From City Hall and state government to tech, transit and the arts, these figures are poised to shape Austin's year ahead.

The Purged

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded ...
Governor JB Pritzker signs Illinois' Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act to cut energy costs, expand renewables, and ...
Oregon’s two largest electric utilities are increasingly unlikely to meet ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets established by the state Legislature in 2021, and their slow progress ...
Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...
Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists ...
Spring’s taste-making cinema extravaganza SXSW revealed its film and TV lineup for the 33rd edition Wednesday, with big genre ...
Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...
As California braces for another wildfire season, four fuel reduction projects in Trinity County are moving forward under an ...