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Civil rights organization challenged a new Texas immigration law on Tuesday which would allow police to arrest migrants suspectedly of crossing the border illegally and permit judges to order them to leave the U.S. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin on Tuesday, comes less than 24 hours after…

Plus: Austin's newly passed zoning reforms could be in legal jeopardy, HUD releases its latest census of the homeless population, and a little-discussed Florida reform is spurring a wave of home construction.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and incoming Houston Mayor John Whitmire, two veteran Democratic legislators, are trying to repair their cities’ fraught relationships with the state’s GOP leadership.

Officers found the man, 44, lying on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1600 block of North Mango Avenue about 7:50 p.m., police said.

Alexander Iwerebon, 27, was arrested Friday. He allegedly stabbed a 45-year-old man to death in the 5800 block of West Division Street on Nov. 14.

Maria Roque, 34, was a loving and committed mom who had “dreams and aspirations” in her career, her family says.

Tax filings show Musk’s charity The Foundation seeks to establish primary and secondary Stem school in Austin

The Tesla CEO and Texas resident’s charitable foundation filed an application to create the new school “dedicated to education at the highest levels.”

From poetic dreamworlds to the people’s hospital, Texas authors paint very different portraits of our diverse state.

The woman was shot in the chest while outside in the 500 block of North Long Avenue, police said.