Travis County News

The Austin American-Statesman reports that the community in Western Travis County is concerned about the impact of a sharp increase in traffic and growing school enrollment caused by the projects.

Prosecutors across Texas should take careful note of the message Williamson County voters sent them this week: Don't confuse justice with conviction counts.

One of the most contentious races in Travis County is headed to a Democratic primary runoff with a lot more cash in play, courtesy of a super PAC focused on unseating incumbent Precinct 2 Constable Adan Ballesteros.

Only one in two Central Texas preschool children have the key skills needed as they enter kindergarten, but United Way for Greater Austin has unveiled an aggressive three-year action plan to change that.

Former Austin Police Association President Mike Sheffield is seeking depositions for a possible lawsuit against his ex-employer, the largest statewide police union in Texas, which fired him last year.

The latest drought monitor released today shows less than 1 percent of Texas is in the worst form of drought while 97 percent is at least "abnormally dry." Drought conditions have been improving steadily statewide thanks to a wetter-than-normal winter .

Lester Ray Guy, left, is accused of raping and killing Hazel Ivy in 1978. Old and degraded DNA matched Guy's profile, a prosecutor said.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo will speak about the dangers of social media at a community information session June 9. The goal of the session, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Goodwill Industries of Central Texas Community Center, 1015 Norwood Park Blvd., is to create public awareness of the dangers youth may encounter on social media ... (more)

"He had me out block-walking yesterday in the heat," laughed Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole at Lloyd Doggett 's East Seventh Street headquarters election party Tuesday night, sharing with other newly skeptical Doggett supporters who had been convinced by his late-stage pleas for help that he might really be in trouble in his congressional race in the ... (more)

APA secures a three-lease at Town Lake Animal Center Expect the council agenda to be bulging by week's end City Council approved a three-year lease for Austin Pets Alive! to operate out of the former Town Lake Animal Center.

For months, Donna Campbell had campaigned quietly with a low budget, far away from the high-profile, well-funded mudslinging brawl that her opponents, Jeff Wentworth and Elizabeth Ames Jones, were waging against each other in the GOP race for Texas Senate District 25.

An inmate sexually assaulted another inmate about two weeks ago while the two were waiting in the holding cell of the Travis County jail, an arrest warrant affidavit said.

It may take a community to raise a child, but it's family that sets the tone for serving your country - just ask 19-year-old Bethany Marie Flores.

Tax Assessor Candidate Vik Vad Wins Primary Election In November, Travis county voters will decide which candidate to elect to become the next County Tax Assessor, a position vacated by the retirement of longtime officeholder Nelda Wells Spears.Since 2012 is a presidential election year, voter turnout is expected to be high in the general ... (more)

The May 29 primary is over, the results are in, and the candidates in Travis County can head straight into general election mode.

El Paso voters have elected Mary E. Gonzalez, an openly gay woman, to the Texas House of Representatives, Gay Politics reports.

In the Travis County district attorney race, incumbent Rosemary Lehmberg is being challenged by former judge Charlie Baird.

When the Martians arrive , it's going to be important for us to divide up the task of explaining America's mysteries.

Ron Davis will keep his spot as the Precinct 1 commissioner. He faced three opponents in the Democratic primary but was able to win the race without a runoff.

Ron Davis will keep his spot as the Precinct 1 commissioner. He faced three opponents in the Democratic primary but was able to win the race without a runoff.