One month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead, roughly 20,000Austinites marched from City Hall to the State Capitol for the Austin March...
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First to speak on Saturday was Austin Mayor Steve Adler. He was introduced by organizer Conor Heffernan.
“You need to demand of your elected officials that they do what’s...
In a report released last week, the Texas House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness condemned last session’s “bathroom bill,” saying it may hurt Austin’s bid to become...
On primary election day earlier this month, the average wait time for the Flawn Academic Center polling booth was 42 minutes — 14 times longer than the average for all of Travis County.
This...
A McCombs School of Business alumnus is making “Pour Choices” on Sixth Street, opening a bar with the $593,173 grand prize he won in a poker tournament.
Jay Lee and his three business partners...
Although the suspected Austin serial bomber is dead, UT will remain on high alert in regard to campus safety and security in the following weeks.
Over the last couple of weeks, four explosions have...
The suspected Austin serial bomber died early Wednesday morning, said Brian Manley, interim chief of the Austin Police Department, in a media briefing.
APD and the FBI tracked the suspect’s vehicle...
Austin Police Department responded to reports of an explosion Sunday night in a Travis Country neighborhood that injured two people, APD Chief Brian Manley said in a media briefing Monday morning.
This...
The Austin Police Department responded Sunday night to reports of an explosion in southwest Austin near Dawn Song Drive, according to an APD tweet.
This was the fourth incident of an explosion in Austin...
Over the past 20 years, the population of the University Neighborhood Overlay district, which accounts for most of the West Campus area, has almost doubled in size.
From 2000 to 2015, the area grew...
Instead of spending spring break drinking on a Florida beach or traveling to visit family, some UT students decided to stay in Austin and volunteer at the South By Southwest Conference and Festivals 2018.
Founded...
