East Austin residents and city leaders agree: there’s a disparity that can no longer be ignored. (Article by Carlos Garcia) “There are so many wonderful things that are happening in this community where we’re number one on so many lists, but that wonderfulness is not being shared by everyone in our community,” said Mayor Steve […]

The Central Texas community is coming together in response to the death of a Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Sgt. Craig Hutchinson was killed in the early morning on July 25 while confronting suspects in the backyard of his home in Round Rock. (Article by Elizabeth Saab) Friends and family gathered in Sgt. Hutchinson’s neighborhood […]

A handful of professors at the University of Texas have made it their mission to block students from carrying concealed handguns in college classrooms. Last year, the Texas Legislature passed a law allowing individuals over the age of 21 to carry firearms inside classrooms and other facilities on public universities as long as they have a concealed handgun […]

Some of the bacteria in our guts were passed down over millions of years, since before we were human, suggesting that evolution plays a larger role than previously known in people’s intestinal-microbe makeup, according to a new study in the journal Science. The bacteria that the researchers studied guide the early development of our intestines, […]

With an eye to the next generation of tech gadgetry, a team of physicists at The University of Texas at Austin has had the first-ever glimpse into what happens inside an atomically thin semiconductor device. In doing so, they discovered that an essential function for computing may be possible within a space so small that […]

From the Austin Monitor: The non-senior Austinite who owns a median-priced home and uses an average amount of water and electricity can expect his or her bill for taxes, fees and utilities to increase by about $12.48 per month for the 2017 Fiscal Year, under a proposal from the city’s budget staff. (Article by Jo […]

AUSTIN — After discovering that the drinking water for hundreds of disabled Texans living in state-funded homes contained toxic amounts of lead, state officials waited a month to test the residents for lead poisoning, which may have skewed results. (Article by Brittney Martin) The amount of lead that can be detected in a person’s blood typically drops by […]

Children gathered their art supplies at a table, stirred together different colors of paint and started painting their portraits at the Austin ArtWorks Center Tuesday afternoon to recreate famous art by Andy Warhol. (Article by Jora Bothun) About 20 children took part in the first day of the Kids Art History Camp at the Austin […]

Theater “Spunk.” Noted playwright George C. Wolfe adapted a trio of stories by Zora Neale Hurston, legendary writer of the Harlem Renaissance, into a music-infused theatrical piece. Produced by Austin’s Spectrum Theatre Company. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday through July 31. Austin Playhouse at ACC’s Highland Campus, 3001 Airport Blvd. $25. 512-412-0120,spectrumatx.com. (Article by […]

You only have to look at #Austin’s Instagram to see that we take our unhealthy obsession with consumption to a whole other level. If you’re to call yourself a true Austinite, there are certain food and drink hurdles you have to, well, hurdle. You can’t complain that the city is changing so fast before you’ve […]

Though quiet, a paradigm shift is taking place in the world of hamburgers. (Article by Mark Stenberg) For years a stark dichotomy ruled the restaurant world — high-end restaurants sourced quality ingredients but charged diners a small fortune, while affordable, ethically dubious fast food chains churned out feed at lightspeed. Recently though, with the rise in popularity of the […]

Two build options for Oak Hill Parkway, the long term project to relieve traffic congestion at the intersection of Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 71, may remove up to 264 trees from the area, according to an environmental workshop for the project held June 23. (Article by Joseph Basco) If the Texas Department of Transportation and other […]

The Texas Water Development Board recently awarded Austin Water Utility a $165 million loan that will likely be used to transition consumers over to electronic smart water meters, as well as expand the city’s reclaimed water use program. Hundreds of consumers affected by unusually high water bills last summer prompted Austin Water to apply for […]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Five STEM students at Austin Community College had the chance to experience a unique opportunity, one that helped pave the next step in their educational route. This was made possible thanks to a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program (NCAS). It is a project designed for students interested in STEM-based careers. STEM refers […]

AUSTIN, Tex. — As Drake began his show on Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center here, the word “revenge” was splashed across the huge screen at the back of the stage, with virtual flames shooting off the edges of the letters. The stage was mostly dark, and he stepped out to perform “Summer Sixteen,” […]