Austin city leaders marked the 30th anniversary of a program that provides free vaccines to children as Texas faces its worst ...

The Austin Police Department’s use of automated license plate readers as an investigative tool will continue through June, ...

Travis County finally began offering a guaranteed lawyer to individuals who are arrested and can’t afford legal representation – a constitutional right known as counsel at first appearance, or CAFA.

The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously this week to advance two campaign finance complaints to final hearings, determining that there are reasonable grounds to believe that violations of the ...

Under state law, Austin is only allowed to raise its tax rate by 3.5 percent without asking voters for permission. That law ...

With a major expansion on the horizon for Austin’s Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mayor Kirk Watson is working with city staff to ensure the $1 billion project goes off without a hitch. The ...

For the second time in less than a year, community member Ted Eubanks faced opposition to his nomination to the city’s Parks ...

Austin City Council members celebrated the resounding defeat of House Bill 274 on Wednesday, a bill that would have created ...

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has launched its annual spring native plant sale, which stretches from March 28-April 27, Fridays-Sundays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (The first weekend of the sale is ...

Statesman editor and the author of the book Barton Creek, will be leading a guided hike to the upper waterfalls of the Lost ...

Carole Keeton, Austin’s first woman mayor, died Wednesday at the age of 85. She was born in Austin to Page and Madge Keeton and devoted herself to the city throughout her life. Her father was a ...

While Austin Water has worked to limit the amount of water lost through breaks in its water lines, over time the amount of water lost through such leaks has steadily increased, according to an audit ...