Austin Justice (@AustinJustice)

2017: Austin spent $35 million on homelessness. 2,036 homeless counted. 2025: $118 million. 3,238 homeless. Spending more than tripled and homelessness went up 59%. If you service the homeless lifestyle, you will get more of it. The NGOs that run this system get paid by the problem of homelessness, so they have no reason to end it -- in fact, their only incentive is to make sure the problem grows.

ROUND ROCK MAN walks up behind a 62-year-old stranger sitting near a park bench on a Monday morning, wraps an arm around him, and stabs him repeatedly in the neck. Andrew James Wimsatt tried to fight back, but surveillance video shows he couldn't. A passerby found his body near the Chandler Creek Trail. 26-year-old Benedict Ogbodiegwu Jr. was arrested before at least three times. His record: 2017: charged with theft, a state jail felony. Dismissed. Jan 2026: arrested for theft. Court ordered a competency evaluation, then committed him for restoration in February. The competency hearing set for May 29 was canceled. The theft charge was dismissed April 7. May 2026: arrested again, this time for giving police false identification. Dismissed. Three cases, three dismissals. Now first-degree murder.