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The city is decreasing its number of drought stages from five to three with greater differences between stages. The new restrictions also change how the city measures its available water supply.
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But City Council members expressed concern about spending $500,000 more on an approach that doesn't get people into more permanent housing.
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Since at least 2002, developers have built thousands of windowless bedrooms in the city, most of them in apartment buildings meant for university students.
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The City of Austin will give $1,000 a month for a year to just over 100 families. Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County over a similar program.
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Polly, a 1-year-old Pekin duck, is believed to have lost her bill during an animal attack. She now lives at All Things Wild Rehabilitation, a sanctuary for injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife in Georgetown.
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A listener wanted to know the secret behind the beautiful displays of wildflowers along the highway. She's had trouble growing them in her backyard.
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University students, along with professors, have advocated for this change, arguing that living in bedrooms without windows is unhealthy.
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The City of Austin is getting ready to spend millions of dollars on the long planned development of a new concourse connected to the Barbara Jordan Terminal by underground walkway.
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Lawyers argued the city violated state law when it created a tax increment refinancing zone, or TIRZ, across several South Austin neighborhoods. The city's plan would have used property taxes to fund, in part, the former Austin American-Statesman site.
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Hays CISD currently has 102 buses without seat belts. The district is receiving several new orders of buses this year and will consider a bond measure that would go to voters in May 2025 for additional funds.