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While other emergency responders are surveying their employees about vaccination status, APD Interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon said Friday his department is not.

The Austin City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on the agreement with an Austin-based developer on bid to develop 5.5 acres of city-owned land.

Interim Police Chief Joe Chacon remains consistent in his light touch in enforcing Austins homeless camping ban.

A week after city-owned properties in their council districts were identified as possibilities for sanctioned homeless encampments, Austin City Council members Paige Ellis and Natasha Harper-Madison made a formal request aimed at keeping that from happening. The two council members on Tuesday issued a plea for the city to rethink its plan to create sanctioned encampments, referring to it as a "band-aid tactic" and making the case for other options, like supportive housing. Ellis and Harper-Mad...

Two Austin police officers saved a man Monday from a burning pickup truck just before it exploded, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Williamson County Ups Homestead Exemptions

By Sharyn Vane Special to the American-Statesman A son takes his aging father on a boat tour to an island of puffins. A woman distracts herself with a radio host. A couple meets cute and traverses the emotional minefield of a family wedding. A young zookeeper bonds with an elephant in wartime.  Also, Schlitterbahn.  Austin authors and friends Elizabeth McCracken and S. Kirk Walsh have much to draw on as they chat about their new books Wednesday virtually via BookPeople. ...

A Travis County grand jury has indicted two Austin police officers on felony assault charges in connection with the violent arrest of a Black man nearly two years ago that had been cleared in a department investigation with no findings of wrongdoing against the officers. The indictments of officers Chance Bretches and Gregory Gentry on aggravated assault by a public servant charges highlight a disparity in how Chief Brian Manley and his administration viewed the case and how new Travis County...

2 Austin companies named finalists for prestigious $10 million prize Two Austin companies are in the running for a $10 million prize. Two Austin organizations are in the spotlight for innovation, and their ideas could score them a $10 million prize. The Lone Star Prize launched in early 2020 by Lyda Hill Philanthropies and Lever for Change to fund Texas-based companies addressing critical issues across the state. On January 7, it announced the five finalists for its multimillion-dollar prize...

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