On this week’s episode of The Daily Texan Newscast, we cover UT’s collaboration with NASA, studies from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer and...
An Austin jury has convicted Rashad Owens of capital murder from the 2014 South by Southwest Music Festival crash.
The judge initially set aside three weeks for the SXSW crash trial. It only took one...
Urban Outfitters on Guadalupe Street reopened its doors for a soft opening Thursday after a little over a week of renovations.
Urban Outfitters bought the space formerly occupied by Mellow Mushroom...
Austin Mayor Steve Adler spoke Wednesday evening to members of University Democrats about segregation, gentrification and his first year as mayor.
Adler, a UT alumnus, said gentrification is something...
At a specially called City Council meeting on Oct. 22, the Council approved an exemption to the city’s parks smoking ban for Fun Fun Fun Fest.
The festival is held annually at Auditorium...
UT alumna Lynn Osgood had an idea that she could not shake. Austin was in the midst of a political shift, as the city prepared to abandon its system of electing city council members at-large. Instead,...
To coincide with National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, the Longhorn Legislative Aides are partnering with Street Youth Ministry to host “Feet the Streets,” a monthlong campus-wide sock drive...
Two small voids in the ground were found 40 feet below the surface near the southbound underpass of MoPac Expressway last week.
Due to the cave discovery, the southbound section of the MoPac Improvement...
Six percent of central city residents use their bikes to get to work, but a majority of locals support fully funding Austin’s updated 2014 Bicycle Master Plan, according to a report from MobilityATX.
MobilityATX,...
Uber criticized the City of Austin’s background checks for drivers for hire as the City moves to finalize background check procedures for ride-hailing companies.
In a memo to Austin Mayor...
On this week’s episode of The Daily Texan Newscast, we cover the Safe Campus Act, a “supermouse” and changes to the university shuttle buses. Listen to a recap of the third GOP presidential...
Customers looking to get treated by some franchises on the Drag will not be served if they’re wearing a mask this Halloween.
A few stores on the Drag, such as Whataburger and Jamba Juice,...
