On Friday afternoon, June 26, the Republican-majority Texas State Board of Education voted 9-4 to approve required reading lists for K-12 that, starting the 2030-2031 school year, will make Texas the ...

Many who offered comments at the Environmental Commission’s June 17 meeting spoke in bitingly personal terms about the new ...

Close to midnight on June 18, after almost seven hours of public hearing and debate, Austin ISD trustees voted to adopt the proposed $887 million budget for the 2026-2027 school year with one ...

So many of the attacks that we’re facing in Austin are coming down from the federal and state level,” said VOCAL-TX’s Paulette Soltani, who is organizing the vigil. “And, sadly, we know that the ...

In 1958, Gordon Lightfoot left his small Ontario town for Los Angeles with a pit stop in Toronto. Years later, Neil Young ...

Long after I’ve closed a paperback, I can tell if it was on my personal summer syllabus. Sweat stains and sticky splotches of ice cream dot the pages. Sharing a bag with damp towels and slick ...

“Where God could be a dog/ Barking in the dark,” Morby sets the scene on record opener “Badlands,” digging into the balance ...

It’s Usagi’s birthday, which means local Austin magical girls Louisianna Purchase and Mars Morningstar have invited Dragula: Titans season 2’s Blackberri for a big ol’ party. Expect drag, a costume ...

Hiott’s sudden and forced exit drew immediate criticism from the broader community. Austin Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Casar connected her firing to both the broader attack in public media and the right ...

Several Austin City Council members have told the Chronicle in recent weeks that they expect this year’s budget negotiations, ...

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I remain devoted to the summer reading program, though my logging abilities are lacking these days. The tradition of blocking off a season for for-fun reading and public page-flipping might be part of ...