A Texas House committee took the unusual step of unanimously voting down the bill to make Austin a district of the state and not a traditional city.

Each spring, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats fly from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but they weren't always welcome ...

Austin, the capital of Texas, has a population of 912,791, making it the eleventh largest city in the nation. It has more than 12,000 municipal employees working in more than 20 departments.

Move over San Francisco; Austin is the new American robotaxi capital. Waymo made its debut in the city last week. The ...

Austin is blessed with some remarkable public land, including over 500 city parks. The best known of them, Zilker Park, is at the very heart of the Capital City. The silver lining in the ...

SXSW is an annual convention and festival held in Austin since 1987. The festival celebrates music, film and culture by ...

One of the fastest-growing Austin suburbs is being targeted by developers for a pair of large-scale projects, with one big caveat — how will they get water and wastewater servic ...

Waymo and Tesla are going head-to-head in Austin, lured by Texas' hands-off ... of autonomous vehicle firms battling it out in the city, including Amazon-backed Zoox and ventures funded by ...