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Three Years After the January 6 Insurrection, What’s Changed in Central Texas?

It’s been exactly three years since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Though more than 700 people have pleaded guilty to federal crimes stemming from the insurrection (including a group of Central Texans), the beliefs that drove that mob are still rampant.

6:00AM Sat. Jan. 6, Maggie Q. Thompson Read More | Comment »

City Warns Users of Parking App to Avoid Fraudulent Website

The Austin Transportation Department is warning users of the Park ATX app to avoid use of a fraudulent website currently showing up at the top of Google Search results for the service.

12:09PM Fri. Jan. 5, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

Affordable Homes for Sale Through Austin Community Land Trust

If you're a native Austinite looking to buy a roughly $200,000 house, a batch of affordable homes are up for grabs through the city’s community land trust program, and the window to apply for eligibility is open now.

10:41AM Thu. Jan. 4, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

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Sweet Pill, Zeta, Equipment

Parish

Friends Trivia
at Waterloo Ice House

Concert in the Dark: Full Moon edition w/ Will Taylor & Ryan Murphy (the Beatles tribute) at ATX Unplugged

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Biden Asks Supreme Court to Let Feds Cut Razor Wire at the Border

The Biden administration is once again confronting Gov. Greg Abbott’s attempts to stop immigration from Mexico.

2:12PM Wed. Jan. 3, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Texas Can Ban Urgent Abortions in Emergency Rooms, Appeals Court Rules

Despite federal guidance requiring that doctors provide life-saving care in emergency rooms whether patients can pay for it or not, Texas can ban life-saving abortions in ERs, the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided this week.

11:37AM Wed. Jan. 3, Maggie Q. Thompson Read More | Comment »

Request Denied: Paxton Will Be Questioned Under Oath Despite Delay Tactics

Wednesday, Texas’ 3rd Court of Appeals denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request for a stay of a Travis County judge’s ruling ordering depositions in the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit that led to his impeachment earlier this year. The judge is seeking Paxton and his staff to appear for depositions; Paxton must now respond by Jan. 3.

5:00PM Fri. Dec. 29, 2023, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

The DPS Partnership Cost Taxpayers at Least $80,000

At the Travis County Commissioners Court’s last meeting of 2023, commissioners approved a request for $80,000 from the Justices of the Peace of Precincts 1, 2, 4, and 5, to address their increased workload in processing citations from the Department of Public Safety partnership earlier this year.

3:00PM Fri. Dec. 29, 2023, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

Amid Increasing Earthquakes, Texas Forces Reduction in Fracking Disposal

From November 8 to December 17, 2023, there were seven recorded earthquakes in Culberson and Reeves counties, near Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

2:15PM Fri. Dec. 29, 2023, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

Only 2% of Community Complaints About Austin Police Led to Discipline in 2022

The Austin Police Department investigated less than half as many complaints made against officers by community members in 2022 than in 2021, according to the Office of Police Oversight’s annual report – even though the department received three times as many investigatable complaints in 2022 compared to 2021.

4:17PM Wed. Dec. 20, 2023, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

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