The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz

Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate

"...paper’s daily print circulation has plummeted from 136,980 in 2010 to less than 27,000 in 2022, while the paper’s..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

In America’s 10th Largest City, Who Exactly Are Your Neighbors?

We may not be growing as fast as you think

"...When newly released census numbers showed Austin finally cracking the top 10 most..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Microtransit Takes Off in Central Texas

Uber wins over the suburbs

"...the old hand with its current program. After the 2010 census, the public transit service that ran on Tuesdays..."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

For the First Time Since 2015, a New Austin Music Census Is Now Open

Survey seeks measurable industry feedback to guide policy and support

"...The first-ever Austin Music Census, circa 2015, is still referenced to this day everywhere..."

July 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...In 2015, the first Austin Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music economy still..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Growing Pains

Tell us something we don’t know

"...Lila Valencia was busy holding forth on Austin's 2020 census data and what this means for our city and..."

April 22, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

As Data Drops, City Redistricting Panel Sprints

Nov. 1 is the deadline for Austin's ICRC to adopt new City Council district map

"...The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release the 2020 census data..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...is roughly the same now as it was in 2010. On the Eastside, change has been more drastic. The..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Curious on the Census

"...County is the only urban county to beat their 2010 SRR Census numbers. ["Despite Disaster, Austin Leveled Up in..."

June 30, 2021 Postmarks

Despite Disaster, Austin Leveled Up in the 2020 Census

Austin-Travis County was the only city-county pair in Texas to beat its 2010 census response rate

"...president, and anti-immigrant maneuvering casting shadows over the 2020 census, Austin and Travis County showed up and got counted...."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: The City That Never Shrinks

“Austin’s rapid growth” has become background noise. We should bring it up front.

"...area by a wide margin (a 30% increase since 2010; Raleigh is second at 23%). It is growing much..."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: At the Bottom of the Well

Greg Abbott's still making horrible things happen, but at least now he's in charge!

"...Bush in 1994 through Rick Perry's third victory in 2010, both wave elections for Team Red. Those were troubling,..."

March 5, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Local Leaders Scramble to Get a Complete Census

Count every one

"...personal finances. In the midst of this, the 2020 census is still underway...."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Slay the Dragon

Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back

"...Here’s why that’s important: Because the census form you just submitted helps establish population counts, which..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Racial Disparities Persist and Worsen in APD Traffic Stops

Going nowhere fast

"...only 8% of the city's voting-age population, according to 2010 census data, meaning they are overrepresented in stops by..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Study Shows Growing Racial Disparities in APD Traffic Stops and Arrests

Black, Hispanic drivers overrepresented in police enforcement

"...only 8% of the city’s voting-age population, according to 2010 census data, meaning they are overrepresented in stops by..."

Jan. 30, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

In 1990, We Predicted What 2020 Would Look Like. Did We Get Anything Right?

And since we're here, why not place some bets on 2050?

"...mark (that was recorded as far back as the 2010 census); the rise in biotechnology, including GMOs; instantaneous communication;..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Month-by-Month Guide to Election 2020 Madness

From local policy to the national election, we just want you to vote, OK?

"...– remember, state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, survived her 2010 reelection race by four (4) votes. She may be..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Dems Set Their Eyes on the 2020 Prize

Their goal: Flip the state House of Representatives

"...2008; that collapsed into a 101-49 deficit after the 2010 Tea Party backlash...."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...a star ALEC alumnus, netting a major award in 2010 and granting ALEC a "private briefing on energy policy..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...noting that the forecasts he made then, based on 2010 census data, are still on track nearly a decade..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Council: Can Social Impact Investing End Homelessness?

Catching up with the dais as they bet on success

"...reaching its highest level since the federally mandated one-night census moved to an annual (rather than biennial) count in..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...growing Hispanic/Latino population in D1, which hit 43% in 2010 and is expected to rise as we approach the..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Are Dogs Gentrifying East Austin?

Eric Tang’s latest addendum addresses displacement, and dogs, in Eastside tract

"...with longtime residents of a single central East Austin census block (63 heads of household among 341 homes, selecting..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...remains more contextually affordable than other American cities. 2016 census data shows that Austin's median gross rent (as a..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...Travis County alone, the Hispanic population jumped 16% from 2010 to 2015, U.S. Census figures show. But it's not..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: The Way Things Are

Another victory for judicial fairness leads to … more discrimination at the polls

"...in fact it's worth recalling that as of the 2010 census, Texas has become a "majority-minority" state...."

April 14, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Don Pitts Calls It Quits

City Music Manager resigns citing bureaucracy

"...an office operating under his leadership since launching in 2010. He notified his supervisor this morning with a letter..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Music Scene's Spectrum of Sexism

From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital

"...report sexually violent crimes to police from 2005 to 2010, the top three reasons were: 13% of victims believed..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

"No Kill" for Traffic

Vision Zero action plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities

"...deaths or critical injuries. In 2004, when the U.S. Census Bureau had the city's population at 696,384, 73 people..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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