Protests

Senate Bill 912, filed by state Sen. Dawn Buckingham (R-Lakeway), would increase the penalty for damage caused by riot participation from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony.

District Attorney José Garza will bring a case against Daniel Perry to a Travis County grand jury soon. Perry drove into a Black Lives Matter protest and fatally shot Foster last July.

The top U.S. prosecutor for the District of Columbia cited a "disconnect" after federal prosecutors in Arizona said there was "strong evidence" that pro-Trump rioters intended to kill officials.

The agency said it was closing the grounds "out of an abundance of caution" from Saturday through Inauguration Day on Wednesday.

A scholar of politics tells Texas Standard how political theater has consequences, and that the electoral college is “on the chopping block.”

The City of Austin has agreed to pay a New York City-based consultant up to $1.3 million to investigate racism and bigotry in the Austin Police…

The Austin Police Department is facing yet another lawsuit over its use of less-lethal rounds during protests this summer.A complaint filed on behalf of…

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday argues an Austin police officer used excessive force when the officer shot a protester with a "less lethal" round in May,…

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley says his department has a plan to keep demonstrators safe should protests break out in response to the election…

The Austin Police Department has added two names to a list of officers — now totaling seven — it says were involved in injuring protesters during…