Posted: Dec 7, 2020 / 12:40 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 4, 2021 / 12:32 PM CSTBURNET, Texas (KXAN) — The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District is mourning the loss of its middle school principal, Jeremy LeJeune, who died Sunday evening after a battle with a blood vessel disorder and testing positive for COVID-19.According to a community letter from Superintendent Keith McBurnett, LeJeune was at work on Friday and felt well at the beginning of the weekend. Despite testing positive for COVID-19 at the hospital, he was asymptomatic. McBurnett wrote that his infection likely exacerbated his...…Posted: Dec 7, 2020 / 12:40 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 4, 2021 / 12:32 PM CSTBURNET, Texas (KXAN) — The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District is mourning the loss of its middle school principal, Jeremy LeJeune, who died Sunday evening after a battle with a blood vessel disorder and testing positive for COVID-19.According to a community letter from Superintendent Keith McBurnett, LeJeune was at work on Friday and felt well at the beginning of the weekend. Despite testing positive for COVID-19 at the hospital, he was asymptomatic. McBurnett wrote that his infection likely exacerbated his...WW…

Posted: Mar 26, 2021 / 07:47 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 26, 2021 / 10:14 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Masks are still required in Austin-Travis County.On Friday, Travis County District Court Judge Lora Livingston ruled in favor of Austin-Travis County in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton sued the city after Gov. Greg Abbott rolled back COVID-19 safety orders, including a state-level mask mandate, March 10.Travis County Judge Andy Brown said in a statement that the county remains committed to following science and health experts’ advice.“Today’s court ruling allowing the Health...…Posted: Mar 26, 2021 / 07:47 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 26, 2021 / 10:14 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Masks are still required in Austin-Travis County.On Friday, Travis County District Court Judge Lora Livingston ruled in favor of Austin-Travis County in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton sued the city after Gov. Greg Abbott rolled back COVID-19 safety orders, including a state-level mask mandate, March 10.Travis County Judge Andy Brown said in a statement that the county remains committed to following science and health experts’ advice.“Today’s court ruling allowing the Health...WW…

Posted: Mar 3, 2021 / 04:33 PM CSTUpdated: Mar 3, 2021 / 06:49 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — It was the best news Lindsey Hyde had received in three weeks — a drop of water fell from her kitchen faucet on Wednesday.“Save it!” she yelled.In the nearly three weeks since an extreme winter storm first hit Texas, leaving millions without power and water for days, Hyde’s North Austin apartment complex, Westdale Creek, has been without water — a scenario familiar to many apartment residents in the city.Still, Hyde’s rent payment on March 1 didn’t change.“They only respond with the part of the lease that...…Posted: Mar 3, 2021 / 04:33 PM CSTUpdated: Mar 3, 2021 / 06:49 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — It was the best news Lindsey Hyde had received in three weeks — a drop of water fell from her kitchen faucet on Wednesday.“Save it!” she yelled.In the nearly three weeks since an extreme winter storm first hit Texas, leaving millions without power and water for days, Hyde’s North Austin apartment complex, Westdale Creek, has been without water — a scenario familiar to many apartment residents in the city.Still, Hyde’s rent payment on March 1 didn’t change.“They only respond with the part of the lease that...WW…

Posted: Mar 5, 2021 / 10:32 AM CSTUpdated: Mar 6, 2021 / 06:37 AM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is leaning into a rallying cry of conservatives: something must be done to stop social media companies from censoring political views.Abbott held a news conference Friday regarding his legislative proposal to ban social media platforms from censoring Texans. Abbott says “too many social media sites silence conservative speech and ideas and trample free speech.”Abbott joined Sen. Bryan Hughes in Tyler, Texas to discuss .  “Conservative speech will not be...…Posted: Mar 5, 2021 / 10:32 AM CSTUpdated: Mar 6, 2021 / 06:37 AM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is leaning into a rallying cry of conservatives: something must be done to stop social media companies from censoring political views.Abbott held a news conference Friday regarding his legislative proposal to ban social media platforms from censoring Texans. Abbott says “too many social media sites silence conservative speech and ideas and trample free speech.”Abbott joined Sen. Bryan Hughes in Tyler, Texas to discuss .  “Conservative speech will not be...WW…

Posted: Feb 22, 2021 / 07:26 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 22, 2021 / 10:34 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) worked with state and local emergency officials from Washington, D.C. last week after he was unable to return to Texas during extreme winter weather, according to his staff.The phrase “Where’s John Cornyn” was trending on Twitter over the weekend as users questioned his whereabouts. Cornyn’s staff told KXAN on Monday he was stranded in D.C. due to airport closures and flight cancellations because of the storms.“He worked from there and was in touch with state and local emergency...…Posted: Feb 22, 2021 / 07:26 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 22, 2021 / 10:34 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) worked with state and local emergency officials from Washington, D.C. last week after he was unable to return to Texas during extreme winter weather, according to his staff.The phrase “Where’s John Cornyn” was trending on Twitter over the weekend as users questioned his whereabouts. Cornyn’s staff told KXAN on Monday he was stranded in D.C. due to airport closures and flight cancellations because of the storms.“He worked from there and was in touch with state and local emergency...WW…

