Texas House and Senate leaders are seeking to allow youth summer camps to obtain licenses from the Department of State Health Services if they meet all safety requirements except the new fiber connection requirement.

Generation X harbors the most economic anxiety, with 73% fearing for their finances over death.

A rare, rodent-borne illness potentially at the center of an outbreak that has killed three people, sickened others, and left passengers stranded aboard a cruise ship has been detected in the U.S.

Crux Climbing Center is back in south Austin after a not-so-smooth ending at its previous location in the area.

More than 30 Austin organizations are calling on city leaders to pause a proposed expansion of APDled homeless encampment sweeps and redirect resources toward servicebased solutions.

For the second year in a row, accidental drug deaths went down in Travis County, the medical examiner's annual report for 2025 showed. Fentanyl deaths also went down significantly.

Travis County commissioners approve $17.65 million in new contracts to expand child care, afterschool and summer programs serving more than 5,200 children.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has a slight lead over U.S. Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for Cornyn's Senate seat, with 7% of Republican runoff voters still undecided, while State Sen. Mayes Middleton has a 48%-39% lead over U.S. Congressman Chip Roy in the battle to replace Paxton as Texas Attorney General.

Lacee Duke, the now-former mayor of Uhland, resigned her post Monday, five months after being arrested by Texas Rangers on a felony charge related to misuse of $250,000 paid to the operator of Uhland Fall Fest, according to the city and court records.

Citizen scientists working with NASA have helped identify more than 3,000 brown dwarfsdim, elusive objects that sit between planets and stars. The discoveries are doubling what astronomers know about these hidden neighbors and could reshape our understanding of the solar systems outer edge.

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the road in each of the states it traverses, passing by vintage diners, gas stations and motels many since preserved or restored along with breathtaking vistas and wide horizons of the open road.

Tens of millions of Americans may qualify, according to the Taxpayer Advocate Service.

Georgetown voters approved the citys plan to sell off portions of its water utility during the May 2 election, a move city leaders say will help stabilize water rates and significantly reduce longterm water and infrastructure costs.

The San Marcos Police Department announced it is beginning to implement a new data-driven policing strategy officials say is designed to reduce crime and improve accountability across the city.

A two-year-old died after a crash Sunday night in south Austin.

Here are 25 restaurants offering Cinco de Mayo food deals.

The lawsuit seeks to block Character.AI from offering chatbots on its popular website that claim to practice medicine.

Utz Quality Foods is issuing a voluntary recall for certain varieties of potato chips sold nationwide, the FDA announced on Monday.

The city of Austin announced Tuesday that the metro's major hospital groups developed a plan to "ensure sexual assault survivors continue to have access to critical forensic exam services across the hospitals."

This year, ACL Weekend 1 runs from Oct. 2-4, and ACL Weekend 2 runs Oct. 9-11. The festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

The price of diesel, meanwhile, is more than $5.64 as of Monday, nearly 20 cents higher than a week ago, according to AAA.

May's bird forecast highlights spring migration and a favorite known for its orange underparts and rump, the Baltimore Oriole.

Jason Perez remembers how persistent the salesperson was in pitching him solar panels at his door.

Several nonprofits on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop a Texas from going into effect next week that would allow local and state law enforcement to arrest those who are suspected of entering the United States illegally.

A new poll from Gallup has revealed that only a quarter of Americans who dont own homes expect to buy one in the next five years.