Tai Moses

The Austin school district is dressing up and getting ready for its 2019 AISD Latino Academic Achievement Awards ceremony, which recognizes Latino students from every middle and high school in the district for excelling in academia, fine arts, sports, ESL and dual language programs. Several community leaders will also be honored for their outstanding contributions […]

The public is invited to attend a telecast to learn about the future transportation projects Travis County has in the pipeline. The Travis County Transportation Blueprint, a 25-year road map of projects aimed at improving mobility in the region, is the result of two years of technical analysis and community input. Besides highway improvement projects, […]

A new art exhibit at the Texas Capitol features 45 unique artworks created by residents of state hospitals and state-supported living centers. “Fresh Perspectives: The Art of Empowerment” showcases the talents of people living with mental health issues and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mike Maples, a deputy executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human […]

Come fall, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be sporting some snazzy new digital signage. The digital displays using E-Paper technology developed by Luminator Technology Group, will be used throughout Cap Metro’s service area. The signs are designed to run on low power and will deliver high-resolution, backlit, real-time transit updates that are easy to read […]

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has a new woman at the top of the control tower. Jacqueline Yaft has been named ABIA’s executive director of aviation, effective June 10. Yaft has spent the past two decades as an airport management professional at some of the busiest hub airports in the nation, including Los Angeles World Airports, Denver […]

In an effort to improve customer service and meet the needs of both staff and the public, the service center at the city’s Development Services Department has adjusted its hours of operation. Effective June 3, the service center at One Texas Center will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Staff […]

Summer + reading: Aren’t those two beautiful words just meant for each other? We think so, and so does the Austin Independent School District. AISD Libraries, BookPeople and the Austin Public Library have partnered up to organize a free summer reading event featuring some of Austin’s favorite authors. The Summer Reading Splash also offers reading […]

Heavy spring rains over the weekend led to the decision by the Austin Fire Department to close local waterways: Lake Austin from Mansfield Dam to Tom Miller Dam, Lady Bird Lake and the Colorado River downstream of Longhorn Dam have been declared unsafe and part of the “flood ban area.” According to the waterway ban […]

Social entrepreneurs Anjali Sridharan and Mike Strong took winning honors – and a prize of $10,000 each – in the fourth annual [Re]Verse Pitch Competition, which ended Tuesday, April 30. The contest asked competitors to think up innovative ways to upcycle the raw waste materials from five Austin industries and use them to create new […]

If you’re planning a springtime picnic at an Austin-area park, you’d be advised to first check and make sure your favorite neighborhood park is indeed open for business. Maintenance work, temporary flooding, renovations, sewage leaks, landslides – there are a lot of things that can close a park down. The Parks and Recreation Department maintains […]

There are traditional rodeos with bucking broncos and calf roping (not that we approve of that) and then there’s a whole different kind of rodeo that involves animated discussions about land use and development standards. Yee-haw! Bastrop is holding a Building Bastrop Code Update Rodeo, a final opportunity for its citizens to weigh in before […]

Transportation lessons from Austin’s past can shine a light on the mobility challenges of today. That’s the focus of “Off the Rails: Austin’s Commuter Future,” a summit hosted by the Austin History Center and featuring a panel of transportation experts including Austin Transportation, Austin Energy, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Air Central Texas and Commute […]