Austin's largest public housing authority opens waitlist for affordable homes
Residents who live in public housing pay roughly a third of their income toward rent.
View ArticleLaredo, already the dominant land port between the U.S. and Mexico, could...
Supply chain upheaval and tensions with China are prompting some companies to pivot production away from the Pacific.
View ArticleTras la muerte de otro estudiante de preparatoria por sobredosis de...
Un cartel publicitario muestra imágenes de tres estudiantes jóvenes que han muerto. Pósters muestran la diferencia entre el fentanilo y otras drogas de prescripción. Un video presentado a estudiantes...
View Article2022 was the deadliest year on Austin roads
A record 125 people died in crashes last year, breaking the previous high of 118 set only a year earlier.
View ArticleHistorians fact-check our country’s foundational stories in ‘Myth America’
The book seeks to set the record straight on a number of conventional American beliefs.
View ArticleUniversal Studios lovers rejoice: Family-friendly theme park coming to North...
The park in Frisco’s Fields development will be geared toward children 3 to 9.
View ArticleChildhood asthma study sparks hot debate over gas stoves
A federal consumer protection agency walked back comments that gas stoves could be banned.
View ArticleAustin ISD wants to raise teacher pay by at least 5% for the next school year
The district is working on its budget for the 2023-2024 school year. AISD administrators and school board members say employee compensation is the top priority.
View ArticleEl ISD de Austin quiere aumentar el salario de los maestros al menos un 5%...
El distrito está trabajando en su presupuesto para el año escolar 2023-2024, y los administradores de Austin ISD y los miembros de la junta escolar dicen que la compensación de los empleados es la...
View ArticleHow activists used the Super Bowl to get Texas to recognize MLK Day as a...
King's birthday became a federal holiday in 1983, but Texas was one of several states that refused to recognize it at first.
View Article'Lift my voice': Ebony Stewart hosts an open-mic poetry night for MLK Day
On the evening of MLK Day, poet Ebony Stewart will host an open-mic poetry night at the Vortex.
View ArticleHundreds of rainbow trout in Georgetown's Blue Hole Park spur fishing frenzy
Every year, Texas Parks & Wildlife stocks thousands of rainbow trout in bodies of water across the state. Texans can go fishing for them through the winter.
View ArticleSXSW seeks thousands of volunteers to help out with this year's festival
Organizers are aiming to recruit about 3,000 volunteers — that’s about how many they had in 2018.
View ArticleWhy 19th Street in Austin was chosen to be renamed after Martin Luther King Jr.
Journalist Erna Smith remembers that period as a time of activism in the Black community. "The city was changing."
View ArticleUT Austin is asking the Legislature for $48 million in special projects...
If allocated, the money would go toward long COVID research and a cybersecurity teaching hub, among other things.
View Article‘Getting their ducks in a row’: Legislators prepare now for a hectic end to...
Doling out committee assignments and talking about the surplus are just a few of the things lawmakers have on the agenda in the early weeks of the session.
View ArticlePor qué la calle 19 de Austin se rebautizó con el nombre de Martin Luther...
Los residentes y comerciantes de la zona este apoyaban el cambio de nombre de la calle, pero al oeste de la I-35 la situación era distinta.
View ArticleAustin 911 is still strained by understaffing. Call takers brace for SXSW.
The call center was overwhelmed on New Year's Eve, with the average hold time nearing half an hour. Will staff be hired and trained in time for the festival?
View ArticleEnvironmental groups in Corpus Christi say they’re still finding remnants...
The spill was originally estimated at 90 barrels of light crude before a later tally put it at 335 barrels, or 14,000 gallons.
View ArticleEl 911 de Austin sigue bajo presión por la falta de personal. Los operadores...
El centro de llamadas estuvo agobiado en el Año Nuevo, con un promedio de media hora en espera por llamada. ¿Podrán entrenar al nuevo personal a tiempo para el festival?
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