On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing “Heaven’s 27,” in demanding that Texas lawmakers pass a bill that would boost camp safety, including generally keeping cabins out of flood plains, instituting new requirements for emergency plans and mandating weather radios.

Compared to this time last year, eviction filings in the Austin area are up about 16%. That could be happening for a number of reasons, including fewer protections for renters.

"They said it's a felony for me to do this. Apparently I can't be on the floor or in the bathroom," Nicole Collier said.

The Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a new congressional map crafted to hand five additional U.S. House seats to the GOP over fierce opposition from Democrats, who cast the plan as a racially discriminatory attempt by President Donald Trump to stack the deck in next year’s midterm election.

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s

Texas Republicans are poised to pass a new map that redraws a handful of the state’s 38 congressional districts. The new map would create several Republican-leaning districts — and Democrats in blue s

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin-area is ranked the fifth highest in the nation for the number of homes at risk of wildfire damage, according to a new study by analysis group Cotality. New data found over 94,000 homes in the Austin area are at moderate or greater risk for wildfire damage.

Rep. Rhetta Bowers, D-Rowlett, stands near a press gaggle outside of the Texas House on Aug. 18, 2025. Texas Democrats left the state to fight redistricting at the national level, returning after two weeks to resume work in the state. Credit: Lorianne Willett for The Texas Tribune

Organizers with the Austin Pride Foundation told The Austin American-Statesman that they host their festivities later in the summer so college stud