A women’s group marked the pending 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by holding its 520th weekly vigil in front of the State Capitol on Wednesday.
Opponents of a new Republican congressional redistricting plan in Texas are hoping to prove in federal court the plan illegally dilutes minority voting strength.
Under the new state budget which took effect Thursday, three Austin-area family planning clinics will receive $1.4 million less in government subsidies.