Travis County to walk away from Expo Center?

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Sunday's Top Story [Travis County to walk away from Expo Center?]( [Travis County to walk away from Expo Center?]( County commissioners plan to end their operation of the Travis County Expo Center after learning the city will not release hotel taxes voters approved in November for the county to expand the facility. [Read More »]( Local News [Forecast: Sunny with a high near 62, warm Christmas Day ahead]( [Forecast: Sunny with a high near 62, warm Christmas Day ahead]( A heavily foggy morning makes way for a rather sunny and pleasant day for Austinites, a pattern that is expected to lead to a dry, warm Christmas day. [Read More »]( [Officials: Man who threatened to shoot at cars shot by Cedar Park police]( [Officials: Man who threatened to shoot at cars shot by Cedar Park police]( Police are investigating an overnight officer-involved shooting in Cedar Park late Saturday night. [Read More »]( [Inmate dies at Travis County Correctional Complex]( [Inmate dies at Travis County Correctional Complex]( A 40-year-old Travis County inmate died Saturday night after being found unresponsive and bleeding in her jail cell from an apparent self-inflicted neck wound, police said. [Read More »]( [Police investigating East Austin homicide, suspect in custody]( [Police investigating East Austin homicide, suspect in custody]( A woman is dead following a disturbance at a home in East Austin Saturday night, officials said. [Read More »]( [Man dead after being hit by vehicle in Northeast Austin, police say]( [Man dead after being hit by vehicle in Northeast Austin, police say]( A man was killed early Sunday after being stuck by a vehicle in Northeast Austin officials said. [Read More »]( Business [Gas prices dipping ahead of holiday travel]( [Gas prices dipping ahead of holiday travel]( Good news for holiday road trippers: Gasoline prices have fallen to their lowest level since March. [Read More »]( [Austin jobless rate slips to 20-year low of 2.5%]( [Austin jobless rate slips to 20-year low of 2.5%]( The hot Austin economy is widely expected to cool off a bit in 2020, but the trend has yet to result in any slack in the region's stretched labor market. [Read More »]( Sports [Photos: Westlake 24, Denton Guyer 0: Chaps claim second state title in shutout]( [Photos: Westlake 24, Denton Guyer 0: Chaps claim second state title in shutout]( Kirkland Michaux throws three touchdowns; Westlake defense shuts out Guyer to help Chaps claim first Class 6A title [Read More »]( [Austin Spurs earn a win at Winter Showcase]( [Austin Spurs earn a win at Winter Showcase]( The Austin Spurs concluded action at the NBA G-League Winter Showcase with a 111-96 win over the Capital City Go-Go on Saturday night in Las Vegas. [Read More »]( [Texas Stars fall to Wolves, stuck in losing skid]( [Texas Stars fall to Wolves, stuck in losing skid]( A goal by Gage Quinney late in the third period proved to be the difference as the Chicago Wolves handed the Texas Stars a 2-1 defeat in Rosemont, Ill. [Read More »]( [Providence 70, Texas 48: Longhorns set new season lows in harsh, holiday reality check ]( [Providence 70, Texas 48: Longhorns set new season lows in harsh, holiday ‘reality check’]( PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The fine citizens of Friartown sure were anxious to see Will Baker miss two free throws on Saturday. Whenever an opponent misses two consecutive free throws in the second half, Providence fans win a free chicken sandwich. And since Texas was in such a giving mood, why not? [Read More »]( [With Big 12 rivals ahead of them, Texas women look to upend No. 1 Stanford at home]( [With Big 12 rivals ahead of them, Texas women look to upend No. 1 Stanford at home]( With Stanford in town, Texas (6-4) will have a chance to make a statement. All-time, the Longhorns are 5-26 against teams topping the AP's poll. [Read More »]( Opinion [Editorial: Kids should have health care in a prosperous Texas]( [Editorial: Kids should have health care in a prosperous Texas]( For all of the talk about our healthy economy, reflected in booming job creation numbers and a surge in new construction, one metric suggests a sickliness under the surface: the growing number of young children without basic health care coverage. [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Dec. 22, 2019]( [Letters to the editor: Dec. 22, 2019]( Trump is drainingthe swamp of factsRe: Dec. 15 article, "In Alex Jones' Sandy Hook deposition, a persona undone."One of Donald Trump's favorite rally lines is "Drain the swamp." I never quite understood this considering how many Trump associates are currently residing in jail or awaiting trial, but