The sizzle of steak, the music of flutes, acoustic guitars and Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” echoed through the Mexican American Cultural Center when local teachers and...

A partnership between the Inside Books Project and a local thrift store is helping put more books in the hands of Texas prison inmates looking to entertain and educate themselves while incarcerated. The...

The Austin City Council voted today to consider what the costs would be to halt construction on Water Treatment Plant No. 4 for five or more years. The resolution passed 5-2 with Mayor Lee Leffingwell...

The Austin City Council will hear more than 130 agenda items today during its first regular meeting after a month-long summer break. In addition to routine business, the council will vote on several...

A group representing an Austin-based carpenters union has been at the West Mall every weekday morning since July 19 protesting against what they say are unfair labor practices by a contractor working at...

Parker Burton watches as Regan and Loran Johnansen play xylophones inside the hollowed torso of a cow statue titled “I’ve Got the Moosic In Me” by artist Kati Alcantara, Wednesday....

The combined utility rate and property tax increase for “typical” Austin residents this year will be approximately $22 more per month, according to the proposed city budget. The Austin...

Halfway through summer, Austin residents are still looking for ways to beat the intense heat that may break records before the season ends. This summer’s temperatures have not broken record...

Plastic may not be an option for Austin shoppers much longer. City officials are deliberating on the best way to implement a ban on plastic shopping bags to lessen negative environmental impacts,...

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has announced he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2012. Dewhurst announced his campaign Tuesday through an online video in which he focuses on concern with national debt...

The City Council may once again postpone the extension of downtown parking meter hours, this time until at least January. Council members Kathie Tovo and Laura Morrison will present a measure next...

Local communities are weaker as globalization and corporatization grow, said representatives from a UT-driven company who hope to turn that trend around. Borrowed Sugar designed a website which...