A Texas House committee took the unusual step of unanimously voting down the bill to make Austin a district of the state and ...

Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was ...

A bill creating a "District of Austin" that would've given state lawmakers the final say on local decisions was voted down 11 ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

Texas has one of the toughest abortion laws in the country. It’s essentially a total ban that abortion advocates claim puts ...

Senators also heard testimony on a pair of bills that would crack down on abortion pill access and block taxpayer-funded ...

As state legislators continue debating bills at the Capitol, a new poll is highlighting which issues are most important to ...

Trailblazing former Austin Mayor and Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton died Wednesday at her home in Tarrytown, her family ...