Reporting Texas
News and features from UT-Austin's School of Journalism
byShunya Carroll and Sarah Gonzales
Pro-Palestinian protesters condemned the University of Texas for allowing a former Israeli prime minister to speak on campus as part of Hillel International’s Teach-In tour Tuesday night at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
“Today we are not here to engage with counterprotesters. We are not here to engage with police. We are simply here to peacefully exercise our First Amendment rights,” said a UT Palestine Solidarity Committee member named Hadi, who declined to provide his last name.
byJasmine Wright
As the election results came in Tuesday night, University of Texas students swapped stories at a West Campus bar of finding polling locations, of voting for the first time and of the decisions that drove their choice for president. “Voting for president is a big decision,” Mauro, a UT economics senior said during […]
by Madeline de Figueiredo
In Tuesday’s Austin City Council work session, city staff from the Transportation and Public Works Department presented a recommendation to reduce the scope of I-35 caps and stitches, sparking concerns and hesitation among council members and community members about the long-term impact on the city’s future. While the Our Future 35 Vision Plan originally included […]
byRebecca Butler
A sharply divided Austin City Council on Thursday approved Wheatsville Food Co-op’s request to sell alcohol for on-site consumption despite its proximity to Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.
Wheatsville, a community-owned natural foods retailer with two Austin stores, petitioned the council in August to waive the city’s ban on selling alcohol within 300 feet of a school, church or hospital for its store on South Lamar Boulevard. Over the objection of the Austin school board, the City Council approved Wheatsville’s waiver 6-5.
