Texas school districts are experiencing a statewide decline in student enrollment that could continue in the coming years, state education officials and policy analysts told lawmakers during a hearing in Austin on Monday.
Allison Orr, the artistic director of Forklift Danceworks, has been named a 2026 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, organizers announced, granting her an unrestricted $525,000 prize.
About 76,000 fewer students enrolled in Texas public schools during the current academic year, marking the first non-pandemic decline in nearly 40 years, according to a report released Monday by Texas 2036, which found that Hispanic students accounted for most of the decrease.
A cold front brought a line of severe storms across the Austin area on Sunday evening, producing wind gusts, hail, heavy rain, and lightning and causing widespread power outages, according to weather officials and utility reports.
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.