Inside Austin

Renewing Battle Against the Fish Eating Lake Austin

byAimée Knight

Sterile grass carp did too good a job controlling hydrilla and ended up ruining Lake Austin as bass habitat.

Amid Downsizing, Foundation Finds Ways to Serve Homeless

byCat DeLaura

The Other Ones Foundation has cut back its Workforce First program, but it also is offering a new service, a mobile hygiene clinic for people experiencing homelessness.

Austin Tattoo Artists Grapple with the Impacts of COVID-19

byHope Lenamon

Usually full of the people, life and art that have come to define Austin, tattoo shops in the city shut their doors over a month ago as part of efforts to combat COVID-19. Tattoo artists and shops are trying to adapt to their new normal and find alternate ways to survive.

Austin ISD’s Rising STAAR: Widén Elementary Aims to Maintain Test Score Improvement

byAimée Knight

In 2018, the Texas Education Agency gave Austin’s Widén Elementary School an “F” in the state’s annual accountability ratings. In 2019, the school earned a “B” – the largest improvement of any elementary school in the Austin Independent School District.

Austin Educators look beyond Texas’ African American studies course

byJennifer Martinez

WATCH: UT students talk about African American History African American heritage runs deep in Texas. From the horror of slavery to the civil rights movement and beyond, Texas’ African American population has played a critical role in the state’s economic and cultural development. Yet Texas’ publication education system has downplayed African American history in its […]

Austin Teachers Say They Face High Levels of Work-related Stress

byHope Lenamon

Some Austin teachers say increasing levels of work-related stress make it difficult to effectively do their jobs.

South Austin Ecovillage Prepares for a Radically Different Future

byCat DeLaura

Roots is an intentional community devoted to exploring more sustainable ways of life.

Street Youth Ministry Uses Art to Reframe Conversation on Homelessness

byNataleah Small

West Campus non-profit has served young people experiencing homelessness since 2009.

Austin Aims to Reduce Waste Through Fix-It Clinics

byCat DeLaura

Modeled after repair cafes in cities around the world, Austin’s Fix-It Clinics are a way for residents to learn how to fix broken household items and encourage them to reuse objects that would otherwise be discarded.

The Wheels Keep on Turning: Austinites Divided on Progress of 2014 Bicycle Master Plan

byAimée Knight

The plan’s primary goal is to build a bike network that feels safe and easy to navigate for cyclists from 8 to 80 years old.

At City of Austin, the Goal is Turning Trash into Treasure

byKatherine Corley

Austin’s Circular Economy Program aspires to reduce waste by turning it into new products.

Confederates Still Memorialized at UT; No Immediate Plans for Change

bySunny Kim

Despite the relocation of some of UT-Austin’s prominent reminders of Confederate times, other nods to the Confederacy, hidden and not so hidden, continue to dot the campus and provide potential flashpoints for controversy.