All content by Erika Pernis
![The Travis County Juvenile Detention Center pictured on July 18, 2024.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/072224_Juvenile-Detention-Center_Charlie-Partheymuller-1200x800.jpg)
Travis County Juvenile Probation Department proposes expansion of youth juvenile facility
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 23, 2024
![Mayor Kirk Watson speaks during the City Council’s budget presentation by City Manager T.C. Broadnax on July 12, 2024.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/071824_Climate-Bond_Charlie-Partheymuller-1200x800.jpg)
Mayor Kirk Watson calls for extended timeline for comprehensive climate, infrastructure bond
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 19, 2024
![Austin’s Joint Sustainability Committee proposes fee to fund green initiatives](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/071424_Climate-Fee_Gabrielle-Hernandez.png)
Austin’s Joint Sustainability Committee proposes fee to fund green initiatives
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 15, 2024
![Supreme Court ruling bans homeless encampments nationwide](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/070824_CarlaGarciaLeija_HomelessEncampments-1200x800.png)
Supreme Court ruling bans homeless encampments nationwide
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 9, 2024
![City of Austin invests in more shaded structures citywide](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shaded-Structures_Shunya-Carroll_07-06-24_05-1200x800.jpg)
City of Austin invests in more shaded structures citywide
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 7, 2024
![The UT Tower on May 10, 2024.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061024_Professor-Lawsuit_Lorianne-Willett-1200x801.jpg)
New School of Civic Leadership set to open application, offer classes next school year
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 5, 2024
![The entrance to Bartholomew Pool on June 30, 2024.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/063024_pool-fees_KW-1200x801.jpg)
City implements pilot program to reduce entry fees at regional pools
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 4, 2024
![Austin Water outlines new water conservation initiatives in progress report](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/063024_WaterConservation_Gabrielle-Hernandez-1200x600.jpg)
Austin Water outlines new water conservation initiatives in progress report
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• July 1, 2024
![University, City of Austin collaborative projects future climate of Austin in report](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/062024_Co-Lab_Angela-John-1200x1200.png)
University, City of Austin collaborative projects future climate of Austin in report
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• June 20, 2024
![Austin Police implement summer-long ‘no refusal’ initiative to better enforce DWI laws](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061724_Drive-Sober-Summer_Angela-John-1200x1200.png)
Austin Police implement summer-long ‘no refusal’ initiative to better enforce DWI laws
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• June 18, 2024
![Texas district judge dismisses Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Austin’s marijuana ordinance](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061624_Marijuana-Update_Barbra-Daly.jpg)
Texas district judge dismisses Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Austin’s marijuana ordinance
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• June 16, 2024
![An employee stands outside Wheatsville Co-op on Guadalupe Street on Thursday.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061324_Wheatsville_Charlotte-Keene-1200x697.jpg)
Wheatsville Co-op closing Guadalupe Street location after 43 years
Erika Pernis and Ren Leija
• June 13, 2024
![City’s Office of Sustainability prepares investment plan to fund Austin’s environmental goals](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061024_Climate-Plan-Memo_Breyona-Mitchell.jpeg)
City’s Office of Sustainability prepares investment plan to fund Austin’s environmental goals
Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter
• June 10, 2024
![University financial aid office makes updates to financial aid portal](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4-21-24_newportal_ElizabethAguilar-Garcia-1200x1200.jpeg)
University financial aid office makes updates to financial aid portal
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• April 22, 2024
![University, City of Austin to collect, donate recycled solar eclipse glasses](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4-7-24_solareclipseglasses_BreyonnaMitchell-1200x1200.png)
University, City of Austin to collect, donate recycled solar eclipse glasses
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• April 8, 2024
![Pedestrians walk in front of the food trucks on 21st Street on Wednesday.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/04-3-24_food-trucks_Kennedy-Weatherby-1200x675.jpg)
Austin City Council passes resolution, may allow for on-site food truck inspections
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• April 3, 2024
![Autonomous vehicle company, Waymo, expected to roll out commercial ride-booking services in Austin later this year](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3-25-24_waymo-vehicles_Cassandra-Ozuna.png)
