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Liz Wolfe: How San Francisco's Failures Could Help Austin and Miami

Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.

Reason

How could Texas Republicans further restrict abortion next year?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans have led the charge to pass laws to restrict abortion for nearly a quarter-century, but until recently, federal courts let the procedure continue, striking down laws that impinged too much on what was for 49 years a constitutional right.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state to grab migrants, release them at bridges

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday told state police and Texas National Guard soldiers to begin stopping illegal immigrants and taking them to ports of entry, no longer taking them into state custody.

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Roe’s Grassroots Beginnings

The landmark abortion case had its origins in campus activism at UT Austin, including journalists at a feminist newspaper called the Rag.

Texas Observer

Uvalde’s mayor, state senator say victims relief center providing ‘meager’ benefits

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde’s mayor and its state senator say a one-stop resiliency center created to provide aid to victims’ families in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting is failing to provide adequate aid and should be taken over by the state.

Tribune News Service

‘Love triangle’ murder, plastic surgery, and Costa Rica escape: How top cyclist’s alleged killer evaded bungling officials for seven weeks

Kaitlin Armstrong was freed by Austin police despite being a suspect in the murder of Moriah Wilson. Forty-three days later, US Marshals finally tracked her down more than 2,000 miles away in Costa Rica. Bevan Hurley examines why it took so long to find her

The Independent UK

Tesla Already Planning Huge Giga Texas Expansion: Permits Filed

Tesla is ramping up two new factories and expanding others, and now it's already filed official paperwork to add 500,000 square feet of footprint in Austin.

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Requests for contraceptives on the rise in Texas after abortion ruling was overturned

DALLAS – On the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Austin Urology Institute fielded 400 calls, double its usual volume.

Tribune News Service

A Texas woman accused in a pro cyclist's death is arrested in Costa Rica

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (shown), suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home, has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday.

WEKU

Texas woman accused in cyclist death captured in Costa Rica

The U.S. Marshals Service says a Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica

The Independent UK

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders truck inspections at border after migrant deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state police to resume inspecting trucks entering Texas from Mexico after 53 migrants died in a tractor-trailer abandoned near San Antonio.

Tribune News Service

Volkswagen Boss Herbert Diess: New Plants Will Drain Tesla's Strength

Herbert Diess said that Tesla's issues at the Giga Berlinand Giga Austin plants, plus expansion of Giga Shanghai, will drain strength out of Tesla.

InsideEVs

Passenger accuses BA worker of stealing AirPods after tracking them to London flat

A city worker reported the missing headphones after he got off the flight at Heathrow Airport after coming back from Austin, Texas -he's used the Find My app to locate the airpods

Daily Mirror

Roe v. Wade, overturned: Scenes of despair and joy after a historic decision

Texans on both sides of the abortion debate marched, rallied and chanted after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Texas Observer

How Much Power Do Police Oversight Offices Really Have?

In 2018, Austin created the Office of Police Oversight to try to increase police accountability. But has it really worked?

Daily Mirror

Woman forced to install sign outside house explaining why dog is always on roof

Golden retriever Huckleberry has become a well-known face in Austin, Texas, after climbing on his owners roof to watch the world go by - and he now has a 'new little sister' to join him up there

The Texas Tribune

Beto O’Rourke vows to repeal Texas abortion ban if elected governor

The Democratic nominee faces an uphill battle in his challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott, and the Legislature is likely to remain under Republican control.

Texas Observer

Middle Fingers Up In Austin After End of ‘Roe’

Hundreds took to the streets of Austin after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.

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The Texas Tribune

Abortion rights demonstrators take to the streets in Texas: “It’s just unbelievable”

Through speeches, signs and chants, protesters across the state expressed their concerns Friday about the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Texas Observer

How Are Texas Officials Responding to the End of ‘Roe’?

“Austin will, to the best of its ability, do all we can to protect our values and our people.”

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Texas either added Chris Simms 2.0, or found its true savior in the latest Manning

Steve Sarkisian may never be Mack Brown’s equal in Austin, but he had the presence of mind not to make one of Mack’s biggest mistakes.

InsideEVs

Musk Says Berlin and Austin Plants Are "Gigantic Money Furnaces"

Tesla CEO says it will take more effort to bring the Austin and Berlin plants to high-volume production than it took to build them in the first place.

Tribune News Service

America’s best places to live in 2022

While there has been some movement to the suburbs during the pandemic, major cities remain attractive places to live and work. If you’re reevaluating where you call home or considering relocating this year, here are Bankrate’s picks for the best places to live in 2022.

Reason

California's Competitors

Miami and Austin lured people away from California. But the new tech hubs could end up repeating San Francisco’s mistakes.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Says 2 Tesla Giga Factories Are Losing Billions With 'Hardly Any Output'

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said two of its recently opened manufacturing plants in Austin and Berlin are losing “billions of dollars” with “tonnes of expenses and hardly any output.”

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