The 23-year-old had grown up as the only Native American at her high school in a small western Louisiana town of about 1,600. As a freshman at the University of Texas, she found a student group of four. So when she saw on Facebook that a group would be dancing at the downtown county courthouse, she left her dorm as quickly as she could.

The city passed a revised budget after Prop Q, which would have raised an additional $110 million in taxes, was defeated in the November election.

La Niña is favored to continue into the winter, with a 61% chance of transitioning to near normal conditions most likely in January–March 2026.

Before workers arrived, several raccoons were spotted poking their heads out of the sinkhole. The road is now patched and reopened.

Education Austin Vice President Trasell Underwood confirmed the total and told Spectrum News the union initially believed only three workers had been detained before learning at an October meeting that the number was actually five.

Friday morning, a group that opposed Austin’s Proposition Q announced they are launching a petition that could force the city of Austin to regularly audit its spending.

The bookstore at 5335 Burnet Road will officially close on Jan. 17 with used book sales shifting to all APL locations in February.