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Austin's most famous TV program is entering the new year with a new slate of performers to wrap up its 51st season. Austin City Limits (ACL) announced the first half of the season in August, and has ...

ChatGPT predicted the headliners for the 2026 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Remember the torture memos? The boat strike memos may be worse. 'Taylor Swift is a Nazi' narrative boosted by ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Longhorns will host their final home game of the season, the Lone Star Showdown, against Texas A&M on Saturday, Nov. 28. Before kickoff at 6:30 p.m., country duo Big & Rich ...

Legendary Jamaican musician, songwriter and actor Jimmy Cliff, has died at 81. Cliff’s wife, Latifa Chambers, shared the news of his death from a “seizure followed by pneumonia" on Instagram Monday, ...

Fellow buzzy singer/songwriters MJ Lenderman and Role Model share the stage on the next episode of PBS’ Austin City Limits, which premieres tomorrow (Nov. 22) at 8pm ET. Backed by this band the Wind, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — During its meeting Thursday night, the Austin City Council approved the amended budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The city had to revise its budget after voters rejected ...

A petition that threatened to derail the city’s $1.6 billion expansion of the Austin Convention Center has been deemed invalid. A group known as Austin United Political Action Committee claimed last ...

ACL salutes the 50-year legacy of Austin club Antone’s with an all-star line-up of blues legends. ACL salutes the 50th Anniversary of iconic Austin blues club Antone’s and the series' own history of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is sounding off on Austin City Council, accusing members of using taxpayer dollars to support political causes—and urging voters to reject a proposed property tax hike. Late Sunday, ...

A proposed tax hike before the city on Tuesday has become a referendum on governance in the fast-changing Texas capital. By J. David Goodman Reporting from Austin A referendum in Austin, Texas, on ...

Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Representative David Trone. To the Editor: Re “We Need Term Limits for Congress,” by Ron DeSantis and David Trone (Opinion ...