Austin PBS CEO Luis Patiño smiles as he leans over a rough wooden desk, the original beer table from Studio 6A when the genre-busting music show was still recorded on the UT campus. “It still smells ...

SB 37 will greatly increase the power of the boards of regents who govern seven university systems in the state. These boards are made up of Republican allies appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott with the ...

One of the most controversial architectural decisions in Austin in recent years has been the demolition of the Austin Convention Center. Critics have said that it has come down too soon, but the ...

Between Austin City Limits Festival weekends, Zilker Park transforms for an intimate musical performance raising money for ...

Just over a year ago, Altman broke into the clay and sand of Abilene, Texas, to begin building the biggest data center in the ...

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What I witnessed this morning was the most disturbing government proceeding I’ve ever seen in my 10 years of being a member of Congress and a City Council member,” Greg Casar told the Chronicle Monday ...

Volunteers for the legal advocacy organization Save Our Springs and Austin United PAC’s Save the Soul of Austin campaign have spent the summer collecting petition signatures in an attempt to stop the ...

Laurelin Paige had given up on sleep after her newborn refused to rest. She needed something to fill the quiet hours, a creative project, and began writing a romance novel. When she finished the book, ...

Psych rockers DAIISTAR, post-punks Font, synth-pop experimenters Club Coma, electro-funk master Sexpop, hazy Latin groovers lluvvii, and fresh art-pop innovators Alma Muñeca raise funds for the Kerr ...

Republicans already hold almost two-thirds of the seats (25-13). And since the overall voting gap statewide seems to hover around 56-44, GOP mapmakers have had to go to some extreme lengths to get ...