The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation is attempting to prevent homelessness in Austin through a $50,000 grant to the nonprofit organization Green Doors. Green Doors strives “to end homelessness...

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in early September in New York City’s Zuccotti Park as a protest against political and economic corruption, has been steadily gaining momentum and has...

As the price of oil took a nosedive in 1983 and 1984, many oil workers lost their jobs and did not return once the market recovered, said director of the Petroleum Extension Service at UT John Hoopingarner. With...

Research shows the ineffectiveness of single-sex education, in which students are segregated by sex, and its contribution to the increase of gender stereotypes, according to a report released Sept. 23...

Without health insurance, many Austin musicians would be without work or the ability to support their busy schedules, said Nakia Reynoso of Nakia and the Blues Grifters. He said that without the Health...

Sunday was the 142nd anniversary of Gandhi’s birth. Gandhi’s words of wisdom, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” sparked the “Be the Change” National Day...

The barrel of a Winchester .30-30-caliber lever-action rifle rests on a bed of ash and debris made up of what was once the house of 61-year-old Charles Bogel. This portion of his father’s “Golden...

Austin has some of the most eco-friendly municipal buildings in the state, thanks in part to a plan created by former city officials. That planning will be validated on Oct. 1, when Austin will reach...

Austin placed highly in a recently released ranking of America’s top 50 cities, beating out Houston, Dallas and San Antonio by a wide margin. Bloomberg Rankings and Businessweek.com worked together...

Hundreds of vendors, artists and events and thousands of people from Central Texas took over Sixth Street on Saturday and Sunday for the 30th year of Pecan Street Festival. The LEGO Experience Tour, the...

At the Texas Capitol on Friday, students commemorated the death of a man they say was wrongly executed and protested against the death penalty. Troy Davis was executed in Atlanta by lethal injection on...

Thirty-three museums and community organizations in Austin offered free entrance and activities Sunday as part of the 14th annual Austin Museum Day. The Austin Museum Partnership started Museum Day to...