UT football fans talk game day safety ahead of home opener
As students gear up for the game, UT police and the Austin Police Department are also getting ready for a busy weekend.
As students gear up for the game, UT police and the Austin Police Department are also getting ready for a busy weekend.
As shortages in many professions continue, Knipstein says that is true for the emergency medical field as well. This in mind, he says the county has raised the starting pay for EMS by 25 percent over the last two years. The starting salary for these upcoming recruits is $71,200.
In July, the City Council asked the city manager to adjust pay rates so that they'd be in the top 25% of what those positions pay in other cities. The pay increase will start on Sept. 25.
The 31-month pilot will "address inequity in the availability of healthy food options in the Eastern Crescent," according to city documents.
This year's drought has forced water restrictions and closed some Central Texas watering holes, but experts say schools like Blue Hole Primary can make a big difference.
The size of what Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies plans in Bastrop County, east of Austin, is coming into focus — and it appears to be massive.
Each week since Feb. 24, the CDC has assigned a "COVID-19 Community Level" to every county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
Terry P. Mitchell, campaign co-chair of The Black Fund, told KXAN that one of the big reasons this fund was started was to fight the disparities that Black communities face compared to white communities.