New far-out Zilker Park train will chug into Austin this fall The Zilker Eagle has lots of Austin style.
Courtesy of Austin Parks Foundation After a two-year suspension in service, a decades-old Austin institution is getting back on track, and in a very Austin-tatious way. On the 60th anniversary of the Zilker Park train, the eagerly anticipated new chugger, named the Zilker Eagle, will embark on a new era with its new name, a new look, and new specifications that both honor its history and embrace Austin’s weird culture. Replacing the Zilker Zephyr, which was decommissioned in 2019, the new Zilker Eagle gets its name courtesy of the Austin community, which last fall submitted more than 750 name ideas and cast 7,000 votes for their favorites. It’s a fitting choice that harkens back to the train’s origins, as the Eagle was also the name of the first train to run the tracks at Zilker Park, beginning in 1961.
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Morning Edition Host Jay Moran discusses WBFO s Disabilities Desk with its lead reporter, Emyle Watkins.
Jay Moran: Regular listeners have likely heard mention of the WBFO Disabilities Desk this morning: A discussion about the desk with its main reporter, Emyle Watkins.
Emyle Watkins: Well, first off, part of my passion comes from like, seeing as a journalist the ways that we need to be better. And part of it comes from like my own personal connections to the subject and I identify as disabled and I have people in my family who are disabled.
Jay Moran: For Emyle Watkins, that experience began in high school.
WebXtra: Ribbon cutting marks opening of revitalized Emmett J. Scott Park in Tyler
WebXtra: Park ribbon cutting By Jeff Chavez | April 22, 2021 at 11:33 AM CDT - Updated April 22 at 11:33 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - City of Tyler officials held a ribbon cutting event today to celebrate and mark the reopening of the revitalized Emmett J. Scott Park.
The park recently had $750,000 worth of improvements that city officials tell us included a showpiece basketball court, a walking trail that is now Americans With Disabilities Act accessible complete with new swings and slides.
A grant from Neighborhood Services was given to rehabilitate the park.
originally appeared in BusinessDen, a BizWest news partner.
Colorado workers who believe they have been mistreated at work because of their identity are increasingly turning to the courts to adjudicate. And the plaintiffs are equal opportunity litigants.
In 2020, workplace discrimination claims made up a third of employment disputes in Colorado 217 out of 638 complaints reviewed, according to data compiled by BusinessDen. That’s up more than 200 percent from 2017, when 66 employment discrimination complaints were filed in Colorado civil court out of 537 employment lawsuits.
Between 2017 and 2018, the percentage of cases citing violations of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and/or the Americans With Disabilities Act nearly doubled, making up 198 of the 641 employment lawsuits filed that year.
Dallas’ housing authority violated disabled tenant’s civil rights, federal authorities say
Dallas’ housing authority violated disabled tenant’s civil rights, federal authorities say
The Housing and Urban Development Department says the Dallas agency ignored a North Dallas tenant’s request to move to a ground-floor unit and later evicted her in retaliation for the request
The Department of Housing and Urban Development building in Washington, D.C.(HUD)
Dallas’ housing authority violated a tenant’s civil rights in 2019 by preventing her from moving to a ground-floor unit even though she used a wheelchair and later illegally tried to evict her, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.