Posted: Feb 9, 2021 / 05:38 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 9, 2021 / 05:46 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stood alongside then-President Donald Trump at a rally before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.Two top aides to Paxton traveled to Washington that week, too: First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster and Communications Deputy Director Kimberly Hubbard.Webster visited to meet with senior White House officials nearly one month after Texas’ lawsuit to overturn election results in four battleground states was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to...…Posted: Feb 9, 2021 / 05:38 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 9, 2021 / 05:46 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stood alongside then-President Donald Trump at a rally before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.Two top aides to Paxton traveled to Washington that week, too: First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster and Communications Deputy Director Kimberly Hubbard.Webster visited to meet with senior White House officials nearly one month after Texas’ lawsuit to overturn election results in four battleground states was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to...WW…

Posted: Feb 9, 2021 / 02:49 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 9, 2021 / 07:39 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Days before the November election, Wendy Davis, an Austin congressional candidate, was on board the Biden-Harris campaign bus as it was of President Donald Trump’s supporters in Central Texas.Trump would later praise the group, tweeting: “I LOVE TEXAS.”“It was unnerving for everyone,” Davis told KXAN on Tuesday. “I would hope that we never get numb enough to that kind of behavior that it’s normal and that it’s okay and, really, that’s what this impeachment trial is about right now.”While the incident on...…Posted: Feb 9, 2021 / 02:49 PM CSTUpdated: Feb 9, 2021 / 07:39 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Days before the November election, Wendy Davis, an Austin congressional candidate, was on board the Biden-Harris campaign bus as it was of President Donald Trump’s supporters in Central Texas.Trump would later praise the group, tweeting: “I LOVE TEXAS.”“It was unnerving for everyone,” Davis told KXAN on Tuesday. “I would hope that we never get numb enough to that kind of behavior that it’s normal and that it’s okay and, really, that’s what this impeachment trial is about right now.”While the incident on...WW…

Posted: Dec 14, 2020 / 04:59 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 14, 2020 / 10:21 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — In a , the White House Coronavirus Task Force warned Texas leaders of its “red zone” coronavirus positivity rate and encouraged them to implement further restrictions to slow community spread.The report sharply called on state and local leaders in Texas to “increase physical distancing through significant reduction in capacity or closure of public and private indoor spaces, including restaurants and bars” to stunt increasing hospitalizations across the state.A spokesperson for Gov. Greg Abbott said the...…Posted: Dec 14, 2020 / 04:59 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 14, 2020 / 10:21 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — In a , the White House Coronavirus Task Force warned Texas leaders of its “red zone” coronavirus positivity rate and encouraged them to implement further restrictions to slow community spread.The report sharply called on state and local leaders in Texas to “increase physical distancing through significant reduction in capacity or closure of public and private indoor spaces, including restaurants and bars” to stunt increasing hospitalizations across the state.A spokesperson for Gov. Greg Abbott said the...WW…

Posted: Nov 30, 2020 / 06:51 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 16, 2020 / 07:32 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Facing a deadline at the end of the year, Gov. Greg Abbott is determining how to spend the remaining $3 billion Texas received when Congress approved the CARES Act for coronavirus relief.Texas received $11.24 billion from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act in March, which has to be spent by Dec. 30. Cities and counties with a population greater than 500,000 automatically received a combined $3.2 billion under state law.Abbott’s office told KXAN, of the $8 billion left for the state to...…Posted: Nov 30, 2020 / 06:51 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 16, 2020 / 07:32 PM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Facing a deadline at the end of the year, Gov. Greg Abbott is determining how to spend the remaining $3 billion Texas received when Congress approved the CARES Act for coronavirus relief.Texas received $11.24 billion from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act in March, which has to be spent by Dec. 30. Cities and counties with a population greater than 500,000 automatically received a combined $3.2 billion under state law.Abbott’s office told KXAN, of the $8 billion left for the state to...WW…

Posted: Jul 27, 2020 / 07:19 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 29, 2020 / 07:04 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department on Monday released new police videos of the Mike Ramos shooting.The long-awaited, just over 16-minute long video with commentary from the department shows the police perspectives of the deadly shooting that killed Ramos in April. Release of the Critical Incident Briefing video was delayed in June because the Office of Police Oversight was not .The produced video features body camera and dash camera video, as well as 9-1-1 call transcripts and summaries of the timeline and who...…Posted: Jul 27, 2020 / 07:19 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 29, 2020 / 07:04 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department on Monday released new police videos of the Mike Ramos shooting.The long-awaited, just over 16-minute long video with commentary from the department shows the police perspectives of the deadly shooting that killed Ramos in April. Release of the Critical Incident Briefing video was delayed in June because the Office of Police Oversight was not .The produced video features body camera and dash camera video, as well as 9-1-1 call transcripts and summaries of the timeline and who...WW…