Austin parks receive $8.5M from 2025 ACL Music Festival
The Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) generated $8.5 million in 2025 for Austin park improvements, according to festival organizer C3 Presents.
The Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) generated $8.5 million in 2025 for Austin park improvements, according to festival organizer C3 Presents.
The Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will increase enforcement of seat belt and distracted driving laws as part of its annual All-American Enforcement Campaign running from May 11 through Memorial Day on May 25.
Arts leaders in Austin are accusing city officials of underfunding the city’s public art program for years, arguing that the city has been using an incorrect formula to calculate how much money should go into the program tied to major construction projects.
Gov. Greg Abbott is escalating the use of state funding threats to compel Texas cities to comply with his policy demands, forcing multiple municipalities to reverse or reconsider local decisions in recent weeks.
Civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block portions of a Texas law that would criminalize illegal border crossing under state authority, after a federal appeals court lifted an earlier injunction that had paused enforcement.
Leaders of the Life in the City (LITC) United Methodist Church in South Austin reported vandalism at their property ahead of Sunday morning services, including damage to a Pride mural and the display of hateful messages targeting the LGBTQ community and the church.
Texas has allocated $4 million to develop a real-time flood warning system for the Hill Country region following the July 4, 2025 flooding that killed more than 130 people, including nearly 30 children, state officials and researchers said.
Texas recorded more residential electricity disconnections than any other state in 2024, according to a federal report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which measured utility shutoffs tied to unpaid bills nationwide.
Texas added 46,800 nonfarm jobs in March, bringing total employment to more than 14.4 million, according to data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced this week that it is investigating several truck driving schools across Texas, including at least one operating in San Antonio, over allegations that some programs may certify commercial drivers without meeting training requirements such as English proficiency.