Hoping to increase civic engagement, experts and community members weighed in at a panel Tuesday to discuss city representation and Austin’s 10-1 proposal.
KLRU, KUT and the Annette Strauss...
Using public transportation efficiently can be tedious, but UT military science professor Joseph Kopser’s new app RideScout makes it easier to navigate Austin by combining all the public transit...
The immediate area surrounding the corner of 12th and Chicon streets is often described as a hub for rampant drug distribution, gang activity, homelessness and prostitution. A short bus ride from campus...
About 200 construction workers and supporters marched in West Campus on Friday in a protest against Callaway House, a private luxury freshman residence hall which they claimed withheld wages from about...
The site of the iconic “City of Austin Power Plant” sign, the Seaholm Power Plant, will soon be redeveloped for use as a pedestrian-friendly public space including shops, restaurants and apartments.
The...
In the hours following an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, Austinites poured into local blood banks, waiting in lines for up to two hours to donate blood to be sent to hospitals...
Austin runners came together in support of the victims of this week’s Boston bombings in a vigil Thursday night.
Gilbert’s Gazelles, an Austin-based running group that was in Boston...
For five days, an alley in downtown Austin will experience a transformation into a colorful, yet temporary, work of art and architecture.
An alley on Ninth Street between Congress Avenue and Brazos...
Theresa Shoatz’s father has been in solitary confinement seven days a week, 23 hours a day, under continuous fluorescent light for 22 years.
An incarcerated Black Panther from Philadelphia...
After delays in the planning process, Austin’s Urban Rail initiative is back on track with a new leader set on getting the project going at full steam.
The Urban Rail is a project that aims to...
While having a highly trained police force on campus is essential to ensuring the safety of the University, UTPD’s focus on extensive training for its officers may make them attractive recruits for...
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg will plead guilty “without any request for leniency or consideration” to her DWI charge, according to a statement she released.
Lehmberg...
