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Eligia Rivera with her sons Jair, 9, and Elias, 1, outside their Montopolis home.

No Solution Is Permanent For Austin Mom Struggling With Child Care During The Pandemic

Lee esta historia en español. Part three of a four-part series.Back in May, Eligia Rivera was in a parking lot at Webb Middle School, guiding families…

Here's Where Candidates For Austin City Council District 4 Stand On Three Big Issues

Lee esta historia en español. KUT and the Austin Monitor held a series of forums over the past few weeks with candidates running for Austin City Council.…

Texas Counties Temporarily Blocked From Offering Multiple Mail-In Ballot Drop-Off Locations

Texas counties are currently blocked from setting up multiple drop-off locations for absentee ballots heading into the Nov. 3 general election due to a…

The U.S. Justice Department is suing Google, accusing the tech giant of breaking antitrust laws as it has amassed power and grown into the world's most dominant search engine.

Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power Over Search, Justice Department Says In Lawsuit

The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed."

North Texas Girls To Become Some Of The First Female Eagle Scouts In U.S.

A group of Dallas girls are on the cusp of becoming Eagle Scouts. They are among some of the first girls in the country to earn the highest rank in the Scouts BSA — formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America.

Attorney for the president Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at a press conference held in the back parking lot of a landscaping company over the weekend in Philadelphia.

Trump Election Lawsuits Have Mostly Failed. Here's What They Tried

"The claims are baseless, and at this point folks are grasping at straws," said one secretary of state, of the Trump campaign's legal strategy.

Mohammad Zaid celebrates in front of Trump supporters at the Texas Capitol after Joe Biden was declared the projected winner of the presidential election on Nov. 7.

Healing A Divided Nation Is Possible If We're Willing To Work At It, UT Professor Says

A lot of painful things are dividing Americans in 2020. But Peniel Joseph with the LBJ School of Public Affairs says, "There's no time to be tired."

Pro-Trump protesters seeking to force Congress to overturn the election results swarm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to gives his inaugural address there.

In His Inaugural Address, Biden Seeks To Move Past 'American Carnage'

With the country reeling from the pandemic, racial injustice and the Capitol riot, President-elect Joe Biden must transcend the "typical gauzy appeals to national unity" of past inaugural addresses.

Fuel tanks are seen at a Colonial Pipeline Co. delivery point Monday in Baltimore. The company's pipeline was hit with a major ransomware attack last week.

What We Know About The Ransomware Attack On A Critical U.S. Pipeline

The massive pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast's gasoline and jet fuel, was forced to shut down over the weekend. The company says it has one line operating under manual control.

sine die may 31 House members praised House Speaker Dade Phelan on May 31, 2021, the last day of the legislative session.

With Feelings Raw Over Voting Bill's Demise, Texas Legislature Wraps Up — For Now

Members celebrated the end of the session, but also acknowledged that they’ll be back sometime soon for at least one special session.

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