In 2024, AISD was a district that had more D- and F-rated schools (48) than A- or B-rated schools (43). In just two years, the district managed to flip those numbers, about to start the 2026-27 school ...

Late on Monday, Aug. 24, Ellis announced that the city clerk’s office informed her that her petition was short by 62 signatures, despite submitting more than the 3,044 required. Her tenure ...

Resistance is the root of nonprofit Red Salmon Arts and their Casa de Resistencia Books store – it’s right there in the name. This year’s Austin Latinx Micro-Book Festival is a celebration of ...

Selections from Cristina Velásquez’s “Somos Animales Poéticos” Credit: Dougherty Arts Center With the deft fingers of a skilled weaver, photographer Cristina Velásquez spins stories from captured ...

In June, the city clerk certified Save Austin Now’s petition for the November ballot. The following month, Council approved the selection of an outside firm, Pennsylvania-based Public Works LLC, to ...

Dominic Sessa has what can only be called a punchable face. “That’s high praise,” the actor laughed.

Divine Feminine is a nifty term. I’m picturing a little fairy fluttering through a brightly lit forest; then I blink, and a burlap-clad tradwife appears in my mental viewfinder. The biblical dog ...

Her monthly stand-up showcase Cozy Comedy, which Castleberry hosts at hash hot spot Cozy Cannabis, offers not just special ...

It’s Austin ISD’s first week of school. But what the new school year could bring is still uncertain in the wake of the 2026 accountability scores released last week, district leaders say. On Friday, ...

Frank Beard, legendary longtime drummer of ZZ Top, died on Monday,. Born in Frankston, Texas, the famously beardless backbone of the Southern boogie rock group spent time living in Austin and Houston, ...

I know about the Front Market, but I didn’t know Future Front did that.” Unprompted variations of this phrase filled my ears again and again while reporting this column. In ...

He called Austin Energy and San Antonio’s CPS Energy “monopolies that drive up costs for Texas families and small businesses,” and argued that customers could “save more than 10%” if they could shop ...