A very important election is coming up this spring. A small group of people identifying themselves as progressive is proposing four changes to our city charter. Three of the four amendments are clearly designed to distract voters from the main issue the effort to end Austins time-tested council-manager form of local government.Many of the arguments for switching to strong mayor make some sense on first reading, but Austinites should beware: This is a Trojan Horse and would bring numerous
A building materials manufacturer has identified Central Texas for its next facility, and the city of Lockhart and Caldwell County have agreed on property tax rebates to seal the deal. The company is known for supplying builders in residential and commercial.
The family-owned company failed to keep up with the times and missed out on the Covid-influenced boom in sales of laptops, home theater systems and appliances.
The CEO of this graph computing company said Michael Dell emailed him personally about investing. Of course, we said yes. Click through for more details about the funding round, including how executives plan to spend it.
After the freezing weather and power and water outages of last week, there is another thread to mind: Public officials are now warning of a potential food shortage.The Austin American-Statesman reported Feb. 22 that Austin City Council members are asking for an update on how the city plans to feed lower-income residents, as many lost food during the storm and now cant pay for groceries.The Central Texas Food Bank continues to get nourishment to Austinites in need and several large donations
Austin Water issued a city-wide boil notice on Feb. 17. Its been partially lifted.
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates, closures and postponements in Central Texas for Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The Texas governor will be holding a statewide address Wednesday evening around 6 p.m.
The website is filled with information to help residents and businesses navigate repairs.
The City will provide free curbside limb pickup for Pflugerville residential trash customers and additional drop-off locations citywide for limbs and debris.
In the wake of disastrous energy grid failures during historic winter storm last week, five unaffiliated directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ERCOT will resign Wednesday. All lived out of state.
Spike in temps Wednesday afternoon ahead of late day cold front.
ROUND ROCK KXAN -- The City of Round Rock says it will waive excess water charges for customers who had leaks or busted pipes that caused their water usage to spike. Those customers wont have to pay for all that lost water from Feb. 12 to Feb. 24 during the historic winter storm. It was ...
The grocery chain plans to donate $1 million spread out among 18 food banks in Texas through the Feeding Texas program, part of the nations leading domestic hunger-relief organization Feeding America.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff say Johnson & Johnsons one-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, paving the way for its approval for emergency use.