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"...The Boyz of Austin Present: NuMetal vs. Ska..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Opinion: Let’s Encourage Austin Restaurants to Switch to Reusables, Away From Single-Use Items

Austin Reuse Coalition and Plastic Reduction Project want your help rating Austin restaurants’ commitment to reducing plastic use

"...pollution, it only takes one walk around your favorite Austin park or waterway to recognize the impact that plastic..."

March 1, 2024 Column by Brandi Clark Burton

Austin Resource Recovery Charts a New Course to Achieving Zero Waste

A quick look at the city’s new Comprehensive Plan

"...City Council adopted a new path to salvation for Austin’s landfills at last Thursday’s meeting...."

Nov. 7, 2023 News Post by Hannah Rossi

Young Parents, UT Students Support Zoning Changes at Historic Meeting

The renting generations

"...Planning Commission and City Council last Thursday, hundreds of Austinites came out to support the most significant changes to..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...we get these refreshing bevs? If you missed the Austin Beer Guide’s annual, exceptionally curated Lager Jam as we..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Opinion: The Case Against Disposable Food Ware

Austinites should be a part of the solution and eliminate plastic, single-use items from the waste stream

"...It's indisputable that Austin is a unique city with a lot to envy:..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Jessica Fleming

Eat Trash, Save the Planet

Fighting food waste locally via Too Good to Go

"...its final form becomes methane gas, which is why Austin offers citywide composting. By providing cans and curbside pickup,..."

April 21, 2023 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Austin at Large: Canaries in the Shelter Line

Musicians are a useful proxy for the unmet housing needs in Austin neighborhoods

"...The whole nation has a housing shortage, and Austin's is more acute because we grew so fast. Right..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: City Budget Season Continues

A primer on the schedule and the tax rates

"...front-line homelessness service provider appears to have imploded (see Austin Sanders' story here), so now, maybe not so much...."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...a new pedestrian bridge across the lake to around Austin High. In this vision, the parking would be in..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...youngest of nine children in Laredo and moved to Austin in the 1970s to attend the University of Texas...."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021

Some top topics on the community news front

"...Here are my top 10 "Public Notice" stories of..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: Texas Gas Programs Not a Solution to Climate Change

The main provider of natural gas to the Austin area has a profoundly flawed climate policy, and is spending substantial funds on greenwashed conservation programs

"...which serves 95% of residential natural gas customers in Austin as well as 16 other Central Texas cities, has..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Column by Paul Robbins

How Much of Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?

Balancing ecological preservation and the human element in city's Zilker Park Vision Plan

"...Austin has parks, and then it has Zilker Park. With..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Pipeline, Drought Key Issues in the Aquifer Conservation District Election

The Aquifer simmers in bottom-of-ballot race

"...to mostly residential use as development spills out from Austin and San Marcos. According to the BSEACD website, "The..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Over Massive Opposition, State OKs Landfill

Travis County, nearby residents seek to overturn TCEQ decision to allow new ACL transfer station

"...development of a new waste transfer station at the Austin Community Landfill, over the objections of residents and local..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

What Happens When Two Academics Fall in Love and Start a Farm?

TerraPurezza Farm studies regenerative agriculture just outside Austin

"...Tina was in the dietetics program, studying community public health and community nutrition. Orion was in conservation..."

April 3, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Tries to Keep City's Trash Out of Hated Landfill

Waste not, what now?

"...A city of Austin contract with Waste Management, Inc. to collect waste from..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill

Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny

"...last item of the day was a request from Austin Resource Recovery for Council to approve an emergency contract..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Local Food Organizations Worth Your Charitable Dollars

Get those fuzzy food feelings by giving

"...pie. Be sure to visit their fourth annual (free) Community First! Village of Lights (Fri.-Sat., Dec. 6-7 & 13-14,..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Good News and Bad News for Neighbors of Austin Community Landfill

County and operator at odds over expansion

"...After months of worrying that Austin's most controversial landfill might soon be growing, neighbors and..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

10 Must-Visit Independent Austin Bookstores

For those still enamored by the written word

"...Diverse, weird, and fiercely independent, Austin’s bookstores reflect the attitude of the city itself. From..."

June 29, 2019 Arts Post by Sam Russek

Public Notice: Earth Day Redux

Early showers stretch timeline for Earth Day celebrations

"...to pull this off. It's noon-6pm at Huston-Tillotson's East Austin campus, with vendors, exhibits, DIY workshops, music, and much..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Malodorous Matter

"...grateful to see the article bringing light to the Austin Community Landfill issue ["The Other ACL," News, Jan. 18]...."

Jan. 25, 2019 Postmarks

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...near one of the state's most controversial dumps. The Austin Community Landfill actually lies next to its namesake city,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Myco Alliance Uses Fungus as an Edible Recycling System

Locals let fungi do the work

"...research station, a lab, and a presence within the community, but he says that is only very recent. For..."

March 23, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Life After Gentrification

When you and your home both have to move

"...in May to move out of the mobile home community at 2110 Thrasher Lane...."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Saving Austin's Schools

Nobody gets everything they want, but AISD’s bond may give everybody something they really need

"...Austin ISD's bond package has something for every campus, as..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tracking a Caldwell County Landfill Proposal

Tracking a Caldwell County landfill proposal

"...Half an hour southeast of Austin, in Caldwell County, an antagonistic and concerted resistance to..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Designing a Smarter City

New weeklong event celebrates city's creative community

"...will have their chance beginning Monday at the inaugural Austin Design Week, a five-day event focused on forging a..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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