Starting next month, Austin Energy customers can expect a $15 increase on bills
Bills initially were expected to go up $20 for the average customer. The city will use the utility's reserves to cover some of the "pass-through" charges over three years so customers aren't stuck with...
View ArticleNewly appointed Texas Parks and Wildlife director focused on future...
David Yoskowitz will take over the agency in 2023, when current Executive Director Carter Smith retires.
View ArticleDesde el próximo mes, los clientes de Austin Energy pueden esperar un aumento...
Las facturas de electricidad eran esperadas a incrementar a $20 para el cliente promedio. La ciudad va a usar la reserva de servicios públicos para cubrir una parte del cargo de transferencia durante...
View ArticleLady Bird Lake has looked kind of junky lately. Here's why.
Years of drought, a build-up of litter, increasing vegetation, and the death of grass carp have all played a role in the condition of Town Lake.
View ArticleRep. Castro, Latino groups warn about misinformation targeting Spanish speakers
The groups say social media companies are not doing enough to curb the spread of falsehoods specifically targeting Latinos.
View ArticleFestival in Round Rock resurrects the legend of the Hairy Man
Some locals swear Hairy Man Road is haunted by a hermit who lived in the area during the 19th century.
View ArticleWith abortions banned, these Central Texans turned to permanent forms of...
Local doctors have seen a surge in requests for vasectomies and salpingectomies since Texas' abortion bans went into effect. Some people see this as a way to remain childfree, while others want to...
View ArticleThe complicated legacy of César Chávez
The labor organizer – a Mexican American with radical views on immigration, who swore by nonviolence but subsidized an illegal border patrol operation – was a man of many contradictions.
View ArticleWatch: Candidates for District 1 City Council seat make case for why you...
Three of the four candidates participated in a live forum hosted by KUT and the Austin Monitor.
View ArticleRepublicanos tratan de ganar terreno con Latinos en el Valle del Río Grande...
Sharon Navarro, una profesora de ciencia política en la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio , dijo que el mensaje que los Republicanos están usando para dirigirse a los votantes Latinos — acerca de la...
View ArticleAustin is looking for a place to store massive amounts of water to pull from...
City officials are deciding where to store about three Lake Austin’s worth of water underground. They'll meet with residents in Lee, Bastrop and Travis counties this week to discuss the proposed...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to date (and have sex) under Texas' abortion ban
Some people are having deeper conversations earlier on in dating — not just about contraception and potential pregnancy but about values. The result can be increased intimacy, but also exhaustion,...
View ArticleWatch: Our virtual forum with the candidates for the District 3 seat on the...
Six candidates are running to represent the district in Southeast Austin. Sabino "Pio Renteria," who currently represents the district, has reached his term limit.
View ArticleTwo-thirds of board members overseeing Texas public universities are Abbott...
High-money donors are concentrated on larger boards, including those of the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System.
View ArticleAustin’s next mayor will serve two years, not the usual four
Last year, two-thirds of voters supported Proposition D, which moves the city’s mayoral elections to the same year as presidential elections.
View ArticleCon la prohibición del aborto, estos Tejanos Centrales recurrieron a formas...
Doctores locales han visto un incremento en las peticiones para vasectomías y salpingectomías desde que la prohibición de abortos en Texas esta en efecto. Alguna gente ve esto como una manera de...
View ArticleTexas' abortion ban adds pressure to already strained Medicaid system
Low-income Texans no longer able to access abortion are likely to carry out a pregnancy. Many of them don’t have health insurance, which means they’re eligible for Medicaid. But the system operates at...
View ArticleLatino groups target Spanish-language misinformation ahead of midterm elections
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas and the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition have warned that Spanish speakers are at a high risk on social media platforms.
View ArticleAustin Community College has a $770 million bond on the ballot this election....
If approved, the bond would add two new campuses to South Austin and expand workforce development programs.
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