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Austin eviction filings are up 12% year over year for the first six months of 2026. I Belong In Austin helps renters with facing eviction.

Helping hands: Endangered rental assistance program helps tenants avoid evictions

City-funded I Belong In Austin helps renters in danger of eviction stay in their homes, but the effort faces funding concerns
The Sobering Center on Sabine Street in Austin.

Dry out: Travis County’s Sobering Center seeks to break alcohol’s grip

Texas DPS troopers and ICE agents detain construction workers after a traffic stop in East Austin in the summer of 2025.

ICE arrests in the Austin area have risen over 300% since start of Trump’s second term

New documentary produced by the Austin Free Press and local filmmaker Steve Mims takes a hard look at Austin’s Dog’s Head development deal.

Steamrolled: New documentary takes hard look at Austin Dog’s Head development deal

Seabrook Square II is Integral Care's third Permanent Supportive Housing facility. It opened in August.

Uncertain Housing: Federal funding cuts threaten Austin homelessness efforts

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City leadership, The Other Ones Foundation leadership, and Glimmer Austin cut the ribbon for the Glimmer Austin Community Center at the Esperanza Community.

Glimmer of hope: Esperanza Community opens 100 more shelter cabins

Austin’s Esperanza Community opens 100 new shelter cabins, expanding a program that has helped hundreds transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

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Report for America Expands Local News Coverage Nationwide with New Cohort of Journalists

A new cohort of corps members will report on undercovered communities and issues while helping local newsrooms grow trust, engagement and sustainability.

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Tracking Power in Plain Sight: A Tool for Government Transparency in Central Texas

Transparent government builds trust and informs communities. Austin Free Press is here to help you see how your government really works. To do that, AFP in partnership with The Austin Bulldog is providing the Government Accountability Project (GAP).

Together, we collect, organize and publish official records in a free, searchable database — open to anyone online. Our goal in partnering with The Austin Bulldog is to strengthen local reporting and advance transparency in our Central Texas community. The GAP was founded by The Austin Bulldog in 2023.

“Thanks to The Austin Bulldog and the Austin Free Press for ensuring documents obtained under our Texas open government laws reach a large audience on a continuing basis,” —Kelley Shannon, executive director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas

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The exterior of Austin’s Permitting and Development Center, home to the Development Services Department.

Power grab: Austin City Hall directs Development Services to call the shots

Austin’s city manager has given Development Services greater authority to settle disputes over development rules, raising concerns about environmental oversight.
PowerCampus Austin, a 600-megawatt, 3.9-million-square-foot hyperscale data center campus developed by Skybox Datacenters and Prologis currently under construction in Hutto.

Power Play: Texas counties seek oversight of data centers’ water, power demands

As data centers spread across Central Texas, counties face growing impacts on water and infrastructure while lacking broad authority to regulate them.
Festivalgoers enter the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin in 2015.

Game of Monopoly: Live Nation verdict hits the ‘Live Music Capital’

Austin music veterans say Live Nation’s antitrust verdict has yet to change the local scene, but they’re watching what comes next.
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