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Travis County breaks voter registration record, Texas may soon have online voting

Chase Karacostas April 23, 2018

Travis County now has the highest total number of registered voters ever in the county with more than 740,000 people registered. The county broke its record last month when it surpassed the previous...

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UT students, Austin schools gathered at the Capitol saying “enough” to gun violence

Estefania Rodriguez April 23, 2018

Approximately 1,000 people participated in a national walkout against gun violence on Friday at the Texas Capitol with dozens of UT students and nine registered Austin area schools present. University...

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Students celebrate the legacy of Selena Quintanilla at Flor Festival

Megan Menchaca April 19, 2018

In front of a crowd of dozens, Justin Morris, a radio-television-film freshman, lip-synced and danced to the signature Congo sounds and electronic guitar riffs of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s...

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Grab your sunglasses; future of homeless population brightened by new student organization

Gracie Awalt April 19, 2018

Out of the total homeless population in Austin, 32 percent are chronically homeless, according to the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition. A group of students started taking steps to lower that statistic...

More than 4,000 students participate in eighth annual Longhorn Run

Nicole Stuessy April 16, 2018

More than 4,000 runners wearing orange and white flooded the streets of campus Saturday morning for the eighth annual Longhorn Run. The run is a joint effort of the Longhorn Run committee, which is...

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Police, AISD discuss school safety, active shooters with UT student teachers

Savana Dunning April 13, 2018

As a student teacher for Austin Independent School District, Francis Rodriguez said planning her school day doesn’t usually involve plans to hide from an active shooter. “Our first thought...

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What makes Austin the “Best Place to Live?”

Natalie Heineman April 12, 2018

U.S. News & World Report named Austin the “Best Place to Live in the USA.” The list looks at factors like cost of living, average income, crime rates and more. Austin, don’t get...

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Austin organization aims to humanize the city’s homeless

Chad Lyle April 10, 2018

People are more likely to help familiar faces than strangers in need, said Kevin Price, who launched Hearing the Homeless to familiarize the city of Austin with its homeless population. “The idea...

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Proposed development in East Riverside raises concerns about affordable housing

Eilish O'Sullivan April 10, 2018

Developers are proposing to rezone five properties in East Riverside, an area known among students for its affordable housing, in order to create an “urban village.” Three rezoning applications...

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UT pharmacy professor Richard Morrisett found dead in South Austin home Thursday afternoon

Chase Karacostas and Anna Lassmann April 6, 2018

Update (2:56 p.m.): The Travis County Sheriff’s office said they went to Morrisett’s house Thursday as part of a welfare check. The check was called in by the University after Morrisett...

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UT group makes “flow kits” for women in need of feminine products

Minnah Zaheer April 6, 2018

A “Flo Party” held on Thursday in the Austin area aimed to help women in need in a particular way: building “flow kits” filled with feminine hygiene products.  Flo Code,...

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City hosts first dockless bike share community forum

Meara Isenberg April 5, 2018

The sun may have been just rising Wednesday morning, but that did not stop city members, companies and the community from gathering at the Austin Central Library for a pitch session on bringing dockless...

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