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 ...
600-foot towers on the Drag? Austin proposal would allow taller building near campus
Greg Anderson, a member of the city's Planning Commission, said most developers he's heard from don't want to build up to 600 feet, but they do want to exceed the 300-foot limit currently in place for ...
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Texas Southern University asks for $120 million to replace aging law school
Texas Southern University is asking lawmakers for $120 million to replace its law school building after the organization that ...
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As wildfire anxiety grows, Austin plans to designate half the city as at risk of fire damage
About two-thirds of land parcels in the city would be considered at risk of damage from wildfire, up from about 35% a decade ...
Meta plans $2.9 million renovation in downtown Austin
Meta's renovation in downtown Austin comes as the company makes moves in Texas, including a possible reincorporation in the ...
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Texas gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX $17.3M to expand manufacturing site near Austin
Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX that provides satellite internet service across the world, received ...
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With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
The measles outbreak in rural Texas has exposed how hospital buildings are ill-equipped. Meanwhile, long distances between ...
Some federal buildings in Austin could soon be for sale
The Trump administration recently published a list of more than 400 federal buildings it plans to possibly close or sell.
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Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A bill filed in the Texas House co-authored ... prisons and bathrooms and locker rooms of state and county buildings are segregated by state definitions of sex, and create ...
$70M facelift will bring the University of Texas Tower back to its former, gold glory: 'Hugely overdue'
UT"s Tower still looms large but has quite literally lost its shine, and officials want to bring the flagship’s iconic landmark back to its former glory.
KVUE gets exclusive look at grounds of the Capitol Complex Phase 2 project
Construction continues on Phase II of the Texas Capitol Complex project, which costs around $500 million. It will house state employees from different public safety agencies. On Wednesday, KVUE got an ...
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Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A bill filed in the Texas ... prisons and bathrooms and locker rooms of state and county buildings are segregated by state definitions of sex, and create fines for ...