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Austin Public Library launches plan to expand, build new branches to increase community accessibility

Austin Public Library launches plan to expand, build new branches to increase community accessibility

Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter April 10, 2023

The Austin City Council announced a plan last month to create four new branches of the Austin Public Library and to relocate or expand 11 other branches, broadening community and student access to resources...

‘All hands on deck kind of mentality’: APD says 2023 SXSW first without shots fired since 2012

‘All hands on deck kind of mentality’: APD says 2023 SXSW first without shots fired since 2012

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter April 6, 2023

Every year, city officials navigate public safety challenges presented by the South By Southwest festival, from gun and drug seizures to shots fired. However, an Austin Police Department official said...

Austin may hire full-time bat scientist to protect, manage local colony

Austin may hire full-time bat scientist to protect, manage local colony

Sarah Brager, General News Reporter April 5, 2023

Austin’s famous bat population — the world’s largest urban bat colony — faces threats from potential displacement and disease. To protect the critters, the Animal Advisory Commission unanimously...

New potential Project Connect designs create route intersecting, stopping at UT campus

New potential Project Connect designs create route intersecting, stopping at UT campus

Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter April 4, 2023

Austin Transit Partnership proposed five new potential light rail lines for Project Connect on March 21, including one connecting UT to Yellow Jacket Lane through downtown.   “We are proud of...

New agreement between Austin, USDOT explores funding for mobility, infrastructure projects

New agreement between Austin, USDOT explores funding for mobility, infrastructure projects

Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter March 27, 2023

The city of Austin and the U.S. Department of Transportation signed an agreement last month to investigate ways to fund mobility and infrastructure projects within the city, such as Project Connect and...

APD shortages prompt partnership with Texas Department of Public Safety

APD shortages prompt partnership with Texas Department of Public Safety

Kylee Howard and Tess Harmon March 27, 2023

Amid long-term police shortages, the Texas Department of Public Safety will provide officers to the Austin Police Department as part of a partnership to address public safety concerns, the city announced...

Protestors gathered at the Texas state capitol to rally against House Bill 1686 and Senate Bill 14 on March 27, 2023. The two bills, if passed, would prohibit gender transitioning in youth.

Texans, UT students protest anti-trans legislation at Texas Capitol

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 27, 2023

Texans gathered at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest bills that would prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming healthcare to transgender youth.  If passed, House Bill 1686 and Senate...

Students pass by the "Hi how are you" mural on Guadalupe Street near the University of Texas at Austin on March 1, 2023.

American Campus to preserve ‘Hi, How Are You’ mural during building demolition

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter March 27, 2023

In an ever-evolving city and campus, UT students are used to seeing the buildings and businesses that occupy the University area change year by year. Although the region continues to grow and adapt, the...

Housing Authority provides 300 housing vouchers to Austin’s unhoused population

Housing Authority provides 300 housing vouchers to Austin’s unhoused population

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

The Housing Authority of the City of Austin released plans to provide 300 project-based vouchers for Austin’s vulnerable and unhoused population earlier this month during a press conference.  Partially...

A student walks past Hole In The Wall on March 20, 2023. A car recently crashed into the bar, causing damage to the front of the building.

Community comes together to support employee injured during incident at Hole in the Wall

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter March 20, 2023

The Austin music community came together to support Troy Pruitt, a long-time door attendant at the local West Campus bar Hole in the Wall, after he was seriously injured when hit by a car as he was...

City begins construction on shared pathways to Zilker Park

City begins construction on shared pathways to Zilker Park

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter March 8, 2023

New construction on shared pathways into Zilker Park started recently to make the park more accessible to patrons without cars, according to a Feb. 21 press release from the City of Austin. Holly Hawk,...

‘This is what community looks like’: Student organization holds protest for victims of Austin Police Department at the Capitol

‘This is what community looks like’: Student organization holds protest for victims of Austin Police Department at the Capitol

Ren Leija, General News Reporter March 6, 2023

CW: This article mentions police brutality.  A group of student protesters gathered at the Texas Capitol with megaphones in hand, chanting “No justice, no peace!” and “All of the power, to all...

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