As coronavirus cases continue to increase in Texas, we’re reporting on how UT-Austin and local officials are planning to respond. We want to hear about how concerns over coronavirus are affecting...
In the first training in collaboration with the Austin Police and Austin Transportation Departments, 15 Austin citizens were trained Saturday to issue tickets to those improperly parked in accessible parking...
With drivers often failing to yield while turning at busy roadways, Noah Vaughan said they were hit by cars various times while bicycling. Vaughan, a UT alumni, said while bicycling around the crowded...
The primary elections brought record turnouts in Travis County as a majority of people voted on Super Tuesday rather than during the early voting period.
Travis County totaled over 267,000 votes for...
The Democratic primary race between incumbent Margaret Moore, 53rd District Attorney, and challenger José Garza will most likely go into a runoff.
Although Garza gained a lead as votes tallied...
In an effort to reinstate the ordinance limiting where people experiencing homelessness can camp, an Austin-based nonprofit started a petition Feb. 24 to put the issue on the November 2020 ballot.
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Students, professors and community members used software engineering to develop tools that would counteract the adverse effects of climate change in Austin communities on Saturday.
At Hack for...
Armed with paint brushes, gardening tools and hammers, members of the UT community volunteered in St. Johns, an Austin neighborhood, on Saturday as part of The Project, UT’s largest annual day of...
Planned Parenthood opened up a new clinic less than a block away from campus, making it the nonprofit’s fourth location in Austin.
Planned Parenthood is a health care provider that delivers...
Giving an opening, high-kicking performance, local drag queen Robin RoseQuartz introduced Drag Out the Vote’s civic engagement drag show Saturday night.
“The time is now,” RoseQuartz...
Voter registration in Travis County hit an all-time high with 95% of eligible voters being registered, said Bruce Elfant, Travis County tax assessor-collector and voter registrar.
Travis County has...
The Draper Startup House, a hostel which caters to new entrepreneurs and students, will open this March in Austin, marking its first location in the United States.
The Draper Startup House will be located...
