Travis County

Travis County has extended voting hours at five polling centers on the Saturday and final day of early voting.

Central Health is finalizing a budget for next fiscal year that tops $300 million. A lot of that money will come from property taxes.

The CDC uses a metric called COVID-19 Community Levels to help people understand how the disease is spreading in their county. Hays County is at the “medium” spread level.

Housing choice vouchers allow households to pay no more than 40% of their income toward rent; the federal government pays the landlord the rest.

José Garza and other prosecutors around the country issued a statement saying enforcing abortion bans would erode trust in the legal system, take resources away from enforcing serious crimes, and retraumatize the victims of sexual violence.

With triple-digit temperatures in the forecast the rest of the week, Austin and Travis County are opening up cooling centers for people trying to get out of the stifling heat.

The California-based electric scooter operator owed about $149,000 in 2021 property taxes.

Several races from the March primary in Texas went to a runoff, meaning no candidate seeking their party’s nomination got more than 50% of the vote. So now, the top two candidates in those races are facing off.

Several races from the March primary in Texas went to a runoff, meaning no candidate seeking their party’s nomination got more than 50% of the vote. So now, the top two candidates in those races are facing off this month.

The county may declare a public health crisis and is looking into whether it can distribute the lifesaving drug naloxone. Harm-reduction advocates say they called for this type of action last year.