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A judge has denied a motion to remove from office a Central Texas district attorney who oversees the state's Public Integrity Unit.

AT&T launched its "GigaPower" all-fiber Internet network in Austin, Texas. consumers have ever experienced.

Austin's Austin-Bergstrom International Airport really aims to embody the area it serves without seeming inauthentic.

Live healthy and eating well are a popular pastime for Austinites, with various trends sweeping through town and becoming all the rage.

Voting in all categories of the NME Awards 2014 with Austin, Texas has now opened - click here to start casting your votes.

The Min family, husband Uka Min Tun Aung Min and his wife Naw San Shwe Win Aung Min are refugees from Burma living in Austin with their two year old daughter Okee Fee.

Remember that Statesman Cookie Swap we hosted in 2009 ? Readers submitted dozens of cookie recipes for the contest, whose finalists included the Very Best Gingersnaps You Will Ever Make and Brown Butter and Pecan Shortbread, and then we held a party at Stubb's to celebrate .

If your band just moved to town and you're waiting for a club booker to call you back ... you might be an Austin newcomer.

Recent flooding near Lady Bird Lake in Austin has called attention to long-standing mechanical problems at the dam that forms the lake - problems that the city of Austin is aware of but hasn't found the money to address.

The contentious fight over Auditorium Shores may finally be coming to an end. On Tuesday, December 10, the Parks and Recreation Department will present its final recommendations to lawmakers.

This time, his new signature restaurant in East Austin has been named one of the top 33 new restaurants in the nation by website Thrillist .

Georgia tows the line, Putin reels in Russian media, and Porno Pete lets it all hang out, as your AggreGAYtor ponders a Tic-Tac.

Proving they are anything but a one-trick pony, the masterminds behind the ever-popular Uchi brand announced this morning that they are opening a pizza restaurant in Sunset Valley next summer.

It's that time of year when we're bombarded with best of, must read and top-ten/top-hundred/top-million book lists of the year.

This fall saw the debut of the Hotel Ella , a 47-room hotel in Austin, Texas , set in a reimagined former mansion.

At the close of Monday's session in the State vs. Rosemary Lehmberg removal trial, visiting Judge David Peeples asked Travis County litigator James Collins : "Are you asking me to predict the future?" Peeples' question suggested that he's not quite clear on just what the State is trying to prove.

Nick Calandro moved to Austin in a hurry and opened his sandwich shop with equal speed.

A former Defense Department contractor is facing prison time after pleading guilty to charges related to the removal of classified materials.

Frustrated by single-purpose grinders that could only work with salt or pepper, Austinite Dan Roberts invented this Compagno Spice System, which has 10 different interchangeable spices so that the different flavors don't accidentally get mixed up.

A still from "Start Fresh: Never Give Up," a digital short documenting graffiti art at Austin's Hope Outdoor Gallery.