The bill from Houston-area Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain isn't the first attempt to undermine local control in Austin.

Gov. Greg Abbott pushed a bill to ban kids from defecating in classrooms but refused to give an example of that happening ...

Congress' March vote to continue previous appropriations will leave out lawmakers' requests to fund many local projects.

Controlling crime in the downtowns of big Texas cities is important. But handing over control to the state goes too far.

President Donald Trump called out Texas and its top leaders before signing an executive order to dismantle the federal ...

Austin is not exactly Trump country, so it naming a major, but troubled, highway through the city could send a mixed ...

An Austin Democratic state House member, with the support of Republican mothers, has filed a bill to slash the administrative ...

Texas lawmakers are agreeing on good bills around health, housing and energy and we should give credit where it’s due.

The Trump administration moved to slash offices and positions Thursday for the agency tasked with distributing funding for ...