The Latest Breaking News from Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke will travel to 20 cities and towns across Texas over 12 days to mark the anniversary of the deadly February winter storms and power outages, his campaign announced Monday.

AUSTIN, Texas — A potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the use of race in college admissions could reverse recent strides among Texas universities in creating more diverse student bodies and could adversely affect the college experience for students of color, education policy experts said.

The longtime state representative and congressional candidate parrots conservative talking points in wedge-issue mailer.

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is running 11 percentage points ahead of Democrat Beto O’Rourke in this year’s race for Texas governor, according to a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll released Sunday.

Charisma Ehresman was reported missing after leaving her home last Sunday in the 4600 block of South Wisconsin in Forest View and didn’t return.

Tesla revealed in its Q4 2021 financial report that the Giga Austin plant in Texas started producing Model Y in late 2021.

Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK) will deploy 50 Blink IQ 200 charging stations at 25 Firestone Complete Auto Care and Wheel Works stores, in cooperation with Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas. Each of the 25 locations will deploy a dual-port Blink IQ 200 fast level 2 charging station. Pilot locations…

Demand for breast milk has surged during the pandemic, but supply from milk banks has fallen as people head back to work

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other top Texas Republicans have joined Attorney General Ken Paxton and urged the all-GOP Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse its recent ruling that Paxton can’t prosecute voter fraud unilaterally.

Construction of the largest 3D-printed neighborhood will begin in Austin in 2022. An entire neighborhood of 100 single-story, 3D-printed homes will be built. This method of construction is faster, cheaper and less polluting than conventional construction methods, according to the three companies behind this unique project. This development is set…

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats spent more than $1 million from various campaign coffers to fund their quorum break in July, when nearly 60 lawmakers left the state for Washington in an effort to kill a GOP-backed elections bill.