Trying to buy a home in Austin? So are investors.
According to data from the real estate firm CoreLogic, investors bought nearly a third of all the single-family homes sold in the Austin area in the first nine months of 2021.
View ArticleAustin lifts water conservation requirements, but boil-water notice continues
People can pick up safe drinking water from eight city-run distribution sites around Austin.
View ArticleAfter nearly dying of COVID-19, a Texas mom encourages pregnant women to get...
The COVID vaccine is proven safe during all stages of pregnancy, and pregnant patients are at an increased risk of getting seriously ill if they contract the virus. Still, many pregnant women hesitate.
View ArticleBiden administration aims to jump-start Texas oil jobs by cleaning up...
Texas will get $343 million to continue the cleanup and plugging of abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and other toxic chemicals and contaminate groundwater.
View ArticleNo penalty for former Brazoria County clerk who sorted potential jurors by...
Jury selection is supposed to be random in Texas, but Rhonda Barchak used a system of her own invention for years.
View ArticleAlmost all COVID-19 deaths in Travis County have been among people with...
Local health officials urge people, especially those with chronic illnesses, to get vaccinated and boosted as quickly as possible to protect themselves against COVID-19. About a third of eligible...
View ArticleCity says it's safe for Austin residents to drink tap water again
A citywide boil-water notice was issued Saturday evening. Austin Water said human error led to issues at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant.
View ArticleLa ciudad dice que vuelve a ser seguro para los residentes de Austin beber...
El sábado por la noche se emitió un aviso de hervir el agua para toda la ciudad. Austin Water dijo que un error humano condujo a los problemas en la planta de tratamiento de agua Ullrich.
View ArticleAn interactive exhibit uncovers Dallas’ colorful film-production legacy
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image exhibit features some of the old commercials and industrial movies that helped Dallas become the production hub it remains today.
View ArticleAustin police officers who used ‘less lethal’ ammunition in 2020 protests...
Dozens of people were injured when police shot beanbag rounds into the crowd. A grand jury is weighing whether the officers should be charged.
View ArticleDon’t worry if you drank the Austin tap water. It was fine all along.
Boil-water notices, like the one issued this past weekend, can often be precautionary. It turns out this one was.
View ArticleMeet Jason Onyediri, the first Black editor in chief of the Texas Law Review
The second-year law student says the position is a dream come true, but at the same time, "it's a bit of a long-overdue milestone."
View ArticleAustin ISD removes sixth grade from two middle schools to try and increase...
District officials say by moving sixth grade to elementary schools, it can improve academics for seventh- and eighth-graders at Martin and Mendez middle schools.
View ArticleNo te preocupes si bebiste agua del grifo en Austin el fin de semana. Estaba...
Los avisos de hervir el agua, como el emitido el pasado fin de semana, suelen ser preventivos. Resulta que éste lo era.
View ArticleAustin ISD elimina el sexto grado en dos escuelas intermedias para tratar de...
Los funcionarios del distrito dicen que al trasladar el sexto grado a las escuelas primarias de la zona, se puede mejorar el nivel académico de los alumnos de séptimo y octavo grado en las escuelas...
View ArticleTransit planners study allowing buses on light-rail bridge over Lady Bird Lake
Officials overseeing a $7.1 billion transit expansion in Austin are taking a closer look at whether to allow buses on the planned light-rail bridge after people accused Project Connect of...
View ArticleDirector of Austin Water resigns after three-day boil-water notice caused by...
In a letter addressed to City Manager Spencer Cronk on Friday, Greg Meszaros said he was "ready to step aside."
View Article'A game of tennis': Actors Fran Dorn and Marc Pouhé prepare to perform...
Though Fran Dorn and Marc Pouhé are both longstanding members of the Austin theater scene, they've never performed together before. This month, that will change as they star in a staged reading of 'The...
View ArticleEl director de Austin Water dimite tras un aviso de hervir agua por tres días...
En una carta dirigida al Administrador de la Ciudad Spencer Cronk el viernes, Greg Meszaros dijo que estaba "listo para dar un paso al costado".
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