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Travis County District Attorney Announces New Head of Special Victims Unit

Travis County District Attorney José Garza has appointed a new leader to the office’s Special Victims Unit, which assists victims of family violence and sexual assault. Andrea Austin, who has tried cases for 12 years with the D.A.’s office, was announced as the new director of SVU on Thursday.

3:20PM Tue. Jan. 23, 2024, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

After Backlash, Art Acevedo Refuses Job

Well that didn’t last long.

2:37PM Tue. Jan. 23, 2024, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

United Auto Workers Has Sights Set on Tesla

Tesla is offering across-the-board raises ahead of what is shaping up to be a tense unionization battle with the United Auto Workers.

8:00AM Mon. Jan. 22, 2024, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

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Why Is Art Acevedo Back Overseeing APD?

Art Acevedo, a controversial former chief of the Austin Police Department, is now an assistant city manager at City Hall with a $271,000-a-year salary, according to reporting by Tony Plohetski at the Statesman.

4:42PM Fri. Jan. 19, 2024, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Council Still Hesitant to Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza

As the White House has continued its support of Israel amid what humanitarian experts around the world have called a genocide in Gaza, advocates have been steadily convincing city officials around the country to adopt resolutions calling for a cease-fire, in an attempt to send a message to the Biden administration.

1:41PM Fri. Jan. 19, 2024, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

Federal Court Strikes Down Republican Book Censorship Law

Maybe Texas Republicans aren’t that good at writing censorship laws. On Wednesday, the most conservative federal appeals court in the country overturned House Bill 900, a law passed this spring that would ban books from public school libraries.

1:25PM Fri. Jan. 19, 2024, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Longtime City Council Member Kathie Tovo Announces Run for Mayor

Kathie Tovo, the former City Council Member who served for more than a decade on Council first as an at-large then as a district representative, announced her campaign to be Austin’s next mayor today, Jan. 18.

5:11PM Thu. Jan. 18, 2024, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

SpaceX May Get Chunk of Boca Chica State Park From Texas Parks and Wildlife

Looks like Elon Musk is attempting to add some Texas beachfront property to his empire.

3:30PM Thu. Jan. 18, 2024, Lina Fisher Read More | Comment »

Feds Approve Texas’ Plan to Expand Medicaid to Postpartum Moms

It’s been a little more than four months since the Texas legislature passed a law aiming to expand Medicaid access to moms 12 months postpartum and now, with the feds approving the state’s request to do so, the implementation process can begin. Low-income moms should qualify for Medicaid March 1.

5:42PM Wed. Jan. 17, 2024, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

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