Abe Asher

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Building Brains and Resilience at SXSW
Building Brains and Resilience at SXSW
Researchers illuminate the front lines of neuroscience today

News, March 6, 2025

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?
Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?
Shopping for home

News, Feb. 20, 2025

City Invests Over $100 Million in New Public Safety HQ
City Invests Over $100 Million in New Public Safety HQ
South Austin campus will house APD, fire, and EMS

News, Oct. 31, 2024

A Guide to This Year’s Texas Tribune Festival
A Guide to This Year’s Texas Tribune Festival
The free, the grave, and the delightful at the annual, Texas-centric meeting of minds

News, Aug. 29, 2024

Literacy Is a Problem for Austin Kids. To Fight the Summer Slide, Libraries Have Incentives.
Literacy Is a Problem for Austin Kids. To Fight the Summer Slide, Libraries Have Incentives.
Librarians recommend kids read 10 hours each summer

News, Aug. 15, 2024

One in 10 Travis County Residents Are Food Insecure. Public Transit Is Part of the Problem.
One in 10 Travis County Residents Are Food Insecure. Public Transit Is Part of the Problem.
Families pushed to the outskirts share cars and miss meals

News, Aug. 8, 2024

Proposed Federal Rest Break Mandate for Working in the Heat Faces Uphill Battle
Proposed Federal Rest Break Mandate for Working in the Heat Faces Uphill Battle
AFL-CIO says breaks don’t stop building, but make it safer

News, Aug. 1, 2024

The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz
The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz
Why local outlets fare better than some, and how newsroom leaders hope to grow

News, July 25, 2024

How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions
How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions
Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?

News, April 27, 2023

What Do You Have to Do to Get Fired at the Texas Veterans Commission?
What Do You Have to Do to Get Fired at the Texas Veterans Commission?
Allegations of bigotry in Texas Veterans Commission don't seem to be sparking change

News, April 20, 2023

Amarillo Judge’s Ruling Could Lead to Nationwide Ban on Abortion Pills
Amarillo Judge’s Ruling Could Lead to Nationwide Ban on Abortion Pills
Supreme Court may be the next step

News, April 13, 2023

<i>Observer</i>  Journalists Won’t Go Down Without a Fight
Observer Journalists Won’t Go Down Without a Fight
They’re rallying all the support they can get

News, March 30, 2023

Quantifying the Struggle to Live Here
Quantifying the Struggle to Live Here
Central Health report lays out local poverty and healthcare access

News, March 8, 2023

The City Forced Their Church's Expensive Demolition
The City Forced Their Church's Expensive Demolition
Now the appraisal district wants $100,000

News, Feb. 23, 2023

New County Clerk Takes Over Elections and More From a Local Legend
New County Clerk Takes Over Elections and More From a Local Legend
From Dana to Dyana

News, Feb. 9, 2023

Hot Air Balloon Safety Rule Finally Enacted
Hot Air Balloon Safety Rule Finally Enacted
New rule was a response to the tragedy that claimed 16 lives in Lockhart

News, Dec. 8, 2022

ACA Open Enrollment: More Options as Dec. 15 Deadline Nears
ACA Open Enrollment: More Options as Dec. 15 Deadline Nears
Prosper Centers have already helped more than 1,000 get insurance

News, Nov. 17, 2022

Little Hope for Expanding Texas Medicaid in the Coming Year
Little Hope for Expanding Texas Medicaid in the Coming Year
Open enrollment begins

News, Nov. 3, 2022

ACC Reopens Historic Campus Ahead of Bond Election
ACC Reopens Historic Campus Ahead of Bond Election
ACC shows what it can do with less than $50 million

News, Oct. 13, 2022

Courtroom Reprieve for Congress Mobile Home Park
Courtroom Reprieve for Congress Mobile Home Park
Tenants at the Congress Mobile Home Park have won a temporary restraining order against Congress Corner LLC to postpone their evictions

News, Sept. 15, 2022

Council Finds a Compromise on Renaming Pan Am Park
Council Finds a Compromise on Renaming Pan Am Park
Pan Am still flying

News, Sept. 8, 2022

For St. Johns Neighbors, It’s Time to Weigh In
For St. Johns Neighbors, It’s Time to Weigh In
Plan for long-awaited development of Home Depot gets refined

News, Sept. 8, 2022

City Hamstrung as Renters Face Crippling Costs
City Hamstrung as Renters Face Crippling Costs
Ever-rising rent

News, Aug. 25, 2022

Uprooted Community at Congress Mobile Home Park Grieves for Neighbor, Neighborhood
Uprooted Community at Congress Mobile Home Park Grieves for Neighbor, Neighborhood
Disposable residents in far South Austin

News, Aug. 11, 2022

Neighbors With and Without Homes Collide at Roy Guerrero Park
Neighbors With and Without Homes Collide at Roy Guerrero Park
“But then where?”

News, July 14, 2022

For Escuelita del Alma, History Prepares to Repeat Itself
For Escuelita del Alma, History Prepares to Repeat Itself
Preschool and child care center on the move again?

News, June 30, 2022

Looking in at Austin’s Last (Known) Slave Quarters
Looking in at Austin’s Last (Known) Slave Quarters
Black history in hiding

News, June 23, 2022

Austin Desperately Needs Lifeguards but Has Resisted Calls for a Wage Increase
Austin Desperately Needs Lifeguards but Has Resisted Calls for a Wage Increase
Lifeguards in limbo

News, June 2, 2022

City Ordered to Pay Developer for Historic Montopolis Negro School Property
City Ordered to Pay Developer for Historic Montopolis Negro School Property
The high cost of history

News, May 5, 2022

Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation
Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation
Southeast Austin residents met in an effort to stop the construction of a new fuel facility

News, April 7, 2022

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