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A Texas GOP lawmaker wants a state takeover of Austin but can't offer specifics on how it would work
The bill from Houston-area Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain isn't the first attempt to undermine local control in Austin.
Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City 'Weird' Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People 'Will Go Elsewhere'
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...
Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars
Move over San Francisco; Austin is the new American robotaxi capital. Waymo made its debut in the city last week. The ...
‘Work of art to rubble’: Austin reevaluating public art program, addressing concerns
After concerns were raised about elements of the city of Austin’s Art in Public Places (AIPP) program, the city is ...
Lago Vista has 10,000 people. Why should it cost us millions to leave CapMetro? | Opinion
CapMetro’s own numbers show Lago Vista does not receive $6 million worth of transit service, yet the city would be expected ...
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Joint fire, EMS station in Four Points now servicing far Northwest Austin
A joint fire and emergency medical services station in Four Points is now servicing communities in the Northwest Austin area, ...
From Statesman archives: Catastrophic Austin Dam collapse changed course of city's history
Those were the headlines for April 8, 1900 — as reimagined "in the style of the day" for the American-Statesman on April 8, ...
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Self-driving car company files to create fleet operations depot in southeast Austin
In summer 2024, Zoox launched its fleet in Austin, making the capital city its fourth public testing site in the U.S. Austin has been a hotbed for autonomous vehicle companies in the last few ...
What are Austin’s cheapest neighborhoods for renters?
After Real estate experts reported in December Austin had the largest rent decrease between 2023 and 2024 of the country’s ...
City of Austin pulls airport art funding vote following calls for more local artists
A vote on a plan to spend nearly $11 million dollars on art at the airport has been pulled from an upcoming city council ...
Arizona-based Prisma expands to Austin after acquiring Capital Printing
Business in Austin is booming with tech companies, life science organizations and financial firms establishing a strong ...
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Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars
Impact Link Move over San Francisco; Austin is the new American robotaxi capital. Waymo made its debut in the city last week. The Google-backed startup is partnering with Uber to offer robotaxis ...