Buyers are gaining the upper hand in these major US housing markets
Miami tops buyer's markets with 9.7 months of housing supply, while Austin and Orlando follow with significant inventory increases and price cuts.
‘We need a lot of resources’ | Displacement Prevention Program in Austin becomes permanent,...
AUSTIN, Texas — For 40 years, Alice Salazar has lived in the Montopolis neighborhood, but she now worries about what may happen in the future. "With all the new houses getting built, a lot of people's taxes are going up and stuff," Salazar said. "My mom, being an elderly person, is exempt but the day that she has to...
Austin Opens New Domestic Violence Shelter to Empower Survivors and Families
In a powerful step toward healing and safety, the City of Austin, Austin Public Health, and The SAFE Alliance celebrated the grand opening of a new domestic violence shelter on Wednesday. This 40-unit facility offers safe, short-term housing and comprehensive support services for survivors of domestic violence and...
Austin becoming FEMA-approved emergency alert authority, planning 1st test alert
Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29, as the city of Austin becomes a FEMA-approved authority that can use the national emergency alert system IPAWS.
Highland Mall in Austin TX: Long Story of Rise, Decline, and Reuse
Highland Mall: From Orphanage Grounds to Suburban Promise. Before Highland Mall opened in Austin, the property was the site of the St. John Industrial Institute and Home for Negro Orphans, founded in the early 1900s and closed and destroyed by fire in the 1950s. In the late 1960s, Austin Malls...
Former Garfield County judge pleads guilty in 2023 drive-by shooting
Former Garfield County judge Brian Lovell pleaded guilty to a 2023 drive-by shooting in Bison, receiving a 20-year suspended sentence.
La Niña now expected to last all winter
Previous outlooks favored La Niña only into the beginning of winter.
Body cam video released in Austin OIS
The Austin Police Department has released body cam video and audio from the officer-involved shooting on September 10.
Kyle rideshare program celebrates 5 years, city starts review process
On Tuesday, Kyle's $3.14 Uber rideshare program celebrated its 5-year anniversary, which also kicked off the city's review of the program.
State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over...
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less attention on world...
