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Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 27, 2023

The Starbucks on 24th Street unionized over a year ago, but workers say they are still fighting for equal treatment by the company amidst fears of retaliation. Last month, the location did not participate...

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

The Austin City Council discussed 196 items on July 20, including modifying SMART housing policies, reducing the city’s oversight in the watershed department and increasing infrastructure for middle-class...

Texas Memorial Museum changes name to Texas Science and Natural History Museum ahead of fall reopening

Texas Memorial Museum changes name to Texas Science and Natural History Museum ahead of fall reopening

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 17, 2023

After extensive renovations, the Texas Memorial Museum changed its name to the Texas Science and Natural History Museum on July 7 in preparation for its fall reopening. “The building is always...

Austin Public Library launches new digital makerspace

Austin Public Library launches new digital makerspace

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 13, 2023

Austin Public Library’s central branch hosted the grand opening of a new digital makerspace on July 5, unveiling free access to various digital editing and creation programs. “We know that technology...

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APD, DPS partnership suspended again after recent events

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter July 12, 2023

Interim city manager Jesús Garza and Mayor Kirk Watson announced that a partnership between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety is again suspended after its reinstatement...

Zilker Park revision plan faces opposition online despite accessibility, ecological upgrades

Zilker Park revision plan faces opposition online despite accessibility, ecological upgrades

Grace Xu, General News Reporter July 3, 2023

After its approval by Austin Parks and Recreation on May 22, the Zilker Park Vision Plan has received public opposition online from several groups. Save Zilker Park, a movement against the plan, has grown...

UT RTF professor records Barton Creek’s history with new website

UT RTF professor records Barton Creek’s history with new website

Aaron Sullivan, Seniors News Reporter July 3, 2023

Radio-Television-Film professor Karen Kocher created the Barton Creek Time Stream, a multimedia educational website dedicated to telling the history of Barton Creek’s conservation efforts. Looking...

APD, DPS resume partnership with revised strategies following community criticism

APD, DPS resume partnership with revised strategies following community criticism

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter July 3, 2023

In light of community backlash, a revised partnership between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety resumed this month after a pause in May. The partnership was...

People swim and lounge at Barton Springs Pool on July 1, 2023.

Why is it so hot? Austin breaks heat index records with 118-degree temperatures recorded last month

Natalia Simbeck Elias, General News Reporter July 2, 2023

Last month, Austin broke its heat-index record after 118-degree temperatures were recorded at Camp Mabry on June 21, according to the National Weather Service.  Texas, among other states in the...

‘Together we can make changes’: Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center strike over staffing, patient safety concerns

‘Together we can make changes’: Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center strike over staffing, patient safety concerns

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter June 29, 2023

Hundreds of nurses went on strike on June 27 outside the Ascension Seton Medical Center, marking the largest nurses' strike in Texas history, according to a National Nurses United press release.  “We...

‘Prepare our city for a sustainable future’: city leaders approve Project Connect light rail plan

‘Prepare our city for a sustainable future’: city leaders approve Project Connect light rail plan

Ren Leija, General News Reporter June 26, 2023

On June 6, Austin city leaders officially approved Project Connect, the city’s estimated $4.5 to $4.8 billion project. Project Connect would create nearly 10 miles of light rail network and serve...

Study finds East Austin neighborhoods impacted unequally by COVID-19 pandemic

Study finds East Austin neighborhoods impacted unequally by COVID-19 pandemic

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter June 22, 2023

A UT study published on June 1 found that vulnerable East Austin neighborhoods were more likely to be at risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations despite recording fewer officially reported cases.  “Really...

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