From the Statesman archives: How Mueller neighborhood streets got their Austin names
By way of background, a stroll through the American-Statesman archives reveals several strata of history about Austin street ...
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Texas Democrats select Kendall Scudder as state party chair
Scudder will take over as chair of the state party at a moment when Democrats are grasping for a way forward after blowout ...
Capitol Context: As Austin ‘district’ plan fails, a check on Washington, D.C.
A proposal to turn the City of Austin into the ‘District of Austin’ — essentially under state control — failed this week in ...
State of the city: Mayor upbeat on Brownsville's progress
Mayor John Cowen Jr. delivered his second State of the City address to a near-capacity audience at the Texas Southmost College Performing Arts Center on Wednesday. The tone was upbeat and bullish on ...
Bondi signals criminal probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite long history of similar inquiries
FBI Director Kash Patel may not have been part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security ...
Carole Keeton, trailblazing Texas politician and state's first woman comptroller, dies
Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was 85. Her son, Brad McClellan, told the Austin American-Statesman, she died ...
Florida lawmakers defy DeSantis in rift over state budget
Once floated as the heir to Donald Trump’s GOP, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is used to getting his way in Tallahassee.
This year's March Madness reflects rise of Red State America
The outlook for a blue state sports comeback anytime soon looks bleak.  According to Rivals, 28 of this year’s top 40 high ...
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Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The El Paso Walmart attack in 2019 is one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Patrick Crusius, 26, was ...
Texas prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty in 2019 Walmart attack
El Paso District Attorney James Montoya will not seek the death penalty against Patrick Crucius, the Walmart mass shooter.
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Walmart gunman won’t face the death penalty, family says
The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal ...