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Austin City Council votes to conduct study to determine tobacco disparities within LGBTQ+ community

Sheryl Lawrence February 21, 2021

UT will conduct a community health needs assessment on tobacco use disparities among the LGBTQ+ population in Austin after the Austin City Council voted in favor of the study Feb. 4. The Gender, Sexuality...

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Here’s what Austin officials are saying about inclement weather

Sheryl Lawrence, Kevin Vu, Tori Duff, and Samantha Greyson February 16, 2021

Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to date. The Daily Texan is tracking press briefings held by city...

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Here’s what you need to know about power, water and shelter at and around UT amid severe weather

Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to date. Students living off campus continue to face power and...

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Power outages due to severe winter weather continue, ‘too early to predict’ when power will be restored

Skye Seipp February 15, 2021

Power outages have been affecting some customers since early Monday morning after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas called for rotating outages to turn off power for two million homes in Texas.  The...

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UTPD develops crisis intervention team to respond to mental health calls

Lauren Abel February 12, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition. The UT Police Department launched the University Critical Incident Response Team on Jan. 11 with the hope...

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UT, city council expand PCT locations around Austin

Lauren Womack and Lauren Abel February 12, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition. The University’s Proactive Community Testing program is expanding to include mobile sites located...

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Austin City Council votes to separate forensics lab from APD jurisdiction

Tori Duff February 12, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition. The Austin City Council voted to separate its forensics lab from the Austin Police Department last Thursday,...

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Austin City Council approves purchase of new hotel to house people experiencing homelessness

Tori Duff February 9, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 5 online edition. On Thursday, Austin City Council voted to purchase Candlewood Suites to house people experiencing homelessness...

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Some UT-Austin students say they were misled into signing petition to reinstate homeless camping ban

Skye Seipp January 27, 2021

Aswathi Thomas was at Zilker Metropolitan Park on Jan. 18 when a maskless man asked her and a friend to sign a petition he said would “help homeless people get off the streets.”  Thomas,...

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Capital Metro tests modular bus installation to improve safety, efficiency of service

Lauren Womack January 26, 2021

Capital Metro, in partnership with Austin Transportation, has installed a pilot bus stop that extends the curb to the bus with a ramp to protect pedestrians on Guadalupe Street in the hopes of improving...

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UT opens for spring semester during COVID-19 surge in Austin area

Andrew Zhang January 22, 2021

Campus partially opened Tuesday for the start of a second semester during the COVID-19 pandemic as Austin faces a surge of cases and hospitalizations. Austin has entered Stage 5 of coronavirus guidelines,...

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First round of COVID-19 vaccines to come as early as next week to Austin, health officials express concern about upcoming holiday season

Brooke Ontiveros December 9, 2020

Austin will receive 13,650 COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week to begin distribution to high-risk health care workers if the United States Food and Drug Association grants an Emergency Use Authorization...

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