September 21, 2021 Texas mom erupts at school board over 'anal sex' passage in middle schoolers' book A Texas school district has removed a book from schools after an irate mother read aloud an excerpt about anal sex during last week’s board meeting.
August 31, 2021 Austin hotel group offers 100 free rooms to Hurricane Ida evacuees An Austin, Texas-based hotel group offered 100 free rooms to Hurricane Ida evacuees until Wednesday.
August 13, 2021 Texas House sergeant-at-arms visiting homes looking for Democrats who fled: report Reporters confirmed on Friday that the Texas House Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Black is traveling to the homes of the state lower chamber’s members who skirted voting by flying to Washington, D.C.
August 10, 2021 Austin and Dallas schools implement new mask mandates, contravening Gov. Abbott's ban The Austin Independent School District joined Dallas this week in mandating masks in schools, challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order banning mask mandates by local governments and other entities.
August 9, 2021 Austin activates emergency alert due to severe COVID-19 'crisis' Health officials in Austin issued an emergency alert over the weekend that the COVID-19 situation in the city was "severely worsening" and has reached a "critical" point.
July 29, 2021 Austin matches number of homicides in all of 2020, McCaul blames 'defund the police' Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, blamed the "defund the police" movement as Austin is seeing what's been described as a "grim milestone" for homicides in 2021.
July 28, 2021 Austin police shortage at 'crisis' level, 911 callers forced to wait With fewer officers on the streets and no major recruitment plans in the works, law enforcement experts say it’s having a major ripple effect through one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities.
July 13, 2021 'You oppose Voter ID?': Hegseth clashes with Texas Democrat who fled quorum to DC over election reform bill On Tuesday's "Fox News Primetime," host Pete Hegseth clashed with one of the dozens of Texas Democratic state lawmakers who fled the Lone Star State for Washington to prevent a legislative quorum for a vote on election reform legislation.
June 22, 2021 Austin shooting update: New suspect ID'd, charges against 2 juveniles dropped, police say Charges against two juvenile suspects who were apprehended following a June 12 shooting in Austin, Texas, have been dropped and a manhunt was underway for a new adult suspect in the case, authorities said Tuesday, according to a report.
June 16, 2021 Texans urged to conserve power through week as heat wave grips West As a heat wave scorches the Southwest, bringing record-shattering temperatures, officials at the Texas power grid operator are warning residents to prepare for continued outages and to conserve energy.
