How to avoid heat-related illness amid Austin's triple-digit temperatures
Heat-related illness can range from an inconvenience to a life-threatening scenario. Austin health officials have tips on how to stay safe in the heat.
View ArticleEl Consejo de la Ciudad de Austin aprueba la despenalización del aborto
Defensores del derecho al aborto participan en una sentada de todo el día en el Capitolio del Estado de Texas el 7 de julio.
View ArticleTexas' $50 million program to help pay overdue energy bills just shut down....
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs says it's no longer accepting applications to the federally backed program to help struggling Texans amid stifling summer heat.
View ArticleCómo evitar dolencias relacionadas con el calor en medio de las altas...
Heat-related illness can range from an inconvenience to a life-threatening scenario. Austin health officials have tips on how to stay safe in the heat.
View ArticleWhere should I-35 be covered? Neighbors fight for relief from planned highway...
Communities seeking to mitigate the effects of the I-35 widening find most of the city's resources are targeted at downtown Austin.
View ArticleWhat Austinites should know about COVID-19 during this summer’s surge
Austin Public Health officials are reminding Central Texans that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. Here are five important things they want people to know right now.
View ArticleEl programa de $50 millones de Texas para ayudar a pagar las facturas de...
El programa de 50 millones de dólares de Texas para ayudar a la gente a pagar las facturas de energía atrasadas podría estar muerto — por ahora.
View ArticleTexas volunteer group provides water to migrants in record heat
In Brooks County, volunteers refill watering stations to save migrants traversing unrelenting heat and terrain.
View ArticleA state tax break program is ending, but Texans could still be paying for it...
The economic incentive program offered breaks from school-related taxes to lure new development to the state.
View ArticleEsto es lo que los residentes de Austin deben saber sobre el COVID-19 durante...
Aquí están los cinco principales mensajes que Salud Pública de Austin tiene sobre el COVID-19 este verano.
View Article'All possibilities exist at once': 'Entanglement' is a musical about dating...
After dedicating decades of his life to the art of improv, Asaf Ronen has written his first fully scripted work, a musical about dating and quantum theory.
View ArticleTexas lawmakers ordered to turn over redistricting records
The order is the latest victory for civil rights groups claiming discrimination and intimidation leading up to the 2022 midterms, but history indicates the case is unlikely to be resolved before voters...
View ArticleRed River Cultural District looks to book its next leader and expand business
Executive Director Cody Cowan announced this week he's leaving to become chief operating officer for the National Independent Venue Association, a lobbying and trade group.
View ArticleNew Texas law increasing penalties for abortion providers goes into effect...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its judgment Tuesday in the Mississippi case that revoked a constitutional right to abortion. That means Texas’ “trigger law” severely limiting the procedure will soon...
View ArticleNew book ‘More City Than Water’ maps out the different tolls flooding takes...
This August marks five years since Hurricane Harvey and the devastation the storm left in its wake.
View ArticleThe world's largest international dark sky reserve is helping UT scientists...
In April, the International Dark Sky Association certified the Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve. The reserve allows for astronomical research and minimizes the impact of light pollution...
View ArticleGetting your period at school is the worst. Austin ISD is trying to make it...
The district has been installing period product dispensers in high school and middle school bathrooms ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. The move comes as the U.S. continues to face a tampon shortage.
View ArticleTener el periodo en la escuela es lo peor. El Distrito Escolar de Austin está...
El Distrito Escolar de Austin está poniendo a disposición de estudiantes productos menstruales gratuitos, como tampones y toallas sanitarias, a partir del próximo año escolar.
View ArticleWildfires are burning in Central Texas. Here's how to prepare.
Texas has been in a fire season for almost the entire year. Nearly 200 homes were evacuated in Williamson County recently. Here's what you need to know to be prepared.
View ArticleService providers raise concerns about the likely new manager of Austin’s...
The city is set to approve a contract with a California-based nonprofit that faces a handful of lawsuits back home. Service providers say the city moved too quickly.
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