday with one-on-one interviews with candidates for lieutenant governor, state Sens. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Leticia...
George P. Bush, Republican candidate for land commissioner, opened the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival on Friday by discussing his stance on a wide-range of issues impacting the state.
At...
Attorney General Greg Abbott swiveled in his seat, put his elbows down on the table and asked State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, with a half-smile, “Do you regret voting for Barack Obama?”
Davis...
The three candidates vying to be the first District 9 representative in the newly restructured Austin City Council discussed public transportation, affordability and Sixth Street safety at a forum Thursday...
Every Friday, Austin turns into a playing field for a free art hide-and-seek game.
On Instagram, the hashtag #ATXFreeArtFriday is the only road map to the different pieces of free art scattered across...
City Council Member Chris Riley announced his plan to move toward legalizing ride-sharing apps in Austin. According to local laws, the only way ride-sharing companies, such as Lyft and Uber, are legal...
Animal Planet and its “R.O.A.R. To Their Rescue” program made free pet adoptions in the Austin area possible for a limited time.
R.O.A.R. To Their Rescue is a combined effort by Animal Planet...
Wendy Davis, state senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, started a promotional tour Tuesday for her new memoir, “Forgetting to be Afraid.” The release and publicity tour prompted...
The Austin City Council voted to approve increased water and energy rates at its annual budget meeting Tuesday.
The council began reading the 2014-2015 fiscal year budget Monday and adopted the...
The title assigned to Yvette Nicole Brown’s upcoming event on the UT campus — “Navigating the Business of Success” — threw her off guard.
“That was not my title,”...
Five Austin mayoral candidates met Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar Boulevard to talk about affordability and early childhood education.
The event, hosted by United Way for Greater Austin,...
Greg Abbott, attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate, advocated making credits transfer more easily and expanding online credit-eligible courses in releasing his higher education plan...
In an effort to encourage Austinites to test out their yoga aptitude at various studios around Austin, the Free Day of Yoga caters to yoga newbies and self-proclaimed yogis alike.
Here is The Daily...
A federal district court judge struck down a state women’s reproductive rights law Friday that places restrictions on abortion clinics in Texas, calling it unconstitutional.
Judge...
The Austin City Council unanimously voted Thursday to further explore the idea of gender-neutral bathrooms and another to ban driving or biking while using a cellphone.
Sponsored by Council...
Five of Austin’s mayoral candidates answered questions about public transportation Wednesday at a debate held on campus.
Candidates Todd Phelps, Mike Martinez, Randall Stevens, Sheryl Cole...
By 6:30 p.m., the line for Demetri Martin wrapped around Paramount Theatre. It was 82 degrees, the sun refused to leave my line of vision, and I was starting to sweat through the dark jeans I seriously...
State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte ascended to the podium to thunderous applause, drawing a standing ovation from nearly 600 students. Her skirt and jacket were perfectly ironed, and a ruffled shirt peeped...
Stacey Amorous lost track of her high school friend Brad Sherwood after graduation, only to see him on Comedy Central several years later.
Amorous, associate director of the Liberal Arts Honors...
The Board of Regents honored 26 faculty members on Aug. 23 with the Outstanding Teaching Award. The honorees were selected from three categories of faculty — contingent, tenure-track and tenure —...
The Miro Quartet filled the Jessen Auditorium to near maximum capacity Saturday, on its second night of performing the complete cycle of Beethoven’s quartets.
The chamber music group played in...
