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The nonprofit offers reproductive health care services like birth control and STI screening and treatment. Abortion services made up less than 5% of the total patient visits in Central Texas in 2020.

While Texas students have not regained all the ground they lost in math during the pandemic, scores across all grades were higher in 2022 than they were in 2021. Reading proficiency, on the other hand, appears to have fully recovered.

Mays formally takes over as the head of one of the largest school districts in Texas on Friday. He steps into the role as Austin ISD faces ongoing challenges related to the pandemic, school safety and teacher retention.

A lot more private property will be seized for public transportation projects in Austin through the use of government authority.

Housing choice vouchers allow households to pay no more than 40% of their income toward rent; the federal government pays the landlord the rest.

A developer that owns multiple properties on East Sixth Street wants to revitalize the area and turn a handful of spots into music venues, including the former Easy Tiger restaurant and Buffalo Billiards.

Austin partially owns a coal-powered plant in Fayette County. Advocates say coal ash there is not properly stored, potentially getting into the water and land.

According to emails obtained by KUT, nearly three dozen people hired for summer work by the city went weeks without pay because of a clerical error.

Dr. Collette Pierce Burnette is stepping down after seven years on the job. She says she doesn't think Austin fully appreciates and understands H-T, but she thinks more people do now than when she started.

"COVID is among the leading causes of death for children in this age group [6 months to 5 years old]," Austin-Travis County health authority's told KUT. "So it's really important that we protect our children. And now we have a way to do that."