Austin City Council members are debating two different versions of an ordinance penalizing patrons who vomit inside a taxicab during their ride in the vehicle.
Each version of the ordinance states cab...
City officials welcomed Code for America to Austin yesterday, an organization that helps make government work better for everyone with the efforts of people and the power of the Web.
Austin mayor Lee...
Austin City Council is considering an ordinance that would require secondhand stores in Austin to file their transactions with the Austin Police Department in an attempt to reduce property crime.
Barksdale...
Funding combinations and proper budgeting have enabled Austin Energy to finance Austin’s most expensive public art project to date.
Despite a three-year deficit forcing a raise in electric rates...
Austin is a busy city with a lot of concerts, festivals and Texas sporting events. But this year, the stars have aligned and two of Texas students’ biggest events conflict this Oct. 13.
Yes, your...
Occupy Austin and City Hall are reassessing tactics and regrouping after the eviction of the protest Feb. 3.
A new city policy enacting a curfew at City Hall between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and banning tents...
Austin is showing some love for nonprofit organizations this week as part of the first Love Austin Week created by Snoball.com, starting Monday with dog treat sales for the Austin Pets Alive! organization.
Snoball...
The championship competition for one of the largest intercollegiate sport in the world may be returning to UT next year.
In Formula SAE, 450 teams of engineers from around the world design, build, test...
The Austin-based Food is Free Project hosted their third volunteer event Saturday with the planting of “wicking bed” gardens along Joe Sayers Avenue.
The organization was originally founded...
Whole Foods Market, the Austin-based Fortune 500 supermarket chain, experienced an all-time high in its stocks last Thursday, marking a major point in the company’s post-recession recovery and growth.
The...
Adjacent to a paintball range and on the same lot as a brewery rests a type of therapy less destructive than blasting bullets and healthier than booze.
Nestled in the hills of West Austin, two horses,...
A blanket of sleet may be the only ice Austinites will see fall from the sky this season. Many experts are expecting conditions to warm up this afternoon and remain for the rest of the week.
Representatives...
