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Expert weighs in on potential 'domino effect' following global tech outage
Following technology outage that impacted flights and businesses worldwide on Friday, KXAN's Avery Travis talks to Kumar Muthuraman, a professor in the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin, about the potential impacts and more context.
Data: Austin unemployment rate increases in June
Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/data-austin-unemployment-rate-increases-in-june/ The unemployment rate in the Austin-Round Rock metro increased slightly from May 2024 to June 2024, according to Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) data.
Texas Music Museum looking for a larger space while dozens of Texas artifacts sit in storage
AUSTIN, Texas — Walking through the halls of the Texas Music Museum, you can see the life’s work of Clay Shorkey and the other founders of the museum. Every single wall is covered with history of Texas musicians and photographs taken by Shorkey. “I’ve always been interested in...
Austin Leads Nation with Significant 9.5% Drop in Rent Prices as Southern Cities See Decline
The housing market in Austin, Texas, has shown a notable decrease in rent prices for June, as reported by Newsweek. As the city witnessed the most substantial rent price drop nationally, by 9.5 percent year-over-year, according to Realtor.com, this change is indicative of a broader movement in the South, where housing units have increased due to a surge of new construction responding to the initial mass migration of the post-pandemic era.
Voices of Veterans: Lieutenant Laura Koerner shares story of service with US Navy
Jul. 19—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham Friday introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, the service of Lt. Laura Koerner who served in the U.S. Navy is highlighted. At only 17,and having never been to the ocean, Koerner attended the United States Naval ...
Bidding farewell to a friend
Under the roof of the Spivey Pavilion at Lions Foundation Park was gathered a small circle of relatives and friends to pay tribute to a man who originally hailed from the other side of the world, but lived out the final years of his life in Liberty Hill. Kebede Bekele...
Mayor Kirk Watson calls for extended timeline for comprehensive climate, infrastructure bond
The Austin City Council adopted a resolution on July 18 calling for a comprehensive bond package to address climate and infrastructure improvements to be voted on by November 2026. On June 28, Mayor Kirk Watson initially posted on the City Council message board that addressing climate change is one of...
Texas GM Brandon Harris foresees top-five Longhorns recruiting class for 2025 cycle: 'We're set up'
The Longhorns could be in for a stellar run on the recruiting trail. Texas swung and missed on some of its top recruiting targets during a head-scratching start to the summer period, but the best may be yet to come for the Longhorns on the 2025 trail. Though elite prospects like top-ranked wide receiver Dakorien Moore came off the board and left the program looking elsewhere for future impact talent, the Longhorns continue to make up ground on the nation's most elite schools and take a top-15 class into the second half of July.
Father disappears driving back to Austin after visiting children in North Texas
SOUTHLAKE, Texas - A father has been missing for seven months after visiting his children in North Texas. Perry McCauley Jr., 35, was last seen in Christmas 2023 in Southlake, Texas. The father of three was there to visit his children before heading back to Austin, where he lives. "I...
Controversy Surrounds Texas Hiring Schloss from Texas A&M Baseball – Aggies Successful Recruitment Impact
It’s actually pretty impressive that a university with such a developed network of media members has managed to bungle the narrative surrounding hire of their rival’s coach so badly. When it first came across everyone’s timelines that Jim Schlossnagle was headed to Texas, the Longhorns seemed content to be smug—until the situation with Richard Zane’s question at the presser blew up in their faces. Facing a media blowback, Texas attempted to swing the idea that Schlossnagle was a sympathetic figure. That also did not work. There’s little doubt that the public narrative surrounding Schloss’s departure has had a deleterious effect…
Stressing community trust, county commissioners consider candidates for Housing Authority board
At its meeting July 16, the Travis County Commissioners Court considered six applicants to fill two vacancies on the board of the Housing Authority of Travis County (HATC). Commissioners will make a final decision this coming Tuesday. Candidates focused on the importance of transparency with the community, especially since HATC...
Cedar Park Man Sentenced for Unlicensed Firearm Sales and Lying to ATF
A Cedar Park man, Andrew Darley Pennington, 40, has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlicensed firearms dealings and lying to agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Court documents highlighted that Pennington used a gun broker website to advertise and sell firearms shortly after their purchase, contradicting the federal requirement for dealers to be officially licensed.
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