Renting is becoming more affordable in one of the best U.S. cities to live in, thanks in part to a recent building boom.

Though it was the third most populous city in California, behind Los Angeles and San Diego, San Jose started to lose residents in 2018, and by 2022, dramatic pandemic drops pushed the city to the 12th spot. Jacksonville, Florida, and Austin, Texas, both surpassed San Jose’s population that year.

The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.

House Bill 4, aimed at eliminating the STAAR test, would buy an additional year of turnaround time for three North Austin campuses.

New census estimates of population growth show that Austin added thousands of residents in 2024 but lagged behind the growth of other major Texas cities. Get the latest insights in this report, including how many people moved to the Texas capital a day last year.

An Austin man charged with multiple counts of felony arson for an incident that took place just over a year ago has been sentenced to probation with credit for time served. Zachary Robert Peach, 27, was sentenced to five years supervised probation with 77 days credit for time served for felony second degree arson,

Austinites can verify their "humanness" at a new storefront on West 2nd Street. What to know about Sam Altman's controversial biometric, crypto project that's coming to Austin.

A recent study ranked the Austin-Round Rock metro as tenth in the nation for where homeownership rates were the lowest.

Austin ISD plans to close and consolidate schools starting in the 2026-27 school year to address a mounting budget shortfall, citing declining enrollment and under-resourced campuses.

Soulja Boy and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden will be hanging around town this weekend. If those two worlds collide, the city of Austin may implode.