UT students are establishing a free refrigerator in West Campus as a way to fight food insecurity. Food insecurity is no stranger to University students — 37.7%, of UT students experience some form...

Increasing housing availability and reducing zoning regulations are steps Texas policymakers can take to increase housing affordability, panelists said at a nationwide pro-housing conference on Feb. 26.  Previously...

Reducing the distance between destinations, improving public transport and electrifying vehicles could help address the housing, transportation and environmental issues in Austin, panelists said at a housing-affordability...

Students gathered on Sunday at Pearl Street Co-op for the launch of the University Tenants’ Union. The organization, previously called UT for Housing Transparency, rebranded to UTU at the launch....

Mayor Kirk Watson expressed concern in a Feb. 16 newsletter about Austin Energy’s climate protection plan and its proposals to wean the city off of generating electricity with fossil fuels by 2030. Austin...

The Austin City Council approved a resolution on Feb. 15 authorizing the reorganization of the city’s current climate initiatives to make them more manageable — a change the Council said is “urgent”...

Student Government passed legislation on Feb. 13 calling for the formation of a Waller Creek management team to clean up the creek and make it safer for students. While it’s unclear when the team...

Over 1,500 people from across the nation packed the Church of Scientology on Guadalupe Street to celebrate the building’s grand reopening on Saturday after almost seven years of renovations and delays,...

Austin Development Services requested public feedback starting Feb. 15 to proposed code amendments requiring windows be installed in bedrooms of all future developments, with the community invited...

Community members ready for change gathered Tuesday for a panel discussion hosted by the LBJ Future Forum about community action in the wake of gun violence.  Jamal Alsaffar, lead attorney for families...

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department unanimously voted to name the Barton Springs bathhouse after civil rights activist Joan Means Khabele on Monday. This item will now move to the City Council...

ATX Parties for Palestine raised $2,587 at its rave on Saturday to help evacuate a Palestinian family from the Gaza Strip, the creator of the initiative said.  The South Austin rave featured local...