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Two cities in Texas are holding nonpartisan general runoff elections on December 13, 2022. In Corpus Christi, three city council seats will be on the ballot. Three city council seats will also be on the ballot in Austin, along with the mayor. The runoff elections were required after no candidates…

Bloomberg reports that Tesla China president Tom Zhu is in Austin this week with some of his engineering team from China to help oversee the ramp of Giga Texas.

F1 bosses have doubled the amount of Sprint events for next year due to an increase in audience compared to qualifying sessions - with Austin one of six courses chosen

F1 bosses have announced the venues for the six sprint races for the 2023 season.

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The man, 40, was sitting in a vehicle when someone approached him and fired shots, police said.

Kevin Davis is among at least 35 children 15 and younger to be killed in Chicago this year. And he is the third person to be killed in the Austin neighborhood over the last week.

The capital city’s mayoral race is something of a test case in how the state’s rising housing costs might influence local races in major cities.

The dueling approaches are coming into focus as lawmakers prepare to return to Austin for the session which begins Jan. 10.