Austin’s new strategy for housing the homeless: acquiring hotels
Austin city leaders made it clear they are now looking to acquire hotels and motels to provide shelter and services for people experiencing homelessness.
Austin city leaders made it clear they are now looking to acquire hotels and motels to provide shelter and services for people experiencing homelessness.
In an Austin City Council work session Tuesday, Assistant Austin City Manager Rodney Gonzalez explained that the city would be forgoing its prior plans to create a referral-only homeless shelter at 1112 W Ben White and instead focus on acquiring hotels to house the homeless.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the new safety warning in April 2018. At the time, the agency said it knew of eight HLH cases worldwide caused by the mood stabilizer and seizure medication — and one death.
New court filings in the Rodney Reed case highlight 11 new witnesses, three of whom we've never heard from before. Reed's defense team will argue these new witness statements are enough to halt his execution scheduled for Nov. 20.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dell Technologies will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half and ensure its global workforce is 50% women by 2030, the company announced Tuesday. In addition to reducing its own operational emissions, the company said it will work with suppliers to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 60%. The Round Rock-based tech […]
The defense team for Rodney Reed will be in a Bastrop County Court Wednesday to argue that his execution order should be void.
Atmos said crews were able to close the valve at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday.
The immediate fear among the "dreamers" is not so much being deported but losing their jobs and health insurance. Win or lose at the Supreme Court, they plan to press lawmakers and candidates in the 2020 mid-term elections to legalize and provide them with a path to citizenship.
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) -- With Christmas sales around the corner and a fragile tourism industry on the line, Juarez business leaders want to make sure the violent drug cartel attacks of the past few days that have left more than a dozen people dead and 24 vehicles on fire has been contained.
Adkins and Pequeno told KXAN they scheduled walks through an on-demand dog walking app called Wag! before leaving for a vacation, but as soon as they touched down in Seattle, Washington, they received a call from Wag! saying Mercy had gotten loose.
Austin Fire Department crews are responding to the scene of a home fire at the 600 block of Highland Avenue in downtown Austin.
Based off current projections, the Longhorns aren't going back to a "New Years Six" bowl game after a trip to the Sugar Bowl in 2018.
Texas Veterans Legal Aid Week runs until Nov. 16. It is a statewide effort where legal aid programs, local bar associations, law schools and pro bono private lawyers will provide services through clinics hosted across Texas.
According to a study published in Surgical Neurology International, the average head weighs 10 to 11 pounds, and when you move your head forward (about 30 degrees) to look down at your phone, the strain on your neck is actually 40 pounds.
The NDAA, which covers everything from spending to policy for the military, must be reauthorized by the end of the year.
With the possibility of freezing temperatures and icy roads into Tuesday morning, area schools are releasing information on delays and/or closures. KXAN will add to these as they come in.