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UT Students Walk Out Demanding Immigrant Student Protections

A small group of students walked out of class Wednesday morning at the University of Texas at Austin, gathering beneath the Tower to demand that the university take concrete steps to protect immigrant and international students.

5:11PM Wed. Apr. 9, Lucciana Choueiry Read More | Comment »

McConaughey and Harrelson Ask Texas Senators for New Film Incentives

Hollywood A-listers and Texas senators met yesterday to discuss a massive new investment in film and TV production incentives that would break the current program out of its boom-and-bust financing – or, as Matthew McConaughey put it, create a system of “wood screws, not Velcro.”

1:40PM Tue. Apr. 1, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Travis County Commissioners Greenlight $5M to Housing for Homeless Austinites

On Tuesday, March 25, the Travis County Commissioner’s Court designated $4.47 million to build 150 housing units for people experiencing homelessness in Montopolis.

7:00AM Fri. Mar. 28, Mattea Gallaway Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Colin Stetson, Future Museums

Parish

Fiesta del Alma w/ Alejandro Escovedo, Indigo Girls, Gina Chavez, DONNA at Antone's Nightclub

Keep Austin Loud Fest Day 1 w/ Mikky & the Doom, Subpar Snatch, fifi knifefight, Fak3 5miles, SpaceGoonz at The Far Out Lounge & Stage

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

“District of Austin” Legislation Fails for a Third Time

For the third legislative session in a row, a proposal to strip Austin of its city status and place it under direct state control has failed – with a resounding bipartisan rejection.

4:33PM Wed. Mar. 26, Lucciana Choueiry Read More | Comment »

South by Southwest 2026 Reduces to Seven Days

A big change is coming to South by Southwest in 2026, as the festival and conference pulls back from its now-traditional nine days to seven.

3:43PM Sun. Mar. 16, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Catholic Nonprofit Forced to Dissolve Refugee Program Due to Federal Grant Freeze

Last fiscal year, 700 refugees were welcomed into their new communities by Catholic Charities of Central Texas.

11:18AM Fri. Mar. 14, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

In Austin, Michelle Obama Talks Rediscovering Hope

The audience in Ballroom D in the Austin Convention Center was looking for excuses to cheer and smile.

5:32PM Thu. Mar. 13, Benton Graham Read More | Comment »

Our Cars Have Become a Treasure Trove of Data. Can We Do Anything About It?

Cars are becoming more than cars. This idea has been at the center of Elon Musk’s pitch to investors for years. “We should be thought of as an AI robotics company. If you value Tesla as just an auto company – it’s just the wrong framework,” he said during an investor’s call last year.

4:56PM Wed. Mar. 12, Benton Graham Read More | Comment »

Scholars Visiting Austin Discuss the Building Blocks of a “Just Economy”

The field of economics has a physics problem. Or, more specifically, a playing-dress-up-as-a-natural-science problem, says Nick Romeo, a longtime writer for The New Yorker magazine and a professor of journalism at UC Berkeley.

6:00PM Fri. Mar. 7, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

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