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Council Resolves to Bump City Wages

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Austin’s Last (Known) Slave Quarters

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What’s a Grand Jury, and Is It Being Manipulated to Indict Police Officers?

More cops are being indicted, but why all the secrecy?

by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad

Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?

by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Signs of Summer Head shops, All-Stars, and a new Zilker shuttle

Council Resolves to Bump City Wages to at Least $22 per Hour Fight for $15 (+$7)

Anthony Mays Takes Over AISD as Supe Search Starts New interim steps in after Elizalde's abrupt departure

Embattled Doctor Prevails Against the Texas Medical Board The little guy wins

Many Questions Remain After Leander Police Shooting APD now investigating the killing at a North Austin motel

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Abortion Rights Demonstration at the Federal Courthouse & Capitol

38 photos by John Anderson

Jun. 24, 2022

In Wake of SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade, Austin City Council Fast-Tracks Abortion Decriminalization Act

Special called meeting set for week of July 18

Austin Sanders • Jun. 24, 2022

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Jun. 24 issue

Embattled Doctor Prevails Against the Texas Medical Board

The little guy wins

Michael King • Jun. 24 issue

Many Questions Remain After Leander Police Shooting

APD now investigating the killing at a North Austin motel

Austin Sanders, Jun. 24 issue

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

Black history in hiding

Abe Asher, Jun. 24 issue

On Austin Climate Equity, More Plan Than Action

Staffing crunch slows down sustainability efforts

Lina Fisher, Jun. 24 issue

Council Passes Protections for Central, Eastside Creeks

Pollution, erosion, and development safeguards included

Lina Fisher, Jun. 24 issue

Doggett Unveils Funding for Water Resource Research

Texas State study will aid local conservation efforts

Lina Fisher, Jun. 24 issue

Low-Income Residents Earn Concessions From Developer

More help for Old Homesteaders

Kit O’Connell, Jun. 24 issue

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say “Maybe?”

Chad Swiatecki, Jun. 17 issue

Austin at Large: The Lessons of Cady Lofts

An unusual zoning case may lay out the future contours of land-use politics

Mike Clark-Madison, Jun. 17 issue

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