Campaign underway to rename Austin's airport after LBJ (www.kut.org)
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson regularly uses private email for official business (www.kut.org)
A spokesperson for the mayor told KUT that Watson does not like Outlook, the email program city staff use. He has instead opted to conduct some mayoral business on a personal Gmail account. “Some people communicate with me on non-City of Austin accounts and I sometimes use non-City accounts,” Watson said via the...
There's a new, 1,200-acre nature preserve north of Austin (www.kut.org)
interim city manager appoints head of police oversight without promised national search (www.kut.org)
Austin's Peter Pan Mini Golf is doing whatever it can to stay open (www.kut.org)
change.org petition
More than 750 new Texas laws go into effect Friday. Here’s a quick breakdown of the highlights (www.kut.org)
Every odd-numbered year, state lawmakers convene in Austin and debate hundreds of proposed bills with potential to affect tens of millions of Texans who call the Lone Star State home. More than 750 new laws take effect Friday. That’s on top of 321 passed this year that took effect immediately after being signed by Gov. Greg...
UT wants to cover I-35 from Dean Keeton to 15th Street NB (www.kut.org)
Austin's BookPeople sues Texas over new law restricting school library books (www.kut.org)
The Saharan dust is here (www.kut.org)
Prepare your sinuses
Where to find refuge from the extreme heat in Austin this summer (www.kut.org)
