Close to midnight on June 18, after almost seven hours of public hearing and debate, Austin ISD trustees voted to adopt the proposed $887 million budget for the 2026-2027 school year with one ...

It’s Usagi’s birthday, which means local Austin magical girls Louisianna Purchase and Mars Morningstar have invited Dragula: Titans season 2’s Blackberri for a big ol’ party. Expect drag, a costume ...

They’ll share lots of firsts, lots of gossip, and a book in Laekan Zea Kemp’s The Chismosas Only Book Club. “I know how awkward yet precious that transitional period is in their lives,” Kemp says. As ...

Amanda Eyre Ward is whisking readers away to sparkling Mediterranean waters and ivory cliffs this summer. Once there, though, her characters’ lives aren’t all monument tours and seaside relaxation.

I remain devoted to the summer reading program, though my logging abilities are lacking these days. The tradition of blocking off a season for for-fun reading and public page-flipping might be part of ...

Mission Espada, the first Spanish mission in Texas, was founded in 1690 in East Texas as Mission Tejas. Built among the Caddo Nation, the mission only lasted about three years before being revived ...

The content factory that is this 2026 FIFA World Cup has continued to hum at unprecedented efficiency as the tournament enters the final week of group stage play. It has generated a list of ...

Once you’ve heard Lauren Hough’s voice, it’s hard to read her work without its dry, lightly accented rumble in your head. The bestselling author of Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing sacrificed a week of ...

Most Austinites are unaware that our city is home to a far-right billionaire working diligently, and very effectively, to criminalize homelessness. That person is Joe Lonsdale, and VOCAL-TX, the ...

Roughly a century later, accelerating development and a growing population led to a new form of displacement. Gentrification priced, and continues to price, many property owners out of East Austin ...

Many who offered comments at the Environmental Commission’s June 17 meeting spoke in bitingly personal terms about the new ...

Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m a card-carrying rescheduler. I love canceled plans, rain checks, and even an occasional Irish Goodbye. When Todd Harris, co-owner of Happy Cactus, ...