House District 19 includes Gillespie, Kendall, Blanco, and Burnet counties, as well as part of Travis County. Newly created, HD 19 is now located in Central Texas, just west of Austin, but was previously located in East Texas. The previous HD 19 area was absorbed by...
As the race for state representative in Central Texas-area House District 19 heats up, a five-year city council debate has emerged as a point of contention between Republican candidates Ellen Troxclair and Justin Berry. The Austin Police Association, in a statement...
As the Texas Legislature wraps up passage of House Bill 1900, a proposed law that would prohibit local governments from defunding their police the way Democrat Austin officials did last summer, the Travis County district attorney’s office—in the home county of...
As 2021 enters its sixth week, beleaguered Austinites hoping for a respite from 2020’s multi-decade high in violent crime are being disappointed. Tragically, the city has already seen eight homicides this year. By this time in 2020, that number was five; in 2019, it...
After recent nationwide riots and lawlessness have left a trail of burned cities, destroyed livelihoods, and murdered citizens, Democrat local officials in Texas’ capital city are pushing further by slashing a third of the local police budget. On Thursday, the...
AUSTIN — Ahead of Thursday afternoon’s special city council meeting called to discuss racism and police response at recent protests, the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter wants local officials to take away significant funds from the police department. “We...
