The Latest Breaking News from Austin

Texas holding local runoff elections on December 13

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…

Ballotpedia · Dec 8, 2022

Elon Musk Said To Bring Tesla China Head To Oversee Giga Texas Ramp

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.

InsideEVs · Dec 8, 2022

Texas House Democratic Caucus elects Trey Martinez Fischer as its new chair

Martinez Fischer replaces Rep. Chris Turner of Grand Prairie, who has led the caucus since 2017 and did not seek reelection.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 7, 2022

F1 confirm six tracks to host sprint races in 2023 as Spa-Francorchamps and Austin added to list

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

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022

Runoff to determine who will be Austin’s next mayor

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 7, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Dec 7, 2022

Man shot, killed in Austin

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 7, 2022

Grandmother: 15-year-old boy shot dead near Michele Clark High School in South Austin ‘was a good young man.’

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2022

Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick diverge ahead of the legislative session on property taxes, power grid

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

The Texas Tribune · Dec 6, 2022

How Austin’s housing crisis has shaped the race for a new mayor

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 Texas Tribune · Dec 6, 2022

Ryan Garcia Nearing Deal to Fight Mercito Gesta in January

If advanced negotiations lead to an agreement, Garcia-Gesta will take place in Austin, Texas.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 6, 2022