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D.A. José Garza Dismisses Charges Against 17 Officers Indicted for 2020 Protest Response

Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced today, Dec. 4, that his office would dismiss charges against 17 of the 21 Austin police officers indicted for felony assault for their actions during 2020 protests that followed the police killings of George Floyd and Michael Ramos.

4:34PM Mon. Dec. 4, 2023, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

COP28: The Elephant in the Room

As the world’s eyes turn to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending video dispatches from the conference to the Chronicle.

9:57AM Sun. Dec. 3, 2023 Read More | Comment »

An Historic Moment at COP28 As Loss and Damage Fund Is Established to Help Countries Impacted by Climate Change

As the world’s eyes turn to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending video dispatches from the conference to the Chronicle.

2:34PM Fri. Dec. 1, 2023 Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Monster Jam

Moody Center

Kids Block Party
at Central Library

Freedom + Juneteenth: A Night of Jubilation at Pease Park

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

National Survey Finds Significant Support for Middle Income Housing, Smaller Lot Sizes

One week before City Council votes on a suite of housing reforms intended to increase housing affordable to people in middle income brackets, a national Pew survey shows majority, bipartisan support for similar proposals.

9:02AM Fri. Dec. 1, 2023, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

City Staff Says Resilience Hubs Will Be Ready This Winter

Providing shelter and resources to people in need during the cold winter months has historically been a challenge for the city, but that could change this year, according to a staff update provided to City Council at their work session Nov. 28.

1:25PM Thu. Nov. 30, 2023, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

Women Fight for Abortion Access at Texas Supreme Court

A group of women whose lives were endangered by Texas’ ban on abortion presented a lawsuit challenging the ban’s provisions at a packed Texas Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday.

3:58PM Wed. Nov. 29, 2023, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Synagogue Arsonist Gets 10-Year Sentence

Wednesday, a federal court in Downtown Austin handed down a 10-year sentence for Franklin Sechriest, the arsonist who started a fire at Congregation Beth Israel in October 2021.

1:12PM Wed. Nov. 29, 2023, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

Recapping Elon Musk’s Antisemitic Shitstorm

Elon Musk seems to be losing it. And he’s definitely losing advertisers on his social media company, X, formerly known as Twitter.

2:08PM Mon. Nov. 27, 2023, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Grant Will Help Make Flower Hill House the Museum Family Hoped For

Sitting atop a lush green hill, the Flower Hill Urban Homestead sticks out like a sore thumb among its closely packed, more modern neighbors in Old West Austin. It’s on over an acre of land with a long, curving driveway, a tall iron fence, a dilapidated stable, and a carriage house – things you typically don’t see in the city's center.

11:51AM Mon. Nov. 27, 2023, Mae Lackey Read More | Comment »

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