Austin ranked 32nd out of 51 U.S. cities in a recent Forbes magazine evaluation of the best cities for technology jobs. Mark Schill, vice president for research for the Praxis Strategy Group that compiled...

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was ranked as a top-five airport in service quality for the fifth year in a row by Airport Council International and received the new Director General’s...

At Austin Water Utility, purple is a very important color because it indicates water conservation on their water valves. With the expansion of the Austin Water Reclamation Initiative, the city is about...

A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday morning against the city of Austin claims their policy of banning arrested protesters from returning to City Hall is a violation of the First Amendment. Jim Harrington,...

With about 27 million people in the U.S. with some form of an eating disorder, the second annual Austin National Eating Disorder Association Walk led about 275 people through Mueller Lake Park to bring...

AUSTIN— A federal court on Thursday issued temporary political maps for the 2012 election in Texas that some say will give Democrats a greater chance of winning seats in the Legislature. The maps,...

SAN ANTONIO — A child psychiatrist fired over allegations that he sexually abused two residents at a state hospital for the mentally ill had been accused of sexually abusing patients several times...

A passion for cooking is the only prerequisite for auditioning for the television series “MasterChef,” said casting director Holland Weathers. Weathers and her associates will hold a casting...

The emergence of digital and online textbooks will not limit the value of bookstores in Austin, Steve Bercu, the owner of BookPeople, said Thursday. As part of its current exhibition “Banned, Burned,...

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin asking riders to keep any tobacco use at least 15 feet away from their bus stops beginning next month. New signage designating all 2700 of...

Plans for Austin’s Formula 1 racetrack have met some unexpected turbulence this week, and Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone released an ultimatum to the company building the track Thursday: Sign the...

After one month of Occupy Austin’s encampment of City Hall, protester and general assembly facilitator Joe Cooper said the group is confronting the challenges and realities of maintaining the momentum...