Tickets for our next ATXplained Live go on sale this Friday
ATXplained Live is coming back to the Paramount Theatre on Oct. 11.
View ArticleUT Austin wants to cover I-35 from Dean Keeton to 15th Street
Covering the highway after the main lanes are lowered would cost the university an estimated $400 million and create more than 17 new acres of campus.
View ArticleAustin’s favorite live storytelling event, ATXplained Live, returns to the...
Lose yourself in all-new, one-of-a-kind storytelling about Austin’s people, history, food, art, language and more at KUT News’ ATXplained Live performance, Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the historic Paramount...
View ArticleTexas author LaToya Watkins pulls from her box of characters in ‘Holler, Child’
The collection of short stories is set in West Texas, where Watkins spent much of her childhood.
View ArticleBeing Dead, Lesly Reynaga and THEBROSFRESH headline KUTX’s 98.9’s fall Rock...
Austin’s favorite family friendly live music series, KUTX 98.9’s Rock the Park, is back at Mueller Lake Park with a curated mix of local artists including Being Dead, Charlie Faye & the Fanimals,...
View ArticleTravis County judge rules Texas 'Death Star' law is unconstitutional
The law, slated to take effect Friday, would have undone local laws. Houston, San Antonio and El Paso argued it eliminated cities' abilities to govern themselves. The state has appealed.
View ArticleAustin’s homeless strategy officer resigns after two years on the job
Dianne Grey took over as the city was grappling with record high numbers of people experiencing homelessness and in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
View ArticleTexas planned to have managers run Austin ISD's special ed department. Now...
The Texas Education Agency earlier this year proposed a special education conservatorship, largely because of Austin ISD's backlog of special education evaluations. But now state education officials...
View ArticleHistoric Black cemetery in East Austin braces for encroaching development
Bethany Cemetery was founded in the late 1800s when the segregated section of the nearby city-run Oakwood Cemetery no longer offered burial space for Black residents. Today, community members help...
View ArticleAre Texans ready to live in bear country?
As the black bear population rises, so does their chance of conflict with people.
View ArticleAustin ISD may still face conservatorship under the state's alternative...
The Texas Education Agency has proposed appointing at least one monitor to track the district's progress. If AISD does not meet certain benchmarks, the agency could still appoint one or more conservators.
View ArticleTexas planeaba intervenir el departamento de educación especial del ISD de...
La Agencia de Educación de Texas a principios de este año propuso una intervención de educación especial, en gran parte debido a la acumulación de Austin ISD de las evaluaciones de educación especial....
View ArticleAustin's attempt to build an affordable home in a wealthy area violates...
The city tried to build the home on a piece of land it owns in West Austin. Neighbors sued, saying the lawsuit had nothing to do with low-income housing. The city said it had everything to do with it.
View ArticleDeadly heat in Texas prisons sounds 'cruel and unusual.' Why is it still...
The courts, along with federal and state lawmakers, have created a series of barriers against improving prison conditions with air conditioning.
View Article1 killed, another critically injured in shooting near Arboretum mall in...
Austin's interim police chief said the shooter is dead. Investigators do not currently know what the relationship is between the shooter and the victims.
View ArticleFederal judge bars Texas from enforcing book rating law
House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech...
View ArticleGet Involved spotlight: Project Schoolhouse
Project Schoolhouse works to build new schools and provide clean water in some of the most remote communities in Nicaragua.
View ArticleCelebrating independencia in September
Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Belize and much of Central America all celebrate their independence in September.
View ArticleWhat are the towers for in West Austin and why are they all there?
Off to Austin’s west, you may have seen a collection of towers with their red lights blinking through the night.
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