An Austin police officer has been indicted for the Nov. 2022 killing of 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Rajan Moonesinghe.

When Travis County’s criminal court judges caught wind of an experimental system for conducting bail hearings that the Austin Police Department has been cooking up, they took the unusual step of penning a letter to city and police leadership asking them to put a stop to the plan.

Terry Turner has received his sentence for killing unarmed Moroccan immigrant Adil Dghoughi outside San Marcos in 2021. It’s an interesting one.

As the world’s eyes turn to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending video dispatches from the conference to the Chronicle.

Three bystanders were injured and Austin Police Department officers killed a man holding a gun on East Sixth Street Saturday just before midnight, according to police accounts and video of the gunfire.

Matias Segura will soon have the “interim” removed from his job title.

The March 2024 primary is shaping up with candidate filing closed as of Dec. 12.

From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and state politics from a progressive perspective in his weekly column, “Point Austin.” We’re pleased to bring back his column whenever he’s inspired to tackle the state we’re in.

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The Supreme Court announced this morning that they will hear a case that could put an end to access to mifepristone, a medication used for most abortions in the U.S. A Texas federal judge blocked the FDA’s 2000 approval of mifepristone this spring. But, until SCOTUS decides on mifepristone, access to the drug will remain.