Pease Park Pride event to increase security after protesters attend other Pride events
So we want to make sure—first and foremost—children and families are safe...our marginalized communities are safe, and just everyone is safe."
So we want to make sure—first and foremost—children and families are safe...our marginalized communities are safe, and just everyone is safe."
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a CLEAR Alert Saturday for a missing woman in Austin. Yolanda Jaimes was last seen Friday in the 7000 block of Craybrough Circle at about 6 a.m. Jaimes was described as a 39-year-old woman with brown eyes and black hair. She is 4 feet, 11 [...]
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state's trigger law automatically bans almost all abortions in the state. The ban takes effect 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its official judgment. Confusion over exactly when that is, forced clinics to halt their services Friday. Whole Woman's Health and Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas have also paused [...]
A ruling by the Supreme Court of Texas Friday allows the private groups behind the proposed bullet train between Houston and Dallas to use eminent domain to take land for the project.
The 'Archer Fire' is an estimated 450 acres and is 0% contained as of 9:06 p.m. Friday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Supporters and concerned citizens who are working to find missing Texas State student Jason Landry rented a booth at the Luling Watermelon Thump this weekend to raise more awareness about his disappearance.
More than 200 people have been struck and killed by lighting in the United States over the past 10 years.
Austin Police said it started when someone fired a gun from a vehicle near 53rd Street and Airport Boulevard around 6 p.m.
The consortium is designed to identify distressed children and give them better access to care they need. But the special hearing revealed there is not a lot of oversight or tracking of social media threats.
The cost of living in Austin continues to rise, but Foundation Communities was awarded with $6 million to expand affordable housing in Austin.
More than 170 babies in Texas have been surrendered under Texas' Safe Haven law since 2009, according to data from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Friday's Dobbs v. Jackson decision is a seismic shift in the American political landscape, overturning protections granted by Roe v. Wade, and abortion providers and access funds announced that they will pause operations to review federal and Texas law.
The Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case calls into question what kinds of resources and support will be available to Texas women who become pregnant and face a crisis situation.