Top 5 Year-End Gift Ideas
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View ArticleCapital Metro spends thousands on brand overhaul, removes Texas Capitol dome...
The region's public transit agency is spending more than $182,000 to "refresh" its brand before acquiring new buses and rail vehicles for the multibillion-dollar transit expansion known as Project...
View ArticleTravis County will shut down its rent relief program amid a spike in demand
The county has seen a crush of applications since the City of Austin and the state closed their rent relief programs. It doesn't have enough money to cover all the applications for help it has received.
View ArticleOfficials are brainstorming solutions to Austin's booming housing costs. Here...
In the past year, the median sales price of a home in Austin rose more than $100,000. At the same time, rents have been increasing at the fastest pace ever recorded.
View ArticleA tribute to the late Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents an encore presentation of a conversation he had with the first African-American woman elected to Congress
View ArticleGet Involved spotlight: Sammy's House
This month, KUT's spotlight nonprofit is Sammy's House, which aims to bridge the gaps in services for children and young adults who are medically fragile and/or developmentally delayed.
View ArticleTexas Railroad Commission takes a step toward safeguarding some energy...
The Railroad Commission of Texas has approved a new rule to designate natural gas suppliers as "critical infrastructure." The rule does not create weatherization standards, however, and will not...
View Article'A little magic': Leander's Way Off Broadway Community Players present...
Leander's Way Off Broadway Community Players will present the Charles Dickens Christmas tale 'The Cricket on the Hearth' this holiday season.
View ArticlePresident Biden signs bills aimed at veterans' maternal health care, equity,...
A Military Times reporter tells the Standard that the bills had solid support from both parties.
View ArticleTexas’ controversial voting law goes into effect
Texas is one of several GOP-led states this year that has passed new voting restrictions this year.
View ArticleData show Austin will soon be the least affordable non-California city in the...
As growth brings well-paid tech workers to Central Texas, long-time residents, especially people of color, are being pushed out.
View ArticleFederal judge blocks Texas' new social media content law
An SMU professor, and opponent of the law, says it violates the First Amendment rights of platforms like Facebook and Twitter to block or moderate content that's in violation of their community standards.
View ArticleUT Austin researchers are creating a statewide system to track drug overdoses
As opioid and other drug overdoses rise in the state, the researchers hope the program will provide a more complete understanding of the state’s overdose crisis and help guide solutions.
View ArticleListen: 'Get Back' proves the Fifth Beatle was Texan, Billy Preston
The keyboardist featured in the new docuseries was born in Houston. He went on to make music history in other ways.
View ArticleTravis County's rent relief program will officially close Dec. 6
The program could come back, but that hinges on federal funding that, as of now, hasn't yet materialized.
View ArticleHuston-Tillotson University President Colette Pierce Burnette will retire in...
Burnette was named president of Austin’s only historically black university in 2015. She was the first female president of the university since the merger of Tillotson College and Samuel Huston College.
View Article'The gift of this project': One Million Stars Texas is part of a global...
The global art project One Billion Stars uses the age-old craft of star weaving to start conversations about violence. One Million Stars Texas is the local branch, and they're looking for more weavers.
View ArticleLeander ISD pulls 11 books from curriculum after year-long review
The books were almost immediately pulled when they came under fire last year. Now, some are being removed permanently, while others will be put back in circulation.
View ArticleThe U.S. Justice Department sues Texas over its new voting maps
The Department of Justice alleges lawmakers discriminated against Latino and Black voters when they redrew the maps this year.
View ArticleEmployees at Integral Care, Travis County’s mental health agency, want to...
Employees of the Austin-area mental health authority say they're underpaid and overworked. They say a union could help improve working conditions.
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