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Upcoming I-35 construction will impact trails, parking near Lady Bird Lake
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In its latest construction update for the Interstate-35 Capital Express Central project, the city said in a memorandum that the Texas Department of Transportation will begin...
18-year-old arrested in shooting death of relative: Travis County Sheriff
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — An investigation is underway after a 40-year-old man died at an Austin hospital early Monday, according to a press release from the Travis County...
Lights Are Brighter Than Ever. Is That Bad for Your Eyes?
Lights Are Brighter Than Ever. Is That Bad for Your Eyes?
A few years back, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez started noticing the extreme brightness of car headlights in rural Washington, where she lives—and felt bombarded. “You come around a curve and...
Here are the Texas House Democrats who are breaking quorum
AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least 51 Democratic representatives in the Texas House left Texas Sunday to block a vote Monday on redrawn maps of the state's U.S. congressional districts....
10 Symptoms ER Doctors Say to Never Ignore
10 Symptoms ER Doctors Say to Never Ignore
Emergency room doctors see the worst-case scenarios, the weird fluke accidents, the mysterious ailments and miraculous recoveries. They're also no strangers to the symptoms that patients didn't take seriously...
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
It’s a stark number: 212,000. That’s how many women ages 20 and over have left the workforce since January, according to the most recent jobs numbers released Aug. 1...
What could go wrong? One crew, one canoe and 230 miles of determination
SAN MARCOS (KXAN) -- When Michael Lombard, Billy Roosa, and their two other friends signed up for the 2025 Texas Water Safari, they knew it would be grueling. Billed...
Texas Legislature: What is a quorum?
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Legislature must have what's called a "quorum" in order to do business proposing, discussing and voting on bills. But what does that mean, and...
Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
(The Hill) - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw...
Texas edge Ethan Burke is trying to 'be the best version of himself' in 2025
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lot of the offensive lines Texas will line up against this season know about how dynamic a pass rusher Colin Simmons is, creating a scheme...
Abbott threatens absent House Democrats with removal, felony charges
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a letter Sunday night in which he said that he would seek to remove "derelict Democrats" from their elected offices in...
Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870
(The Texas Tribune) — In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor wartime powers, depriving the upper chamber of...