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New Data Center Planned for Lockhart in 2028

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Only a few weeks after Austin City Council passed a resolution ...
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Austin apartments boomed and rents went down. Now, some builders are dismantling the cranes.

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Ben Schwertner won’t pay next month’s rent. The 28-year-old from ...
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Council approves initiative that aims to protect renters from hidden fees

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Over opposition from the Austin Apartment Association, City Council ...
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East Austin’s ‘wishbone’ bridge takes shape as concrete beams almost span Lady Bird Lake

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Massive concrete beams now extend over the water at the east end of ...
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City document reveals new details on $25 million boardwalk on Lady Bird Lake

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Austin’s most famous trail is on track to get a $25 million upgrade. A ...
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Cap Metro to shelve 46 new electric buses for a year after manufacturer bankruptcy

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will put 46 brand-new ...
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Residential substance abuse treatment program for women to open next fall

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. At its Tuesday meeting, the Travis County Commissioners Court approved ...
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Former Council Member Bill Spelman has passed away

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Former Council Member Bill Spelman died last Thursday at the age of 68 ...
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The implosion of Austin’s crime lab: A timeline

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Objections arise over Project Connect’s plan to use parkland

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Now that the Austin Transit Partnership has released its huge draft ...
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Council approves updated Water Forward, Conservation and Drought Contingency plans

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. On Thursday, City Council approved updates to Austin’s Water Forward ...
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Here’s what Austin’s subway stations could look like

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. The most ambitious of Austin’s light-rail plans would burrow four miles ...