Buda updated city rules to make regular live music easier for downtown venues, adding a music‑venue permit, noise limits and a fee waiver through March 2027.

Bertram Mayor Michael Dickinson will resign effective Jan. 21 for health reasons. Mayor Pro‑Tem John Baladez will run city business until the May election.

Buda officials say federal agents briefly parked a transport vehicle outside City Hall while conducting enforcement nearby. The city and police say they were not part of the operation.

A leadership fight at the University of Austin has prompted resignations, disputed student discipline and questions about donor control as the new school grows. Here’s what happened and what to watch next.

An Austin firefighter says the city denied her workers' compensation after a stage-four uterine cancer diagnosis, prompting union and researcher pushback. The case heads to appeals.

Steve Pier will lead the Texas Workforce Commission starting Feb. 2, moving from the Department of Information Resources. His hire comes amid a broader shuffle in state agency leadership.

City leaders are weighing a capped 2026 bond and a new mayoral "decision tree" to frame trade-offs after voters rejected Prop Q. Staff and a task force will narrow projects this spring.

Federal prosecutors apologized after officials deported a Babson College freshman from Boston to Honduras in violation of a judge’s order. The judge suggested a student visa as one potential fix.

Sen. John Cornyn joined GOP colleagues to introduce the ICE Protection Act, seeking tougher penalties and new mandatory minimums for vehicle attacks on ICE officers.

Texas Governor Abbott has announced a $15.2 million investment from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund to Tekscend Photomask for photomask production, creating 50 jobs in Round Rock.

CesiumAstro is set to build a new manufacturing facility and headquarters in Texas, investing over $500 million and creating 500 jobs to strengthen the state's aerospace industry.

Texas Governor Abbott appoints Ryan D. Larson and Terence Davis to the Child Protective Investigations Advisory Committee to improve child welfare system integrity.

Anti‑Sharia rhetoric from Texas GOP leaders has some conservative Muslim voters and donors questioning their place in the party.