Austin TX

From budget discussions to development code updates, check out three recent government stories from the Lake Travis/Westlake area. (Community Impact staff) Over the last month, the city councils of Lakeway, Bee Cave and Rollingwood have each had discussions and made decisions that affect the cities. From budget discuss

A late-night robbery outside a popular Sixth Street nightclub ended with a victim knocked unconscious and a suspect running off with cash, and Austin police are now hoping fresh images will jog some memories. In a post on X from the Austin Police Department, detectives said the robbery, listed as...

Austin, Texas — Huston-Tillotson University has received a $1,350,000 planned gift from the estate of educators and alumni Theodore C. “Ted” Smith and Octavia L. Smith, which will be used to endow a teacher initiative, a music professorship, and support other university priorities. The gift will establish...

The Austin Independent School District is postponing most of its districtwide school boundary realignment changes until the 2028-29 school year. The new plan could include closing more schools in the next couple of years, though which ones is unclear. The district first mentioned a plan to realign attendance zones in..

We're one week away from America's 250th birthday celebration across the United States of America.

Texas lawmakers are calling for the data center industry to be more transparent after it was revealed during a legislative hearing in Austin that the majority of the state's data centers are not reporting their water usage. The Public Utility Commission of Texas sent out a survey earlier this year...

The Texas Longhorns have a Lane Kiffin problem, and now quarterback Arch Manning is involved.

Most retirees pay whatever the county sends them – and quietly overpay by hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars every single year. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation estimates that 30 to 60 percent of U.S. residential properties are overassessed, yet fewer than 5 percent of homeowners ever file an appeal.

Gracie the Giraffe was found Friday morning after being missing for several days in the Hill Country.

The popstar took photos with fans, which quickly went viral.