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Texas drivers vexed by toll road payment problems got little relief from state lawmakers

Double billing, rejected automatic payments and expensive late fees are the most frequent complaints about a toll system with different operators and rules across the state.

The Texas Tribune

Tesla To Launch In-House Rental Service: Report

Based in Austin, Texas, the full-time position will “Support the team on launching a small pilot in all Texas collision sites,” as well as “Support the launch in any airports for the Tesla employee pilot.”

InsideEVs

This once-stark new build is now filled with warm, cozy neutrals – bar its brilliantly bold powder room

The designer of this modern home shows us how to create the perfect balance mixing warm whites with carefully chosen pops of dark color

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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Drone Video Shows V4 Superchargers With Solar Roof

Last month, the Austin-based automaker requested approval from the local government for several construction projects, including a new battery cell testing lab.

InsideEVs

Tesla Cybertruck Spotted With Trailer Attached

The spotted prototype has “512” written in blue on the side of the body, which is the area code for Austin, Texas.

InsideEVs

University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center will partner to create a new $2.5 billion hospital

The new medical facility, to be located in downtown Austin, will help expand the University of Texas System’s reputed cancer center outside of the Houston area.

The Texas Tribune

Teen missing and several people seriously injured in Lake Austin boat crash

‘If you’re just ploughing down the lake as fast as you can go, you’re going to have an accident’

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Big 12 Coach Makes Bold Prediction on Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning Texas QB Situation

How long will the status quo hold in Austin?

Sports Illustrated

Man found shot to death in Austin

Officers found the man, 32, face-down on a street with multiple gunshot wounds.

Chicago Sun-Times

For nearly a decade, this West Side pastor has shepherded students to and through college

“I want the students to go higher,” says Bernard Lilly Sr., 55, a pastor at Greater St. John’s Bible Church in Austin.

Chicago Sun-Times

Striking Loretto Hospital workers hail tentative pact with management

About 200 staff members at the Austin hospital spent months in negotiations, demanding a living wage, more hiring and safer working conditions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal grand jury reportedly calls witnesses related to Ken Paxton

The Austin American-Statesman reported that the grand jury has been convened in San Antonio. The identities of the witnesses and the focus of the inquiry remain unclear.

The Texas Tribune

Bank robbery suspect found dead after hourslong SWAT standoff in Austin

FBI agents were executing an arrest warrant in the 5400 block of West Walton Street.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”

The Texas Tribune

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Texas hiker found dead in Utah planned to scatter father’s ashes on mountain

Body of Jimmy Hendricks, 66, from Austin, was found after he announced on Facebook plan to hike in Arches national park

Fortune

The housing market's seller strike is so ruthless that only 7 of the nation's 200 largest markets are back to pre-pandemic inventory levels

Among the 200 largest housing markets tracked nationwide, 193 markets exhibited inventory levels in July 2023 that were lower than those of July 2019.

WEKU

Doctors have their own diagnosis: 'Moral distress' from an inhumane health system

A term coined to evoke the torment felt by soldiers as they process the cruelty of war, it's now used by doctors to describe the guilt and helplessness we feel when patients can't access needed care.

The Guardian - US

‘The cruelty Olympics’: Texas workers condemn elimination of water breaks

Outdoor workers express anger and fear of potential repercussions after governor rescinds mandatory breaks amid extreme heat

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The Texas Tribune

How an internship program hopes to end “brain drain” in Texas’ Permian Basin and other rural regions

This is the third year businesses in the Permian Basin — known for high school football and oil fields — have participated in the University of Texas at Austin program. Students this year say they are seeing their hometowns in a new way.

The Texas Tribune

Amid extreme temperatures, Texas state parks can be a respite — or a heated hindrance all their own

More than 1 million people visited Texas’ 89 state parks in June. In locations without bodies of water, park officials warn attendees not to overdo it as three-digit temperatures persist.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 16, wounded in Austin shooting

The boy was in the 5500 block of West Congress Parkway when he was shot in the leg, police said.

Texas Observer

The ‘Death Star’ Bill Is About Kneecapping Democracy in Texas

HB 2127, the so-called death star bill, is the culmination of a years-long fight about centralizing power, not protecting small businesses.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 16, and man, 19, wounded in Austin shooting

A 16-year-old and a 19-year-old were near a sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Ferdinand Street when someone fired shots just after 7 p.m. They are hospitalized in good condition, police say.

Fortune

Remote workers are quitting Austin’s offices, and it's partly because it's way too hot

Austin once had more workers in its offices than any other city. Now, more are working remotely thanks to the state of tech and climate change.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Brandon Johnson tours West Side flood damage as FEMA begins assessment

The federal agency’s review is the first step in getting a disaster proclamation and funds for repairs after a July 2 storm dumped 9 inches of rain in the Chicago area.

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