Katy McAfee

Voters wait in line at a polling station in Southpark Meadows Shopping Center. Among the questions they'll be asked to decide is whether to raise Travis County property taxes to help pay for more child care services.

This year's election is consequential at the local as well as national level. Big races like Austin mayor are on the ballot.

Bastrop and Lockhart voters approved decriminalizing the possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana this election.

People walk into a UT Austin building to vote in 2018. A lower percentage of Travis County voters participated in the 2024 election than in the previous two presidential election cycles in 2020 and 2016.

Personas entran en un edificio de la UT Austin para votar en 2018. En las elecciones de 2024 participó un porcentaje menor de votantes del Condado de Travis que en los dos ciclos electorales presidenciales anteriores de 2020 y 2016.

For the first time in two years, some people arrested in Travis County who can't afford lawyers will have one during their first court appearance.

El Juez Michael Denton supervisa un turno de registro judicial durante una audiencia inicial del Consejo en Primera Comparecencia el 8 de noviembre de 2024, en el Centro de Justicia Penal Blackwell-Thurman. Este nuevo programa proporcionará abogados a las personas arrestadas en la Cárcel del Condado de Travis mientras atraviesan el registro judicial, cuando el juez fija las fianzas y decide las condiciones de su liberación.

Austin-based autonomous vehicle startup Avride deployed its robots between Cesar Chavez and 15th streets and I-35 and West Avenue this week.

Bouldin Creek Café has served vegan and vegetarian meals in Austin's Bouldin Creek neighborhood since 2000.

Cold snaps brought fall foliage to Austin in 2018 and 2022, but an expert says it's been too hot and dry for the leaves change this year.