Sammie Seamon

On the evening of June 10, in front of an audience of hundreds at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, former Vice President Mike Pence said that he believes the Grand Old Party needs to rediscover its conscience. There’s been a culture shift within the Republican Party and “the populist right” over Donald Trump and MAGA’s second grip of the presidency, Pence claimed. The president had harshly spurned Pence after he refused to commit election fraud and condemned the Jan.

Mayor Kirk Watson definitely does not want a bond election this November. It looks like it might happen anyway. In one of its last votes before heading out on summer break, Austin City Council approved a measure on May 28 that changes city policy to make an election on a new bond possible. Council also…

On May 28, the last day of school for students, Alexia Haywood, bilingual librarian at Austin ISD’s Uphaus Early Childhood Center, received a letter from her principal notifying her that she may not have a job next fall. “Your current position … has been identified as a potential reduction for the 2026-2027 school year,” the letter reads. The Office of Talent Strategy would try to find placements for impacted staff in existing and future vacant positions within the district.