A Budget Deficit, Replacing Barton Springs Bridge, and Other April City Council Headlines
At the beginning of April, Austin City Council learned that they’d be facing a $33.4 million budget deficit that’s only expected to get larger. Meanwhile, council members finally made a plan to accept...
30 Apr 202533min
Where To Celebrate Austin’s Patio Season
Austin’s very short-lived patio season is upon us, and now is the time to eat, drink, and be merry under shade trees and umbrellas beneath the not-too-scorching sun. So, executive producer Eva Ruth Mo...
29 Apr 202523min
State Employees Return to the Office, Find Limited Parking, Equipment
A few weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all state agencies to have employees get back to the offices “as soon as practicable,” host Nikki DaVaughn checks in with KUT reporter Andrew Weber to find o...
28 Apr 202525min
Why Overdose Deaths Are Declining, 1M in Scholarships for HS Senior, and It’s Eeyore’s Birthday
We’re full of positive news this week on the Friday News Roundup — and there’s truly something for us all to celebrate. After years of rising overdose deaths, the Travis County Medical Examiner announ...
25 Apr 202536min
How Austinites Really Feel About the Domain
The Domain tends to invoke a strong feeling in Austinites: We either love it or hate it. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Hey Austin newsletter editor Kelsey Bradshaw and executive producer Eva Ruth M...
24 Apr 202535min
The Hype-Beast for Austin’s Live Music Scene (Sponsored)
Believe it or not, it’s someone’s full-time job to promote Austin as the “Live Music Capital of the World” that we proclaim to be. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Omar Lozano, the Director of Live Mu...
23 Apr 202519min
What’s Wrong With Austin’s Public Art Program?
Why did the City of Austin almost spend millions of dollars to bring out-of-state artists’ work to the airport? And what’s with the awkward wrangling over the public art Austin already paid for that w...
23 Apr 202526min
The Dos and Don'ts of Austin Trash
We don’t want to shame anyone this Earth Day, but Austinites, are you throwing things away correctly? The city has an ambitious goal to drastically reduce the amount of trash we send to landfills by 2...
22 Apr 202526min
