Texas homeowners now have more power to protect their properties. Two laws now in effect are aimed at stopping squatters and ...

A proposed tax hike before the city on Tuesday has become a referendum on governance in the fast-changing Texas capital.

Proposition Q would increase city property taxes by more than 20%, generating $110 million to fund homelessness programs and ...

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The controversial Proposition Q has sparked strong opinions this cycle. So far, more than 45,000 voters have submitted their ...

But ahead of an interview last Wednesday, KUT discovered code for a similar project that McGuire was working on at the same ...

A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against an Austin developer who she said illegally obtained her property after someone ...

Houston is also facing budget problems, but Mayor John Whitmire has been on a no-new-taxes crusade. Chaya Tong, who reports ...

On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office is looking into the Love Austin PAC and the nonprofit ...

The University of Texas and the city have been negotiating the future of the historic golf course property for years.

Along the Gulf Coast, local bonds in Angleton and Santa Fe ISDs would add debt for construction and technology projects, while water districts propose new levees for drainage and plant upgrades. And ...