now I understand. [Read More »]( [Herman: Austin s ex-police chief still speaking out]( [Herman: Austin’s ex-police chief still speaking out]( Back in September in Houston, as I and tens of thousands of other people exited NRG Stadium after the "Howdy, Modi!" [Read More »]( Nation [Chicago police: 13 wounded in shooting at memorial party]( [Chicago police: 13 wounded in shooting at memorial party]( CHICAGO (AP) " A shooting early Sunday at a house party held in honor of someone who was killed in April left 13 people dead, four of the critically , Chicago police said. [Read More »]( [Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave]( [Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave]( NEW YORK (AP) " Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth. [Read More »]( [6 die in Las Vegas apartment building fire; 13 injured]( [6 die in Las Vegas apartment building fire; 13 injured]( LAS VEGAS (AP) " A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-floor windows to escape the heavy smoke before dawn Saturday, authorities said. [Read More »]( [Record rain, darkness: Seattle braces for floods, mudslides]( [Record rain, darkness: Seattle braces for floods, mudslides]( SEATTLE (AP) " Record rainfall and darkness has hit Seattle as a major storm begins to lift across western Washington on the first day of winter, though the region is still at risk for flooding, mudslides and avalanches. [Read More »]( [Texas man to be exonerated after DNA leads to new arrest]( [Texas man to be exonerated after DNA leads to new arrest]( HOUSTON (AP) " Authorities said they will begin the process to exonerate a Houston man who was convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing that investigators now believe was committed by someone else. [Read More »]( World [Afghan president wins second term in preliminary vote count]( [Afghan president wins second term in preliminary vote count]( KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) " Afghanistan's president has won a second term in office, securing a tiny majority of the ballots cast three months ago, according to a preliminary vote count announced Sunday. [Read More »]( [India prime minister addresses rally as protest deaths climb]( [India prime minister addresses rally as protest deaths climb]( NEW DELHI (AP) " Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally for his Hindu nationalist party on Sunday as violent clashes continued between police and protesters demonstrating against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims. Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide in the protests since the law was passed in Parliament earlier this month. [Read More »]( [Spain dishes out $2.43 billion in bumper Christmas lottery]( [Spain dishes out $2.43 billion in bumper Christmas lottery]( MADRID (AP) " The lucky holders of ticket number 26590 struck it rich in Spain on Sunday when they won the top prize in the nation's bumper Christmas lottery. [Read More »]( [Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers]( [Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers]( VATICAN CITY (AP) " The Legion of Christ religious order, which was discredited by its pedophile founder and the cult-like practices he imposed, says an internal investigation has identified 33 priests and 71 seminarians who sexually abused minors over the past eight decades. [Read More »]( [Berlin Christmas market that was attacked in 2016 evacuated]( [Berlin Christmas market that was attacked in 2016 evacuated]( BERLIN (AP) " Police on Saturday evacuated a Christmas market in Berlin that was targeted in a deadly attack three years ago in what turned out to be a false alarm involving an apparent case of mistaken identity. [Read More »]( Austin360 [A guide to Texas booze gifts to put under the tree]( [A guide to Texas booze gifts to put under the tree]( Look, it happens. Despite your best efforts, you've got only a couple days left to find holiday gifts for the remaining hard-to-buy-for people on your list. But don't stress about it - there's an easy solution if you know they like visiting breweries, tasting fun wine vintages or breaking out the good whiskey on special occasions. [Read More »]( [You have to be a little Jewish: An Austin Hannukah party tale]( [You have to be a little Jewish: An Austin Hannukah party tale]( I was in Amanda and her husband Nick Taylor's kitchen to see how an Austin-based pastry chef puts together her annual Hanukkah party when she's off the clock, and to learn why she keeps throwing it. She was showing me how to make rugelach with five hours to go until her guests, a bit of a who's who of Austin's dining scene and her family, arrived. 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