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The Texas Supreme Court will hear a challenge Tuesday morning to a new state law banning transgender children from receiving certain health care options and put doctors' medical licenses in jeopardy for providing these treatments.

The former Native Hostel site, located at 807 East Fourth Street, is being reimagined as Holey Moley Golf Club

The city of Austin will offer a free course to everyone looking to stay warm and safe during the next freeze, the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Office said Monday.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office will soon start offering active shooter training to local law enforcement agencies.

Legendary Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will add a star to his list of honors later this year.

A Silver Alert issued for a man last seen in Caldwell Monday afternoon was discontinued Tuesday morning after the man was found, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

In investigation opened last week by Austin Water revealed thousands of gallons of rainwater from Williamson Creek "entered" the Austin Water sanitary sewer system, which prompted a sanitary sewer overflow notice for a neighborhood in south Austin on Monday.

Texas State University was given the "all clear" after a reported bomb threat at the San Marcos campus on Monday.

The state allocated more than $300 million to reconstruct the hospital. But Watson says the 240 rooms it will create will go fast, and he thinks now is the time for grand ideas about what can go hand in hand with that improved service.

On Monday, Austin City Mayor Kirk Watson joined KXAN during its new expanded newscast to discuss important topics face the City of Austin.

The city of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is apologizing after sending out an email that alarmed several workers. The email sent on January 25 titled in part "Healing from racial trauma," told people to attend one of two meetings: One for people of color, and one for white people.

Residents of a 55+ apartment complex in Manor said the security gates are still broken one month after KXAN ran a story about a string of car burglaries and auto thefts that occurred on the property.

Texas (14-6, 3-4 Big 12) hosts No. 4 Houston (18-2, 5-2) in a primetime nationally-televised at Moody Center in the Longhorns' fourth consecutive game against a ranked opponent. Texas won't have a break for at least a week with two more ranked opponents — No. 25 TCU and No. 12 Iowa State — coming up.

Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., co-directs the first psychedelic research center in Texas called the Center for Psychedelic Research & Therapy. His team is currently recruiting for two studies looking at the effects of psilocybin – the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms – on treatment-resistant depression and people with anorexia.

A new, high-end tenant appears to be targeting South Congress Avenue one month after the boutique Maya Star announced it would close.

A national rental housing report released last week found nearly half of renters in the Austin metro are classified as "cost burdened," spending 30% or more of their annual incomes on housing and utilities.

On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said the first air tower simulator in the nation is now operational at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.