Pedernales Electric Cooperative members are encouraged to be on alert for a phone scam circulating in the area. Members have reported phone calls threatening service disconnection and instructing people to call a phone number with…continue reading
Incumbent Cedar Park City Council members Jon Lux and Lyle Grimes will step down from their positions on the Bushy Creek Regional Utility Authority board of directors on Thursday, according to BCRUA General Manager Tom Gallier.…continue reading
Cedar Park police have stepped up patrol presence through June 4 to encourage drivers to not get behind the wheel under the influence, according to the police department. The increase in officers along local roadways…continue reading
The city of Hutto has postponed its State of the City address scheduled for Thursday. Mayor Doug Gaul was scheduled to give the address and presentation. A message on the city’s website said an updated…continue reading
As the passage of House Bill 21, chalk full of school finance adjustments and now a Senate-added provision creating a school choice program, becomes more controversial, lawmakers are exploring alternatives to fix public finance. Senate…continue reading
In 2015, the Texas legislature created an alternative path for students to graduate. With the passage of Senate Bill 149 by state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, students who failed to satisfy the traditional state graduation…continue reading
Design of Capital Metro’s new downtown Austin MetroRail station should be complete by the end of 2017. The station will replace the temporary platform the agency built on Fourth Street adjacent to the Austin Convention…continue reading
The Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Texas, according to a jobs report published by the Texas Workforce Commission. With a 3.2 unemployment rate for April 2017, the…continue reading
*Correction appended. A bill moving through the Legislature in the last week of the session is pitting doctors against hospitals over how much testing doctors should have to undergo to maintain their certification. Currently, Texas…continue reading
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services could soon be out from under the thumb of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved its version of House Bill…continue reading