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LBJ Library releases full schedule for three-day Civil Rights Summit

Jordan Rudner March 27, 2014

Thursday afternoon, the LBJ Library and Presidential Museum announced the full schedule for the three-day Civil Rights Summit that will begin April 8. In addition to a keynote address from President...

Fourth victim dies after injuries sustained in SXSW crash

Julia Brouillette March 27, 2014

A fourth person has died as a result of the SXSW crash, according to the Austin Police Department.  DeAndre Tatum, 18, died from injuries caused when suspected drunk driver Rashad Owens, 21, sped...

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UTPD officers respond to thousands of false alarm calls each year

Julia Brouillette March 27, 2014

More than 200 students and faculty lined the sidewalks outside the University Teaching Center on Wednesday morning, as UT police and Austin Fire Department officials searched the building for flames. A...

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Travis County officials work to open sobriety center

Julia Brouillette March 27, 2014

Under current state law, police officers have three options once they arrest someone for public intoxication: They can release the person to a sober friend, transport him to the hospital or put him in...

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Austin woman founds juice company after breast cancer diagnosis

Kat Sampson March 27, 2014

Each Saturday, the farmer’s market at Republic Square Park is filled with white tents housing various vendors and the occasional string quartet. Daily Greens is one of the busiest of those white...

One SXSW crash victim remains in critical condition

Julia Brouillette March 26, 2014

One of the 23 victims injured in the South By Southwest crash is still in critical condition at University Medical Center Brackenridge, according to spokeswoman Kendra Clawson. DeAndre Tatum, 18,...

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Original artists may take pay cut to restore vandalized murals

Alyssa Mahoney March 25, 2014

The artists of two murals that were vandalized in January will be restoring their original works over a period of 10 weeks but may not be paid for their time. The University Co-op asked original...

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Are you ‘skee-rious?’: Austin Skeeball League provides competition, camaraderie

Eleanor Dearman March 25, 2014

Lavaca Street Bar seems like a standard sports bar at first glance. Most of it is occupied by friends sitting around crowded tables, talking over each other and watching March Madness, but around the corner...

Project Connect proposes urban rail and bus route stop locations

Natalie Sullivan March 24, 2014

Officials from Project Connect, a transportation project designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve transportation methods in Austin, defined and evaluated final alternative modes of transportation...

Amplify Austin raises $5.7 million in funds

Christina Breitbeil March 24, 2014

Amplify Austin, a 24-hour “festival of giving,” exceeded its goal of $4 million on Friday, raising a total of $5.7 million dollars for more than 400 local nonprofit organizations. The event,...

LISTEN: ‘Stealth dorms’ vote, Regent Wallace Hall update and tuition proposal update

Jacob Kerr March 22, 2014

In this week's podcast, Jacob Kerr, Amanda Voeller and guests Alyssa Mahoney and Madlin Mekelburg talk about Austin City Council voting to reduce the occupancy limit for unrelated adults in single...

As council considers ‘stealth dorms’ vote, economic study comes back inconclusive

Alyssa Mahoney March 19, 2014

Austin City Council may choose to vote on banning so-called “stealth dorms” at its meeting Thursday, even though a study assessing the impact of the ban on housing affordability concluded that...

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