Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City 'Weird' Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People 'Will Go Elsewhere'
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...
Austin police opposing bill that would give DPS control of Congress Avenue downtown
HB 470 would expand the "Capitol Complex," giving the Texas Department of Public Safety jurisdiction over 18 blocks around ...
Sylvester Turner carried into Texas Capitol to lie in state as tributes pour out
State lawmakers offered up tributes to the late Houston mayor, congressman and former Texas House member ahead of his memorial on Saturday.
Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars
Waymo and Tesla robotaxis are set to battle it out for the first time in Austin, America's new robotaxi capital.
How much it costs to be considered 'middle class' in Austin in 2025
While some Texas cities are cheaper to live in than others, a new report is revealing just how expense it is to live ...
Austin expecting thousands of visitors and increased traffic during SXSW 2025
AUSTIN, Texas — Excitement is building for South by Southwest (SXSW), one of Austin's biggest events of the year, which ...
Taylor launches new dashboard to keep track of public projects
The Capital Improvement Projects Dashboard gives an overview of completed, ongoing and future public projects in the city.
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Housing panelists examine what’s worked in Austin, and across Texas
At a South by Southwest panel discussion last week on housing policies in Texas, City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison shared possible new components of the “agrihood” housing-plus-agriculture ...
New Texas bill targets Project Connect, other tax rate election-funded capital projects
A new bill filing in the Texas Legislature could prohibit tax rate elections from funding multi-billion-dollar capital ...