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The Sobering Center on Sabine Street in Austin.

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

Austin’s Sobering Center offers people experiencing public intoxication a path to treatment as an alternative to jail or the ER.
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

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.
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.
Tax dollars fund the county jail — the county’s biggest expense — plus the Sheriff’s Office, criminal and civil courts, staff salaries, roads, parks and the cost of putting on elections.

Travis County’s $2.3B budget funds mental healthcare, natural disasters and another rail study

Travis County approves a $2.3 billion budget, boosting funding for affordable housing, mental health, disaster preparedness and rail studies.
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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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

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