The Texas State dugout comes out to celebrate a home run with designated hitter August Ramirez (18) who leaps into the air after trotting around the bases during a game against Kentucky on Saturday …
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Staff Reports
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2/25/24
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Austin FC opened its 2024 season with a disappointing 2-1 loss to Minnesota United at Q2 Stadium on Saturday. It was a frustrating game, in which United controlled the entire first half and the …
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Staff Reports
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2/25/24
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2/22/24
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This past November, I was honored to be sworn in as a Councilman in Lago Vista after a decade of serving as a staffer in the Texas Legislature. Perhaps few know how much legislative staffers get to …
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By Shane R. Saum, Guest Columnist
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2/22/24
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The two former Williamson County Sheriff's Office deputies charged in the 2019 death of Javier Ambler while he was in their custody are finally going to trial. Opening arguments in their case began …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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2/22/24
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Pharmaceutical companies are angry with Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has vowed to force pharma CEOs to publicly answer for why their drug prices are so much higher in the United States than in …
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By Sonali Kolhatkar, Guest Columnist
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2/22/24
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Texas on Thursday launched a new economic incentives program intended to bring new companies and jobs to the state, replacing a prior job creation system that lawmakers phased out after complaints …
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By Madaleine Rubin, The Texas Tribune
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2/21/24
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to more than 200 supporters in Leander as he continued his statewide campaigning efforts on behalf of candidates who will vote to adopt his multi-billion dollar school …
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Staff Reports
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2/21/24
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Is it 2024 or 2004?
Five candidates are facing off in Leander's packed mayoral election. The big issues they're debating? How to manage and expand the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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2/20/24
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2/15/24
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A little over a year ago, the College Board unveiled its long-awaited draft AP African American Studies curriculum. What happened next was sad — and all too predictable. Florida officials, …
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By Svante Myrick, Guest Columnist
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2/15/24
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This plot line could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for poverty-stricken ragamuffins.” …
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By Jim Hightower, Guest Columnist
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2/15/24
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Two local mothers spoke last week about how their lives were shattered in 2021 when they each lost a son to a fentanyl overdose not long after their sons had graduated from Leander ISD.
They …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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2/13/24
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