Austin

The Austin area saw a nearly 40% increase in fatal overdoses during the pandemic.

City and county officials signed orders on Wednesday mandating people over the age of 2 wear masks in city and county buildings and in public schools. On Friday, they added public colleges to the list.

The number of beds available at ICU units in the area hit 13 on Wednesday, state data showed. The previous low was 23 beds in July 2020.

Mayor Steve Adler said Austin is especially interested in improving transportation infrastructure and measures like increasing access to public transit.

In a memo last week, the city-owned shelter said its intake far exceeded its adoptions, which has led to doubling up dogs in kennels.

Zilker Café was set to get the go-ahead to sell alcohol. But the citizen-led Parks and Recreation Board voted the permit down. The issue could come up again, though.

Aspiring youth poets in Austin now have a chance to dig deeper into the craft by applying for the Austin Youth Poet Laureate Program.

Robots semi autónomos han comenzado a entregar pizzas a domicilio en Austin. Es parte de una ola tecnológica que busca transformar cómo llegan los productos a los consumidores.

Semi-autonomous food delivery robots have begun operating in Central Austin, part of an emerging technological wave that aims to transform how products reach consumers.

A lot of misinformation has been thrown around about crime and police staffing and funding in Austin. What are the facts?