AUSTIN — As of New Years Day, licensed gun owners in Texas have been allowed to openly carry firearms into restaurants, shops and zoos. (Article by Rick Jervis, republished from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/08/texas-open-carry-psychiatric-hospital/78522138/) Add a new place to the gun-friendly list: state mental health hospitals. Visitors to one of Texas’ 10 state mental health hospitals will be allowed to openly carry weapons into […]

Lawmakers in Austin, Texas approved new regulations on peer-to-peer economy transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft. (Article by Andy Torbett, republished from http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2016/01/13/austin-texas-lawmakers-put-brakes-uber) Starting in February, the new city ordinance, signed into law by Mayor Steve Adler (D), restricts how many hours a transportation-network company (TNC) driver may work, and it requires them to […]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Earlier this year, Mayor Steve Adler took the challenge of finding homes for an estimated 200 homeless veterans.(Article by KLFY News, republished from http://klfy.com/2015/12/31/city-of-austin-texas-working-to-house-all-homeless-veterans-by-2016/)Adler promised a deadline of Veterans Day and missed it. The new goal is to find homes for the veterans by the new year.“Homelessness is like the worst. You know what I mean. […]

Lisen to the story: (Article by  Wade Goodwyn, republished from http://www.npr.org/2016/01/05/462059772/foundation-in-austin-texas-subsidizes-mental-health-care-for-musicians ) Transcript: AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A musician’s life can be difficult. Perhaps no place knows this better than the city of Austin, Texas. It’s where thousands of musicians have launched their careers. And for the last 20 years, the city’s community of artists has […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury’s decision to indict two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos about Planned Parenthood might be less about sending someone to jail than about expressing disapproval for how the pair conducted their investigation, legal experts said Tuesday. (Article by ASSOCIATED PRESS , republished from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3416847/Pair-Planned-Parenthood-videos-indicted-Texas.html ) David Daleiden and Sandra […]

A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York August 31, 2015. REUTERS/LUCAS JACKSON (Article by  Jon Herskovitz, republished from http://www.reuters.com/article/us-plannedparenthood-texas-idUSKCN0V32QD ) Two anti-abortion activists behind the filming of videos on fetal tissue procurement by Planned Parenthood were indicted by a Texas grand jury on Monday, while clearing the […]

In Austin, Texas, honor is taken seriously. As any Austintonian can tell you, traditions are strong. Traditions like the ancient and venerated art of solving mild traffic disputes with a ritualistic bat-and-pole fight, just like these two noble morons did Monday morning, at least according to a Tweeted video of the epic and ridiculous battle. […]

9 p.m. update: In a statement published Monday evening in his Facebook account, former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young apologized to the people who look up to him and his employers for his driving while intoxicated arrest Sunday night. (Article by  Philip Jankowski and Katie Urbaszewski, republished from http://www.statesman.com/news/sports/former-longhorn-vince-young-arrested-monday-on-dwi/nqBtT/ ) “Regardless of the outcome of the […]

in austin, texas, a 50,000 square foot facility believed to be the largest bouldering gym in the world has opened its doors to the public after nearly two years of construction. the project’s architect was dylan johnson of DJA architects, while the interiors were completed by interior designer lilianne steckel. named the austin bouldering project, […]

From the January 2016 edition of Reserve, a Bloomberg Brief publication. (Article by Peter Elliot, republished from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-25/austin-texas-the-3-minute-restaurant-and-bbq-guide) The main ingredient in Austin’s recipe for delicious restaurants is old-fashioned cash. Its long streets are boiling with speculative capital that’s going into everything from tech and health, to media, music and food. Happy Hour at Hillside Farmacy in East […]