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Austin traffic, flight restrictions set for Monday as officials brace for expected Vance visit
Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Austin on Monday, and city officials say road closures will begin in the morning along the corridor between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and d...
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Analysis: Data.gov’s EPA listings show why transparency is a policy tool—not just a tech feature
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Data.gov’s public catalog has been surfacing an unusually dense cross-section of Environmental Protection Agency datasets—everything from supply-chain greenhouse gas emission factors and ...
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Why a TxDOT Search Turns Up 31,688 Results on Data.gov—and What That Reveals About Open Data
The question comes up a lot right now: if government data is supposed to be “public,” why does it sometimes feel hard to find—or easy to lose? In the past year, researchers and watchdog groups have...
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Data.gov’s energy data, explained: What’s actually in the catalog—and how to use it
Energy debates have a way of turning local fast: a city hearing about a new data center’s electricity draw, a winter storm that makes outages feel personal, or a statehouse fight over how quickly t...
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What TxDOT’s impaired-driving fatality dataset shows—and how Texans can use it to prevent the next crash
When a fatal crash closes a familiar stretch of roadway, the questions come fast: Was it speeding? Distraction? Impairment? And if it was impairment, was this a predictable time and place—something...
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What Brownfield’s USGS land-cover dataset is—and why a 30‑meter map still matters for West Texas decisions
Land-use decisions in Texas are getting harder to make without a clear picture of what’s actually on the ground. In recent months, this outlet’s coverage of a wet-weather pattern and flash-flood ri...
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Man found dead near Mueller; APD opens homicide probe at 4700 Loyola Lane
Austin police are investigating a homicide after officers found a man dead Sunday evening near the Mueller area in East Austin. Police were dispatched to the 4700 block of Loyola Lane around 5:07 p...
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Why Austin ISD is writing targeted and local improvement plans—and what changed in Texas school ratings
Austin ISD families have heard a lot of new and unfamiliar language in the past two years: “D” and “F” campuses, “targeted improvement plans,” “local improvement plans,” “turnaround action plans,” ...
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Blankets, basslines, and belonging: Rock the Park returns to Mueller for a 17th-season celebration of Austin music
The sun starts to drop behind the trees at Mueller Lake Park, turning the water into a ribbon of copper. Parents tug wagons and tote diaper bags; couples arrive with dogs on leashes; kids do that p...
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How Texas gun law loopholes left an accused abuser armed—until West Sixth Street became a crime scene
How did Texas gun law loopholes enable the recent West Sixth Street mass shooting in Austin by a suspect with a documented history of domestic violence?
That question hangs over downtown like the ...
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Austin Lace-Up Moment: Race to Cure Sarcoma brings the city together at Lake Park Amphitheatre
Austin has never needed much convincing to show up for its neighbors—especially when the cause is health, hope, and the kind of support that can carry families through their hardest seasons. On Mar...
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Jesús Aguirre takes helm of Austin Parks and Recreation, pledging transparency and a listening-first approach
Jesús Aguirre has been appointed director of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), stepping into a leadership role that City Hall has framed as pivotal for a fast-growing city and a pa...
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Austin extends cold weather shelters after ice storm as more than 650 seek overnight safety
More than 650 people sought overnight refuge in Austin’s emergency cold weather shelters as sleet and ice moved across the city, a level of demand the City of Austin confirmed after Saturday night’...
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Austin keeps cold weather shelters open through week as overnight freezes continue
Austin will keep its cold weather shelters activated nightly through the rest of the week as freezing overnight temperatures continue across Central Texas, city officials said Thursday. The primary...