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AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, a new building on the Texas Capitol grounds was dedicated to Barbara Jordan – the first-ever State building to be named after a Black woman. At 4 p.m. on April 17 ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety said no explosive devices were found at the Texas State Capitol after an earlier bomb threat evacuated the grounds Sunday afternoon.
AUSTIN (KXAN) – If you’ve been to the Texas Capitol in the last year, your visitor photos may include some unsightly scaffolding. So what’s happening at the state capitol building? Well, it ...
A massive crowd of protesters against President Trump filled the Texas state Capitol in Austin, hours after the grounds were evacuated for what authorities called a [“credible threat” against state le ...
A man was arrested in La Grange after confessing to having a gun, but has not yet been charged for allegedly threatening the Texas Capitol grounds during the “No Kings Protest” on ...
Photos: Rattlesnakes filled Texas Capitol building this week By Sana Ameer , Hearst Updated Feb 14, 2023 4:46 p.m. Rattlesnakes covered the floor inside the Texas Capitol building in Austin.
Austin firefighters extinguished a blaze at an abandoned commercial building a few blocks from the Capitol on Congress Avenue early Tuesday. The Austin Fire Department said the blaze at 907 ...
Standing stoically in the heart of central Austin is Texas's legislative center, the State Capitol. Opened in 1888, this landmark (made of Texas sunset red granite) stands 14 feet taller than the ...
Hundreds protest Texas' new immigration law 01:15. AUSTIN — Hundreds marched outside the Capitol this weekend against Governor Greg Abbott's southern border security program, Operation Lonestar ...
The Capitol building received the "All Clear" around 7:20 p.m., the Austin Police Department posted on Twitter. Someone called 9-1-1 around 4 p.m. and said there was a pipe bomb at the Texas State ...
Texas Capitol Building getting a $25 million roof repair to close up openings where birds and rains have been damaging the 134-year-old Austin icon. San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo ...
The Texas Department of Public Safety alerted people to the evacuation after 5 p.m. telling them to follow first responders, KXAN reported. “If you are in the Capitol building, please evacuate ...