Tai Moses

Summer’s only just begun, but when you have small children, it’s never too soon to start thinking about school. The Austin school district is holding a Pre-K Enrollment Fair to offer parents a chance to learn more about the various programs that are offered in the district, meet the staff and register their eligible 3- […]

Central Health wants to know what you think about health care and how your tax dollars are being spent to fund it. Travis County residents are invited to attend a community conversation about Central Health’s 2020 proposed budget. Share your views on Monday, July 29, 6:30-8 p.m., Central Health Board Room, 1111 E. Cesar Chavez […]

The Longhorn Dam survey is wrapping things up at the end of today, so if you want to offer the city some feedback on alternatives for a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Lady Bird Lake, this is your last chance. The background on the project and all of the materials from the June 10 […]

With school out for the summer, the Austin Independent School District is busy packing for its big move. After more than 25 years at its headquarters on West Sixth Street, AISD is pulling up stakes and moving to the greener, greater pastures of 4000 S. Interstate 35, at the northwest corner of I-35 and East […]

Low-income women in Travis County may now receive pregnancy testing at no cost at Central Health-funded CommUnityCare. Women who opt for pregnancy testing will be screened to determine their health insurance options and will also receive free family planning counseling, prenatal care information or abortion referrals. “We want to make sure every woman has access […]

Fiesta Gardens, the event space on the northern shore of Lady Bird Lake that hosts some of Austin’s popular music and community festivals, has just been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, joining more than 3,000 other historic listings in Texas. The park, whose official name is Edward Rendon Sr. Metropolitan Park at […]

Law enforcement officials have long known that proper storage of firearms – keeping them in a locked gun safe or cabinet – can help to prevent accidental shootings in the home. In an effort to keep children safe, the Austin Police Department is providing free gun locks to Austin residents. The free locks are available […]

This week marks the first-ever Keep Austin Fed week, a food insecurity awareness campaign organized by the local nonprofit Keep Austin Fed. The campaign, which started July 7 and will run for seven days, aims to show how far $7 can go to feed a hungry person. Lisa Barden, the executive director of Keep Austin […]

The zebra mussel, a tiny freshwater mollusk the size of a fingernail, has successfully colonized at least 15 Texas lakes, including Lake Travis, Lake Austin and Lady Bird Lake. The shoreline parks along Lake Travis have experienced such an explosive growth of the extremely invasive shellfish that the county parks department is warning the public […]

Austin will be the site of a national gathering dedicated to brainstorming sustainable methods of managing fresh water, our planet’s most precious resource. Hundreds of water experts and stakeholders from across the country are expected to descend upon the city from Sept. 18-20 to share ideas for conserving and protecting water and water infrastructure. Austin […]

Pedestrians and bicycles aren’t very compatible when it comes to sharing trails through town. What walker hasn’t had the experience of being startled by a cyclist speeding by, and what cyclist hasn’t nearly knocked over a pedestrian who ambled into her path? That’s why the great minds at Austin Public Works and Austin Transportation are […]

The city of Austin and the Housing Conservancy are the lucky recipients of a 2019 Outstanding Achievement Metropolitan City CommunityWINS Grant, which was presented to Mayor Steve Adler at the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Hawaii. The $100,000 grant, which was sponsored by Wells Fargo, will help preserve affordable housing for […]