David Barer

Austin leaders plan to ask state lawmakers to pass new rules for autonomous vehicles driving on Texas roads. The city's legislative recommendations, including higher fees for safety violations and a new digital system for law enforcement to ticket AVs, were sparked in part by videos and reports of a Waymo blocking first responders after a 6th Street mass shooting in March.

Shane James, the man facing multiple capital murder charges connected to a 2023 Central Texas shooting and killing spree, expects a jury trial in November, according to his defense attorney Russell Hunt, who said he is still considering an insanity defense.

Lacee Duke, the now-former mayor of Uhland, resigned her post Monday, five months after being arrested by Texas Rangers on a felony charge related to misuse of $250,000 paid to the operator of Uhla…

The Uhland City Council appointed Guadalupe Garza as mayor on Monday. Garza will lead the town’s government, filling a vacancy left by former mayor Lacee Duke, who resigned a week prior.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper used an encrypted messaging app to communicate with, what appears to be, federal immigration agents during a traffic stop that led to the detention of an…

After a decade-long court battle a federal district court in Texas has ruled the state’s system of making mentally incompetent people wait in jail for months – or years in some cases – for mental h…

The Pedernales and Llano rivers are brimming with massive amounts of water Thursday, as heavy rain continues for a second day across Central Texas.

As of mid-2026, Austin had nearly 127,000 expired residential permits scattered across town dating back to the late 1970s. Any of those could become an expensive hassle for a homeowner trying to repair or update their house.

Nearly two years ago, KXAN launched “A Hanging on Backbone Creek,” an ongoing investigation that began with the mysterious death of 13-year-old Daynon Lewis in 1965.

On this edition of “Inside the Investigation” — an extended discussion first featured in the latest episode of our weekly investigative program, “Cause & Effect” — KXAN…