Autonomous vehicle company, Waymo, expected to roll out commercial ride-booking services in Austin later this year
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• March 25, 2024
![Continuous infrastructure improvements cause highway congestion between Austin, San Antonio](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3-9-23_I35_Alex-L-1200x800.jpg)
Continuous infrastructure improvements cause highway congestion between Austin, San Antonio
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• March 19, 2024
![Students propose affordable in-house materials shop in School of Architecture for project supplies](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/030624_MaterialsShop_Elizabeth-Aguilar-Garcia--1200x1188.jpeg)
Students propose affordable in-house materials shop in School of Architecture for project supplies
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• March 6, 2024
![Disability activists (from left to right) Fabiola Amaya, Ashley Richardson-Minnitt, Joe Tate and Angela Standridge educate students on making their organizations more inclusive on Tuesday.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-28-24_DisabilityAccessPanel_BellaJuarez-1200x900.jpg)
Student Government holds disability advocacy, accessibility panel for student organizations
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• February 28, 2024
![Moderator Leland Murphy, a UT graduate student and Youth Organizing Fellow with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, guides a discussion between Ash Hall of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Zohaib Qadri, Austin City Council Member and Rick McClatchy from Americans United of San Antonio about Texas Senate Bill 763 allowing public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1200-2-1200x742.jpg)
Panel discusses the protection of separation of church and state in Texas public schools
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• February 24, 2024
![Kennedy Cortez, one of the Directors of Operations for UT’s Native American & Indigenous Collective on Sunday.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-11-24_NativeAmerican_AtahanKoksoy_21_1-1200x826.png)
Delay of Native Studies course approval raises community concerns
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• February 13, 2024
![Attendee Sarah Ruiz discusses with a colleague at the LightSound workshop at the Physics, Math, and Astronomy building on Jan. 19. My husband and I are big advocates of science and science education. Ruiz said. We love the observatory and we were excited to have a volunteer opportunity where we can create things and promote accessibility.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1-29-24_eclipseviewing_RobertoRamirez-1200x800.jpeg)
University hosts workshop to help low-vision community experience eclipses
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• February 2, 2024
![2024 to be ‘Year of AI’ at UT](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1-23-24_year-of-ai_Alexa-Zimmermann.jpeg)
2024 to be ‘Year of AI’ at UT
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• January 23, 2024
![College of Liberal Arts to kick off Common Read program next semester](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-05-23_common-read_Kuba-Bard.png)
College of Liberal Arts to kick off Common Read program next semester
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• November 5, 2023
![Business owners express concern over I-35 expansion project](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-24-2023_I-35BusinessClosures_AlishaDulaney-21-1200x800.jpg)
Business owners express concern over I-35 expansion project
Erika Pernis and Julian Petzold
• October 26, 2023
![City Council approves acceptance of Climate Pollution Reduction Grant](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-19-23_austin-sustainablity_Michele-Pinilla.jpeg)
City Council approves acceptance of Climate Pollution Reduction Grant
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• October 19, 2023
![Dr. James Pennebaker in his office at the Seay Psychology Building on October 4th, 2023](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-4-23_AcademyArt_Science_YoungHe-1-1200x798.jpg)
American Academy of Art and Sciences recognizes three UT professors
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• October 8, 2023
![Assistant professor Dr. Lief Fenno works in the lab in Dell Medical School on Oct. 2nd, 2023. He was granted $1 million to further his psychiatric research.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-2-23_neuro-professor-receives-research-grant_Connor-Steen-1200x801.jpg)
UT lab receives $1 million grant to advance psychiatric treatment research
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• October 3, 2023
![UHS program offers free virtual drop-in meal planning sessions](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9-27-23_Weekly-Meal-Planning_Kuba-Bard.png)
UHS program offers free virtual drop-in meal planning sessions
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• September 27, 2023
![Clinical psychology doctoral students to lead free mindfulness group](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CarlyRamos_Mindfulness-group_9-20-23-1200x1200.png)
Clinical psychology doctoral students to lead free mindfulness group
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• September 20, 2023