Last week, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction, ruling it was unconstitutional for the federal government to withhold funds from local jurisdictions that do not comply...
A new poll from Elon University indicates that Austin residents may not be thrilled if Amazon decides to plant its second home base here.
The poll, released earlier this month, found that two potential...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
