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Georgetown ISD calls for tax rate election to fund $8.4M in teacher raises

The Georgetown ISD Board has unanimously approved a resolution for a property tax rate increase. The measure could lead to a combined 6-cent tax increase.

West Nile in Texas: Positive mosquito trap found in Hays County

Austin leaders urge drivers to be cautious as school starts for Austin ISD

Fort Worth stolen ambulance chase: Police identify man shot, killed by DPS

Austin trail break-ins: Man uses hidden cameras to catch thieves in act

South Austin auto theft: Police looking for suspect

Texas News

Georgetown ISD calls for tax rate election to fund $8.4M in teacher raises

The Georgetown ISD Board has unanimously approved a resolution for a property tax rate increase. The measure could lead to a combined 6-cent tax increase.

West Nile in Texas: Positive mosquito trap found in Hays County

9 Texas colleges receive $2 million to provide free course materials

Big Bend National Park border wall construction paused

Inmate dies at Hays County Jail; investigation underway

Grocery chain pulls more products as Salmonella-linked recall grows

National News

New ranking shows the best and worst states for women's equality

Here's which states topped a new ranking of the best states for women’s equality. See which states lead on pay, jobs, education and political representation.

2 US regions lead ranking of 2025 population growth: See full list

Luigi Mangione state murder trial pushed back following federal guilty plea

Case against Nevada 2020 fake electors dismissed

Hayden Panettiere's preliminary autopsy released: What it says

Armed suspect with machete, pickaxe detained by customers during Costco jewelry heist: reports

Crime Coverage

Man deported 3 times arrested near Texas border, faces 20 years in federal prison

A previously deported man with a child-injury conviction was arrested near Del Rio and faces up to 20 years in federal prison for illegal re-entry.

Fort Worth stolen ambulance chase: Police identify man shot, killed by DPS

Austin trail break-ins: Man uses hidden cameras to catch thieves in act

Luigi Mangione state murder trial pushed back following federal guilty plea

Former Ft. Hood doctor accused of recording, sexually assaulting patients pleads not guilty

Thieves make off with Renaissance artwork worth millions in museum heist

Politics

Case against Nevada 2020 fake electors dismissed

A state judge has tossed out the case against six Nevada Republicans who falsely certified Donald Trump as the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential race.

Big Bend National Park border wall construction paused

Democrats shuffle presidential primary schedule, hoping to reach Black, Latino, and union voters

Gov. Abbott calls for review of Houston, Dallas airports over Muslim facilities: 'That is illegal'

Regulations eased in Texas on suppressors, certain guns after court order takes effect

Trump threat that led to Air Force One switch not verified, sources say

Who deserves a first-ballot ticket to Canton? Julian Martinez puts Alec Nolan through an NFL Hall of Fame blind ranking featuring some of the biggest names eligible for consideration. Alec has only three spots available as he weighs the Hall of Fame cases for Cam Newton, Antonio Brown, Richard Sherman, Rob Gronkowski, Ben Roethlisberger, Adrian Peterson, Andrew Whitworth and Gerald McCoy. In the end, Gronkowski, Roethlisberger and Peterson earn Alec's three spots, leaving several NFL stars on the outside looking in. Who would make your three-player Hall of Fame class?

Lake Travis football coach says team ‘devastated’ after player’s death