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Zero-Proof Dry January in Austin: 18 Places to Go When You’re Skipping the Booze
Alcohol is playing a smaller role in American life than it has in generations, and the shift is starting to show up in how—and where—people choose to go out. Just 54% of U.S. adults now say they dr...
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Full Throttle Weekend: NASCAR Roars Back to Austin’s COTA with Stars, Stats, and a Fan-Focused Spectacle
Austin’s late-winter calendar is about to get loud again.
From February 27 to March 1, 2026, NASCAR’s annual stop at Circuit of The Americas returns for its sixth running, turning the city’s signa...
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Austin’s citizens redistricting commission moves to hire staff as budget and Christmas deadline tighten
Austin’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission—created by voters with the idea that everyday residents, not politicians, would redraw City Council district lines—is now moving to hire profe...
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Austin’s District 1 Was Built Around a Border. Now Transit and Land Deals Could Decide Its Future.
District 1 begins close to the familiar density of Central Austin and then runs north toward Howard Lane, fanning out into some of the city’s broadest open spaces east of State Highway 130. On maps...
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From Compass-Point Corridors to Street-Level Rail: How Austin’s Urban Rail Arguments Hardened—and Evolved—Over a Decade
In Austin, the fight over rail has rarely been about whether the city needs better transit. It has been about where to put fixed-guideway investment first, what counts as evidence for choosing a co...
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Austin Planning Commission proposes two-tier rules for short-term rentals, adding limits, buffers and registration
Austin’s Planning Commission has recommended a new set of tighter regulations for short-term rentals, proposing a two-tier system that would treat owner-occupied homes differently from non-owner-oc...
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Understanding the 2013 AISD bond election: What Austin voters are deciding
Polls opened across Austin on Saturday for the Austin Independent School District’s $892 million bond election, a four-part package that would fund everything from campus repairs and technology upg...
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Mueller vehicle burglary leads Austin police to seek suspect after declined Walgreens card attempt
A vehicle burglary outside a busy Mueller coffee stop has turned into a public hunt for a suspected credit-card user, as Austin police say a woman tried — and failed — to run stolen cards at a near...
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Morning Break-In at Mueller Starbucks Spurs Search for Suspect Tied to Declined Walgreens Card Charges
The morning rush had barely begun in Mueller when a routine coffee stop turned into a reminder of how quickly everyday errands can be exploited.
Austin police say that around 8 a.m. on Feb. 3, a v...
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Mueller becomes proving ground for ICON’s 3D-printed housing push in Austin
Austin’s Mueller neighborhood has long sold itself as a model of what a modern, walkable community can look like on the footprint of the city’s former airport. Now, it’s also becoming a testing sit...
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HONK!TX brings free street-band festival to Mueller, leaning into public space and local scale
HONK!TX will return to Mueller Lake Park on March 28, bringing roving brass and street bands to a neighborhood better known for stroller traffic and weekend markets than spontaneous horn lines.
Th...
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Oddwood Brewing 5K through Mueller anchors Austin’s Valentine’s and Galentine’s plans
Mueller is set to be part of Austin’s Valentine’s Day calendar this year, with a 5K fun run from Oddwood Brewing routing participants through the planned neighborhood before returning to Manor Road...
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Salt Lick BBQ founder Scott Roberts brings Roxie’s to Buda, aiming for Sunday-dinner comfort in a historic Main Street building
Scott Roberts has spent decades tending pits, crowds and tradition at the Salt Lick BBQ outside Driftwood. Now the Hill Country restaurateur is preparing a different kind of gathering place—one bui...
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Texas’ highest criminal court exonerates Carmen Mejia, overturning 2005 convictions in infant’s death
Carmen Mejia walked into prison branded a murderer and left the courthouse record, at least, with a different label: actually innocent.
On Jan. 23, 2026, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overtu...