Austin City Council to vote on $6.6B budget with tax hike, public safety focus
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin City Council is preparing to vote this week on a historic $6.6 billion budget…
Paradigm Treatment Receives State Approval to Add Eight Beds at Its Austin Teen Residential Treatment Center
The additional capacity at the Austin, Texas, center responds to sustained demand for adolescent residential mental health care,…
Explaining the origins of Texas RB Raleek Brown’s ‘Band-Aid’ nickname
During last month’s SEC media days, Texas football player Trevor Goosby shared an interesting tidbit about new teammate…
Trump criticizes Texas data center pause as Abbott orders grid connection audits
AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump is publicly criticizing Texas leadership over a recent statewide pause on data…
Austin’s lowest-paid city workers could get bigger raises
As the Austin City Council debates changes to the city staff’s proposed budget, City Manager T.C. Broadnax offered…
Austin filmmaker’s ‘Queen Takes Bishop’ explores human connection
Imagine someone being so lonely that they hire a sex worker — not for intimacy, but simply to…
Walmart plans $3.6M remodel as H-E-B expands in North Texas
For nearly 30 years, Walmart has operated its own neighborhood markets, or smaller-sized stores that place a heavy…
TEA rule lets failing school ratings follow students to new campuses
Paredes Middle School, July 22, 2026. AISD trustees voted to close the campus in late July. Sara Diggins/Austin…
High school volleyball: Central Texas schools jump to Class 6A
East View Patriots head coach Sydney Huck reacts in celebration when her team wins the third set to…
Why Austin protests over police violence are smaller now
When Austin police killed Michael Ramos, an unarmed Black and Latino man, in April 2020, followed weeks later…
Tips for watching the 2026 Perseid meteor shower in Austin
One of the best meteor showers of the year will reach its peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday. If…
Art Garage returns home for grand opening – The Daily Texan
Five minutes from the South Austin garage where her mother first taught pottery classes in 2008, Kaiya Emmert…