Aircraft owners have used numerous evasive tactics to avoid their legal obligation to pay Texas property taxes when planes are used for business purposes. For example, owners may register their ...

Although Central Texas has not been subjected to the numbers of immigration raids and sweeps by Immigration and Customs ...

Although Central Texas has not been subjected to the numbers of immigration raids and sweeps by Immigration and Customs ...

The recent flooding in Kerr County took center stage as the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas (FOIFT) hosted its annual conference last Friday. It started with a panel discussion focused on ...

Ken Martin, founder, editor and publisher: Ken got interested in journalism while a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. After serving more than 20 years on active duty, including a tour in ...

A high-noon rally by a loud crowd of Austinites for Geographic Representation (AGR) pulled no punches in criticizing the Austin City Council for casting a final vote today to put the 8-2-1 plan for ...

This story was updated at 12:45pm August 23, 2025, to add a link to the audio recording of the Appraisal Review Board’s formal hearing of the valuation protest filed by Colorado River Project LLC. The ...

You have a right to know. We make it easy. State laws and local statutes require public officials to file a variety of records about themselves. The Texas Public Information Act makes these records ...

Austin City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison filed this Personal Financial Statement covering the year 2024. Download. Preview. File Type: pdf ...

In an old television ad, a man in a grocery store tells two women shoppers, “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin.” But the goal of a new documentary is precisely to squeeze Charmin. The tactic is to ...

Leana Mann, chief appraiser of the Travis Central Appraisal District, told the board of directors Thursday that property owners and agents filed 205,000 protests this year, rounding up from the ...

The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...