Austin City Council passed a resolution on Sept. 26 to provide funds and work with Rally Austin to purchase and preserve historically and culturally significant buildings.
Rally Austin is a real estate...
Matthew Gomez, Senior News Reporter
• October 10, 2024
Austin City Council members voiced concerns following the Sept. 23 announcement of a new five-year tentative police contract agreement between the city and Austin Police Association.
Council Member...
New CapMetro Rapid buses will be diesel-powered and arrive every 20 to 30 minutes by spring 2025, CapMetro confirmed Wednesday. CapMetro plans to reach its all-electric, 10 to 15-minute arrival time...
Catharine Li, General News Reporter
• October 7, 2024
A research team within the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Cockrell School of Engineering partnered with Austin Energy to develop plans to reach the city’s sustainable energy goals. The Austin City...
Austin’s Cap and Stitch project, Our Future 35, held an open house on Saturday to present concept highway caps and stitches to Austin residents.
The research initiative, funded by the city of Austin,...
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• September 30, 2024
Reconstruction of the MLK Boulevard bridge is set to begin this week, and the bridge will likely be demolished early next year, said Jeffrey Barker, a Texas Department of Transportation public information...
Austin City Council approved a mandate last Thursday requiring pets to be microchipped in Austin.
The mandate aims to ease Austin animal shelters suffering from overcrowding, according to city documents....
A new self-driving transportation service will be available in Austin early next year, Uber and Waymo announced in a partnership on Sept. 13.
Waymo One, which already operates in San Francisco,...
Matthew Gomez, Senior News Reporter
• September 26, 2024
All five Austin mayoral candidates discussed police policy and housing affordability at a forum on Sept. 25.
Moderators Francheska Castillo, a reporter at Univision 62, and Kylee Howard, news editor...
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• September 26, 2024
Austin City Council approved an ordinance on Sept. 12 that requires sound assessments for residential developments near music venues.
The ordinance requires residential building developers to obtain...
Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter
• September 23, 2024
The Travis County Sheriff's Office changed its “religious articles” policy earlier this month to allow female Muslim detainees to keep their hijabs and require jail staff to fulfill requests for modest...
