The Latest Breaking News from Travis County

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Travis County Clerk in Texas — Dyana Limon-Mercado (D) and Susan Haynes (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. 

"I don't think it's a mistrial based on this," said Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble

At least nine Austin police officers accused of excessive force during 2020 protests are indicted

‘This is a horrible outcome’, said Travis County sheriff

AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said earlier this week that her office is rejecting an unusually high share of applications for mail-in ballots because they do not meet standards set under the state's new elections law.

“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says election clerk in Austin as pattern repeats across the state

From In re Inquiry Concerning Hon. Sarah Eckhardt, decided last week by a Texas Special Court of Review (Chief Justice Brian Quinn, Justice Charles Kreger, and Justice W. Stacy Trotter, all of various Texas Courts of Appeals): The sanctions in question consisted of a "public admonition." The Travis County Judge…