The conventional wisdom was that this year’s election would be a “throw the bums out” contest, that voters were angry at City Council for asking residents to pay higher taxes via Prop Q, among other ...

Over 30 years in the making, Texas is sending a Democrat to the U.S. Senate after James Talarico defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton in commanding fashion by nearly 10 points.

Save Austin Now’s co-founder, political strategist Matt Mackowiak, was one of those who told us Tuesday’s vote would be close. He credited Prop I’s loss to Don’t DOGE Our Austin’s messaging and to ...

In East Austin, just after 10 o’clock on election night, Gina Hinojosa’s face appeared on the jumbo screens with a check mark next to it. With about 64% of votes counted, Gov. Greg Abbott had ceded ...

Stroll the lanes of New Market Village with over 20 stages of entertainment, 200 costumed performers, food and drink from around the world, and shoppes filled with the finest assortment of artisans, ...

Certain elements of the character quickly came into focus – that he was a German expat, that he was obsessed with beauty. At the same time he needed an antagonist of sorts, and this came in the form ...

Freakshow on Fruth St. Saturday 31, 29th Street Ballroom This year’s Halloween will be the last to occur on a Saturday until 2037. For those looking to avoid Sixth Street’s sardine-packed sidewalks ...

Campaign workers for incumbent City Council Member Zo Qadri are accusing one of Qadri’s opponents, the former professor Rich Heyman, of attempting to intimidate them outside a polling place on the ...

On Monday, Oct. 26, District Court Judge Catherine Mauzy ruled that Abbott must allow Hinojosa to see the unredacted Abbott-Musk communications by Thursday morning, Oct. 29 – five days before Election ...

The Maverick Inn in Alpine is one of four historic lodgings in West Texas that have recently changed ownership and are being renovated Credit: Gerald E. McLeod Open daily, the indoor public pool at ...