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The world will know by Monday morning how the international markets react to Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating to a “AA+,” a…

We're beginning to see the consequences of state budget cuts at Texas' public universities. The Chronicle of Higher Education's Katherine Mangan reports…

Since U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s announcement last week that she will not seek re-election to the in 2012, names of several possible candidates,…

The City of Austin interviewed about 2,300 applicants earlier this year for jobs as Austin firefighters. Now, they’re going to have to conduct those…

We already knew gaming lobbyists were pushing hard to convince lawmakers that one answer to the whopping budget gap could be found at the Blackjack…

Good morning. Big news early this morning: Lance Armstrong has stepped down as chairman of the cancer-fighting Livestrong charity. NPR reports that…

Texas Governor Rick Perry has given his support to a bill that would have recipients of unemployment benefits submit to drug tests. Those failing a test…

Good morning. Austin can expect cloud coverage for most of the day, and the occasional shower. The National Weather Service says we can a 40 percent…

This may come as little surprise to readers of this news blog, but yet again, Austin has ranked in another list.This time, Austin has been listed as the…

Austin's highest recorded temperature – 112 °F – occurred on this day in 2000. That makes today’s high of 101°F sounds a little more manageable. Here’s…