by Daryl Slusher | Mar 11, 2025 | Police and Public Safety
In our last story we talked about how Travis County District Attorney José Garza appeared to say that he knew of no other cases where accused violent criminals had gotten out of jail because his office failed to indict within 90 days as required by state law. It had...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 19, 2025 | Austin Elections
Happy New Year folks. The Austin Independent is returning from a long break after losing part of our Christmas season to the Council runoff election (a little on the election results below). I realize that a lot of folks can’t face looking at the news right now, or...
by Daryl Slusher | Dec 10, 2024 | Austin Elections
I was hoping to take December completely off to celebrate the holiday season, but I ultimately decided that, as the publisher of a local news source, I have a responsibility to remind readers that there is a runoff election for City Council on Saturday December 14....