The alliance formed in a council race in Northwest Austin illustrates how fights over the rules governing what can be built do not fall neatly along traditional party lines. And how for some, local elections have become about a single issue.
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U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has said groups, such as the Palestine Solidarity Committee at UT Austin, have standing to sue President Jay Hartzell over allegedly violating their First Amendment rights.
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Applications to the city’s rental assistance program have been closed since February. Council members voted this summer to reup the program with about $3.6 million in funding.
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In fact, this October was so hot that, looking back at the historical data, a quarter of all Septembers in Austin have been cooler than this recent October.
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Two opposing groups, Pflugerville Residents for Responsible Taxation (PfRRT) and the firefighters and paramedics at Travis County Emergency Services District 2 (ESD 2), are at odds over whether or not a half cent sales tax should be cut from the district.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Moment Energy $20.3 million to help build a facility in Taylor to repurpose and recycle electric vehicle batteries.
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In the first presidential election since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has emerged as a leading issue on many voters' minds as they head to the polls. We talked with two Texas Christians who’ve come to different conclusions.
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From Howard Lane to Onion Creek, bat colonies will lose roosting sites due to highway demolition. TxDOT is vowing to build them back.
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The election code requires each polling location’s presiding judge and alternate judge to be affiliated or aligned with different political parties.
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Meet some of our staff, pick up free swag and meet fellow public radio lovers at our next morning meet-up, Wednesday, Oct. 30. We’ll be at Easy Tiger at The Linc between 8:30 and 10 am.
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Get a personal guide to what’s happening around Austin, plus behind-the-scenes insights from the newsroom.
- Is the Driskill hotel haunted? We held a seance to find out.
- CapMetro to build second set of train tracks in East Austin
- Austin City Council passes new police contract
- Facing budget gap, SIMS Foundation suspends mental health care services for musicians
- Where do Austin’s mayoral candidates stand on housing issues?
- Austin reabre las solicitudes para quienes necesitan ayuda para pagar el alquiler
- Conoce a los candidatos a supervisar la industria del petróleo y gas de Texas
- Austin y el condado de Travis aprueban un nuevo plan para hacer más equitativo el acceso a alimentos
- CapMetro construirá un segundo tramo de vías de tren en East Austin
- Austin exige a los dueños que informen por adelantado de las cuotas de los alquileres