Austin’s Cap and Stitch project, Our Future 35, held an open house on Saturday to present concept highway caps and stitches to Austin residents.  The research initiative, funded by the city of Austin,...

Reconstruction of the MLK Boulevard bridge is set to begin this week, and the bridge will likely be demolished early next year, said Jeffrey Barker, a Texas Department of Transportation public information...

Austin City Council approved a mandate last Thursday requiring pets to be microchipped in Austin.  The mandate aims to ease Austin animal shelters suffering from overcrowding, according to city documents....

A new self-driving transportation service will be available in Austin early next year, Uber and Waymo announced in a partnership on Sept. 13. Waymo One, which already operates in San Francisco,...

All five Austin mayoral candidates discussed police policy and housing affordability at a forum on Sept. 25. Moderators Francheska Castillo, a reporter at Univision 62, and Kylee Howard, news editor...

Austin City Council approved an ordinance on Sept. 12 that requires sound assessments for residential developments near music venues. The ordinance requires residential building developers to obtain...

The Travis County Sheriff's Office changed its “religious articles” policy earlier this month to allow female Muslim detainees to keep their hijabs and require jail staff to fulfill requests for modest...

The city of Austin received $10.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to put toward pedestrian safety infrastructure on Sept. 5.  The project will implement safety treatments...

The Austin City Council approved the renewal of an agreement with the University on Thursday to help improve birth outcomes and maternal health for women of color.  The agreement gave the University...

Council member Zo Qadri issued a proclamation on Tuesday to increase voter registration rates in celebration of National Voter Registration Day. Qadri made the announcement at a city hall event on behalf...

Austin became the first city in Texas to fully deploy a new artificial intelligence detection system aimed to spot and notify first responders of smoke and fires, Austin Energy announced Aug. 29.  The...