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Workforce Solutions Capital Area will hold a hiring event focused on area veterans at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex on Hargrave Street in District 1. The Red, White & You job fair has more than four dozen employers and hiring agencies signed up to find candidates for local jobs. Any prospective […]

Those running for office and their supporters will have plenty of venues to chose from on Tuesday night. The Travis County Democratic Party, in collaboration with the Harris/Walz Campaign and local Democratic clubs, will host an Election Night Watch Party from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos St. They are expecting […]

Today is Election Day, which means … a lot of things. One of those things, simply enough, is the suspension of all fares for all Capital Metro services in the hopes of offering easy, free access to the polls, which are open today from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. (and mapped below). To make things […]

The city will close Congress Avenue from 11th Street to Riverside Drive from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, for the annual Veterans Day Parade. The section south of Cesar Chavez Street will close starting at 5 a.m., with the northern section shutting down at 6:30 a.m. Also, one block east and west […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation is chipping in $32 million to help replace the Barton Springs Road Bridge with a new, wider structure. City Council approved its replacement in December 2023 – though, at the time, there was funding only for the design phase of the project. “When I’m not in D.C., you can find […]

A public comment period will soon be open for the $14 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants awarded to Austin in Fiscal Year 2024. The comments are part of an evaluation of the city’s spending and planning to address the community’s critical housing and community development needs through what is known […]

For the first time in over a decade, Austin has slipped out of the top 10 in the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) forthcoming annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2025 report. The report, which examines nationwide real estate prospects, ranked Austin fifth in 2024, fourth in both 2022 and 2023, and first in 2020. This […]

Starting today, applications are being accepted for the City of Austin Housing Department’s I Belong In Austin rental assistance program. If you or anyone you know is struggling to pay rent or is at risk of eviction, you can check your eligibility and apply at www.austintexas.gov/rent. The program will be administered by El Buen Samaritano, which will […]

Creek Show, the site-specific luminescent art installation that has cropped up at Waller Creek for the past 10 years, is back for its annual spectacle, aiming to raise awareness and public support for the creek’s transformation into a series of restored urban parks and trails. This year, the work of Austin-based architects, landscape architects, artists […]

Carrying the celebration of Dia de los Muertos through most of November, four fiberglass skulls painted by four Austin-based artists Ruben Esquivel, NIZ, Carmen Rangel and Ryan Runice will be on view for free Nov. 9-24 at Republic Square Park, 422 Guadalupe St. The art installation “Las Calaveras de Republic Square” came about via a […]

While some endorsements clearly make a difference in political races, it is unclear how many Austin voters really care whether Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Mike Siegel or Gary Bledsoe in the City Council District 7 race. He endorsed Siegel. However, Our Revolution, the progressive grassroots organization started by Sanders, endorsed Bledsoe. Bledsoe’s campaign flyer […]

A proposed redevelopment for at least two high-rise towers planned for the 4 acres located at 200 E. Riverside Drive, a key location in Austin’s South Central Waterfront area, is expected to return to the City Council agenda for possible rezoning approval on Nov. 7. The project from Garwald Company Inc. was originally slated for […]