Army veteran Denise Gordon questioned whether it makes any sense for lawmakers from the second-largest state in the country and one of the largest economies in the world to meet so infrequently.

The last day of the Texas Legislature’s regular session is Monday. While some of the laws passed during these sessions are crucial to keep the state running, other laws have been a little more interesting.

Theresa Carroll said she noticed a lack of older people in the city when she moved here from the Midwest. She asked the ATXplained project about the average age of the population and wondered if Austin was "hiding the elderly."

There's the Moody College of Communication at UT, the Moody Rooftop at the Contemporary Austin, Moody Hall at St. Edwards University, Moody Bank, the Moody Pavilions at Laguna Gloria, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, and Moody Center. It can be a little confusing.

The process can leave him feeling “beat up,” but he still gets the thrill he felt when he painted for the first time after an accident left him paralyzed from the neck down.

Every year, the City of Austin collects hundreds of thousands of tons of trash from residents through its curbside collection service. But what happens to all of this trash after the city collects it?

Every week banana peels, coffee grounds, moldy strawberries and pizza boxes are placed in green bins and rolled out to the street as part of the city's residential composting program.

Plastic in the U.S. is largely going unrecycled, but the city says that's not so for the plastic we put in the blue bins.

Two-step has been around for many years and influenced by the different regions it's danced in. Austin keeps it interesting and weird, as always.

One of the oldest homes still standing in Austin was once known as The Chateau. Its residents hosted legendary parties that were often safe spaces for gay people in the 1960s and '70s. Today, the home is boarded up — but there’s a new effort brewing to ensure it’s preserved.