Austin

After a big surge in gun deaths in 2020, high-profile mass shootings this spring are a reminder that America's epidemic of gun violence persists.

Texas’ capital city finally has a major league sports franchise to call its own. The team’s first match is Saturday night at Los Angeles FC.

In the midst of frustration and dread — his world falling apart — something planted itself in the back of Justin Sherburn's mind. A seed of an idea that wouldn’t bloom until months later.

Bertha Sadler Means was known as a community leader, political activist, businesswoman and educator.

The bill would create uniform state laws surrounding bodycam footage and require de-escalation training. It was filed a day after an Austin police officer was charged in Ramos' fatal shooting.

Paxton and his lawyers argue that Gov. Greg Abbott's statewide order that undoes a previous mask mandate overrides any local requirements.

The community-spurred resolution will put a dollar amount on how systemic racism and city policies led to wealth, health and equity gaps, as well as establish an "embassy" for Black Austinites.

Austin Water residents no longer need to boil their tap water before drinking it or cooking with it.

St. David’s South Austin Medical Center is sending some patients home and transferring others. Seton hospitals are also having water issues.

Abbott announced the priorities in his State of the State speech Monday night.

Austin's first-ever Civil Rights Office will oversee the city's nondiscrimination efforts, including federal civil rights laws and local labor rules.

A year and a half after Austin lifted a local ban on camping in public, some city officials are pushing to turn hotels into housing for people experiencing homelessness. Meanwhile, a state-sanctioned encampment in the city is full and can't accept new residents.