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Katy McAfee

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Katy McAfee

    Suspect arrested in ‘credible’ plot to attack Texas Capitol on Thursday, DPS says (opens the original)

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    The Texas Department of Public Safety found a “credible” threat to attack the Capitol on Thursday, the agency confirmed in an email. DPS said the threat was initiated by Benny Caldera Jr., 40, and several co-conspirators who had planned to carry out a "violent attack" on Oct. 1. DPS said they worked with the FBI and local law enforcement to arrest Caldera at his residence in Converse, a city just outside San Antonio, around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Caldera was transported to the Bexar County Jail and c

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Katy McAfee

    Travis County's $2.3B budget funds mental healthcare, natural disasters and another rail study (opens the original)

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    The Travis County Commissioners Court signed off on a $2.3 billion budget for the next fiscal year on Tuesday, putting more money toward affordable housing, mental healthcare and disaster preparedness. Travis County’s revenue comes mostly from property taxes, and it makes up about a fifth of an Austinite's property tax bill. The budget went up 4% this year, but because property values dipped slightly this year, some people will pay a little less in taxes. Someone with a home valued at $372,633 w

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Katy McAfee

    Texas DPS says a software vendor delayed thousands of voter registration applications (opens the original)

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    County election staff across the Austin area — and across the state — are in a frenzy to process thousands of voter registration applications after the Texas Department of Public Safety failed to send them. In a mass email to county registrars, the Texas Secretary of State's Office said certain voter registration records from online DPS transactions were "incomplete," resulting in them not being sent to counties for review. Some of the records dated back to October 2025, according to Texas Assoc

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Katy McAfee

    Austin-area counties race to process thousands of delayed voter registrations (opens the original)

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    County election staff across the Austin area — and across the state — are in a frenzy to process thousands of voter registration applications after the Texas Department of Public Safety failed to send them. In a mass email to county registrars, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office said certain voter registration records from online DPS transactions were “incomplete,” resulting in them not being sent to counties for review. Some of the records dated back to October 2025, according to Texas Assoc

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Katy McAfee and Andy Jechow KUT News

    Austin man was pursued by ICE agents before he was shot, police chief says (opens the original)

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    A 28-year-old man who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin on Sunday has still not received adequate medical care, his lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said on Instagram. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is being held in isolation in a nonmedical bed at an ICE detention facility in Pearsall, roughly 130 miles southwest of Austin, Lincoln-Goldfinch said. Lincoln-Goldfinch has filed a federal lawsuit demanding that Garces Perez be freed from ICE detention. A judg

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