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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
As Hinojosa prepares to lead Texas, capital visitors share hopes for administration
At the state capital in Austin on Wednesday, many people took tours of the Capitol building. Come January, it will be led by new governor-elect Gina Hinojosa. Gina Hinojosa started her political journey running for a school board position to save Pease Elementary, where her child went to school. Those...
Yahoo!
Flock Cameras Face Growing Resistance at the Ballot Box
On Tuesday, voters took to the ballot box to weigh in on the future of Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers (ALPRs), adding to a growing nationwide backlash against mass government surveillance and mounting privacy concerns. Although Flock cameras are just over a year old in York, Maine,...
kut.org
How did the women's restroom at Austin's Donn's Depot become so 'iconic'?
This story was originally told at ATXplained Live at Bass Concert Hall on May 21, 2026. Get tickets for our next show here. The women’s room at Donn’s Depot is a carnival. The walls have vertical red and white stripes. A worn crimson carpet covers the floor and then goes up and over some wooden chairs, creating a bench. Remnants of tinsel garland are stapled to the ceiling. The cobwebs look older than some of the customers.
mySanAntonio.com
TxDOT warns of major ramp closure on I-35
Other nightly closures are expected to end tonight.
Austin Chronicle
AISD Redraws Northeast Austin School Zones, Approves Turnaround Plans
Last Thursday, Oct. 29, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees rubber-stamped plans to improve 26 low-rated campuses. They also created an attendance boundary for General Marshall Middle School in Northeast Austin for the first time ever, and redrew the boundary for the overcrowded Linder Elementary. Last fall, the district had...
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The Christmas-Themed Pub In Texas Where Every Visit Feels Like The Holidays
In Austin, Texas, a bar exists that has decided December is simply too good to share with just one month, and Lala’s Little Nugget is living proof that this is the correct opinion. Step through the door and you’ll understand immediately why people keep coming back, season after season,...
hoodline.com
North Austin's Metric and Rutland Area Set for New Pocket Park and Trail
Austin City Council voted Thursday to acquire just over an acre of land in the Metric and Rutland area of north Austin, setting aside ground for a future pocket park and trail connection in a stretch of the city that officials describe as park-deficient. The vote, announced by the City...
KBTX
Hinojosa names Republican Aggie Ernest Bailes co-chair of her transition team
kut.org
Proposition I has failed. Here are results for the other Austin props on the ballot
Unofficial election results show Proposition I has failed. Its backers, the leaders of the political action committee Save Austin Now, conceded Tuesday night that it would not pass. Eight propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot aimed to change the city of Austin’s charter, and Prop I — a measure that...