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What the federal Data Catalog is—and why HHS mental-health and substance-use datasets matter
The federal Data Catalog can feel like a small civic miracle the first time you stumble onto it: type in a few keywords, and suddenly you’re looking at thousands of public datasets—surveys, directo...
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Alert discontinued after San Antonio police locate missing woman Angela Dohrn
San Antonio police have found 52-year-old Angela Dohrn and discontinued the missing-person alert, authorities said Sunday. Dohrn was last seen at about 4 p.m. Saturday in the 6000 block of Eisenhau...
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Barton Springs Nursery opens a 3,500-square-foot design studio and showroom on North Lamar
Barton Springs Nursery has expanded beyond its long-running garden-center footprint with a new Design Studio & Showroom at 910 N. Lamar in Austin, a 3,500-square-foot space that blends an appoi...
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Little Mexico’s last month: South Austin regulars gather for breakfasts, mariachis, and one more bowl of salsa
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Ticketmaster resets Austin requests after early Ariana Grande ticket release forces cancellations and refunds
Ticketmaster and the Moody Center have reopened the request window for Ariana Grande’s Austin dates after a technical error prompted the premature release of tickets, forcing all early purchases to...
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Rock the Park returns April 10 with free live music at Girard Kinney Park in Mueller
If your ideal Friday night is simple—blanket on the grass, kids (and maybe the dog) burning off energy, and live music that doesn’t require a ticket or a tough decision—Rock the Park is back in Mue...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...