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 ...

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 ...

The content factory that is this 2026 FIFA World Cup has continued to hum at unprecedented efficiency as the tournament enters the final week of group stage play. It has generated a list of ...

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 ...

Mission Espada, the first Spanish mission in Texas, was founded in 1690 in East Texas as Mission Tejas. Built among the Caddo Nation, the mission only lasted about three years before being revived ...

Roughly a century later, accelerating development and a growing population led to a new form of displacement. Gentrification priced, and continues to price, many property owners out of East Austin ...

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 ...

Amanda Eyre Ward is whisking readers away to sparkling Mediterranean waters and ivory cliffs this summer. Once there, though, her characters’ lives aren’t all monument tours and seaside relaxation.

Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m a card-carrying rescheduler. I love canceled plans, rain checks, and even an occasional Irish Goodbye. When Todd Harris, co-owner of Happy Cactus, ...

Austin public safety agencies recovered an Austin Water employee last Wednesday, June 17, from a manhole after the city worker fell in. The employee was performing routine maintenance on a wastewater ...

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 ...

They’ll share lots of firsts, lots of gossip, and a book in Laekan Zea Kemp’s The Chismosas Only Book Club. “I know how awkward yet precious that transitional period is in their lives,” Kemp says. As ...