Saturday, May 7, 2022

Your May 7, 2022, Election Guide

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While we didn't get a whole lot of input this year, there are nevertheless some very important contests on this year's Texas Constit...
Friday, April 1, 2022

'Purely for survival:' Musk to donate Gigafactory site for use as Travis GOP field office

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Travis County Republicans may have worked out of a spacious suite on the west side of Austin during the last election cycle, but 2022 is sha...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

How did Austin Republicans vote on issues compared to the rest of Texas?

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You know those 10 questions at the end of the Republican ballot? Assuming you were one of the 6% of voters who turned out for the GOP primar...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

'Which is it?' ask Candlewood critics: elderly facility, domestic violence shelter, or something else entirely ...

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Mayor Adler: he's no Monty Hall Perhaps the City of Austin is telling skeptical taxpayers "Let's Make a Deal" when it come...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Project Connect claims first victim: century-old campus diner Dirty Martin's

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UPDATE: The restaurant is circulating a petition here . It may have been only a matter of time in Austin's ever-changing economic clima...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Beto holds candlelight vigil, croons 'Lean On Me' over 1 winter storm death per Texas county

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"We all have pain ..." During the Austin leg of Beto O'Rourke 's Keeping the Lights On tour, the Texas gubernatorial hopef...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

Both conservatives and liberals question choice of state monitor for 'out of control' Round Rock ISD

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The Texas Education Agency announced the appointment of former longtime Carroll Independent School District Superintendent David Faltys to ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

'It alarms me:' Austin residents given 6-minute notice on 1-year COVID extension

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Extending the city of Austin's COVID-19 emergency orders for another year was placed on the agenda Friday, giving Austin residents until...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Austin community activist, businesswoman Rupal Chaudhari files for Travis County Judge

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Image from press release. Rupal Chaudhari , who for the better part of this year received a crash course in Austin/Travis County's lack ...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Move over, Napoleon Dynamite! Austin's anti-racists to dance their way to defeat Prop A

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"Heads up, Austin, we gotta talk ..." Move over,  Napoleon Dynamite !
Monday, October 18, 2021

Vote today: Your 2021 Texas Constitutional Amendment Recommendations are here

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Early voting begins 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in the 2021 Texas Constitutional Amendment and Local Election. While there is plenty to be conce...
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Your November 2021 Travis County voting guide

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While Proposition A in Austin (to undo the damage done by an ill-advised and disastrous Defund the Police movement ) is in the spotlight, th...
Friday, September 10, 2021

APD foils serial burglaries in NW Austin (Fund the police already!)

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Security footage screenshot of burglary suspects (Courtesy photo) Ed. note: For whatever reason this story was completely missed by Austin-a...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

School district mask mandates face tough road ahead

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Parents and taxpayers are taking to the streets in protest as blowback against local school district mask mandates continue to spread throug...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

Census: Austin population did not grow as quickly as estimated

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  The long-awaited Census data report came in today, and now Texas legislators can get to work on drawing jurisdictional maps for the decade...
Thursday, July 8, 2021

Gift Cards Used By City To Pay People To Attend Police 'Reimaging,' 'Anti-Racism' Functions

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Check the small print: certain conditions may apply. Ever wonder how the Left is seemingly and constantly able to draw out so many more ...

VIDEO: ANTIFA harasses Austin City Manager at home for not being leftist enough

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Smile! You're on comrade camera! Mum's the word after the radical Left appears to have paid the city manager of Austin an unfriendly...

Police Assn: 'Investigate immediately' allegations of DA's evidence tampering, denial of Due Process

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Travis County D.A. Jose Garza on the far-left of a stage at a campaign event (source: Facebook) Criticism continues to mount regarding how T...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

SAFE Austin Now Reboots With Goal Of 50K Petition Signatures

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Save Austin Now and its related PAC were wildly successful in attracting a bipartisan majority of Austin voters to reverse the city's di...
Friday, May 7, 2021

ANALYSIS: 2021 Local Elections Yields Mixed results for Travis County conservatives

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The passage of Austin's Proposition B -- the homeless camping policy reversal -- took the spotlight of the May 2021 local elections in ...