Roe v Wade: worries mount that Texas' social services infrastructure is unready for the challenges of a "post-Roe world". Meanwhile child care professionals across the country rallied Monday against unsustainable economic conditions.
Texas remains dead center of a crushing heat wave that is expected to extend northward. Recent hot weather has begun to resemble that of 2011, a record-setting year for drought conditions in Texas. Concerns remain about the Texas power grid's ability to hold up under extended heat as demand has already approached all-time summer load records, however Austin Energy says ERCOT and the state grid were not involved in an outage on Saturday that affected over 3,500 southeast Austin customers on a very hot day - rather, an overload of local power infrastructure was to blame, and the utility does not expect a repeat of the problem.
A bad night for scooter riders downtown Monday night, as two accidents result in a death and two severely-injured riders.
The long-awaited deployment of the $3 million Live Music Fund for local music professionals has been delayed a year due to city staffing shortages.
A surprising result from a study of food insecurity among University of Texas students find that one in three of them is lacking reliable access to affordable and nutritious food.
A former mayor of Elgin has been arrested on theft charges related to insurance payments he's accused of pocketing.
The lineup for this fall's Austin City Limits Music Festival is set to be revealed at 9am this morning, and tickets will go on sale at 12 noon.
Jack Harlow, who wowed crowds at ACL Fest last year, has booked a show at the Moody Center on September 11.
Spoon were featured on CBS This Morning last weekend, performing three songs.
Set a reminder to check out a total lunar eclipse this weekend, starting at 8:30 Sunday night and wrapping up at 1:50 AM Monday morning.
A highway sign in Pflugerville that misspells Heatherwilde Blvd. as "Healthwide" is scheduled for replacement.
Today is National Clean Up Your Room Day - kids, get to it.
