INDEPENDENT TEXAN, IT'S REDUNDANT!

Do you or your family live, work or play along Piney Creek between Camp Swift and the Colorado? The TCEQ has set the public meeting to take questions and hear comments regarding this wastewater permit.

Newly elected Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones UPDATE!  Not long after we published this article, the Mayor's life was threatened. The suspect has...

The Gallup Poll has been asking this question of voters since 1988. The responses since 1988 are all HERE for you to enjoy, especially if you're an independent. In 2024, the percentage of independents was 43% -- a strong plurality.

KVUE-TV: " Austin group nears 20,000 signatures to pause Austin Convention Center project" On or before August 18, the City of Austin is...

Click on the picture above to be taken to SaveAustinsSoul.com where you can view the documentary and a list of places to sign the...

The chair of the Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Cody Harris, has filed 4 water bills that we at LIV wholeheartedly support.

Bastrop City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino is using taxpayer dollars to promote herself as if she is the leader of the city of Bastrop. She is not an elected official. She is an employee who is paid the highest salary in the city at $242,000 per year.

Special Legislative Session started, Monday, July 21st. Special Sessions have a shelf life of 30 days. The Governor was reluctant to place redistricting (the ultimate partisan sword) on the "Call" (the session's agenda). Redistricting is not required by law until 2030. But the Governor changed his mind, having received a call from the President to do so.

There are terrible disasters and there are disasters that don't have to be so terrible.

Charmin could do the right thing and use other materials than the Boreal Forest for toilet paper!

LIV News offers you news from international to local on the developing movement away from bombs, political and otherwise.

Bring it, Cody! State Representatives Cody Harris and Trent Ashby are joined by Senator Nichols in opposing the project. Representative Harris is Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee [HNCR]. He has called for a HNRC public hearing on July 15 in Austin.

A huge win for enforcement of the open meetings act is sent to the Bastrop City Council as a warning about their own violation on June 10th.

We at LIV believe President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran yesterday is a dangerous abuse of power that deserves a swift and concerted response from independent voters. 

KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station, did an 8-minute feature of Reta Ward. Reta is a force of nature in rural Texas east of IH-35, especially on education, water, land, and our small "d" democracy!

Austinites are petition for the right to vote on a massively expensive massive teardown and redevelopment of the Austin Convention Center. It's totally unnecessary and a waste of public funds.

Margie and Bob Raborn were always there, through the thick and thin of the independent political movement.

Congratulations to Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund for passage of important water bills as the Texas Legislature choked on water.

Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund: Andy Wier, Executive Director Just in from our friends at SAWDF!!!   Friends: We have an emergency!...

We need emails and/or phone calls to Senator Lois Kolkhorst & Committee Members regarding the Committee Substitute for HB 1633.