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May 9, 2016

What Comes Next For Ride Services In Austin And Beyond Now That Prop 1 Is Dead?

Some frequently asked questions, and even a handful of answers.

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Transportation|

May 2, 2016

Austin’s Prop 1 Vote Has Big Implications Around The State—And Around The Country

What the battle over who writes regulations for Uber and Lyft in Austin tells us about the future of ridesharing and how much votes cost.

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Business|

April 26, 2016

Big Mac, Bigger Mac, Baby Mac

Texans will decide if McDonald's should add new sizes of its classic menu item.

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Business|

April 20, 2016

Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us?

Since he finished his prison sentence, Andy Fastow, Enron’s disgraced CFO, has been quietly trying to make amends. But is the public ready to accept his apology?

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Business|

April 20, 2016

Uber for Frequent Fliers

The rise of Rise, a private air-service start-up.

By Loren Steffy

Business|

April 20, 2016

Caddo Watershed

When your day job has you down, building a canoe by hand may be the way to go.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Business|

April 19, 2016

Whole Foods Says It Didn’t Write Homophobic Slur On An Austin Man’s Cake

This is the most complicated that thinking about cake has ever been.

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Business|

April 6, 2016

Why Did So Many Sixth Street Bars Close In Austin On The Weekend Of Texas Relays?

Seems like a strange coincidence.

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Business|

March 28, 2016

What Do All The Regulations Facing Airbnb And Homeaway Really Mean?

Short answer? Nothing.

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Made in Texas|

March 23, 2016

Marfa Brands

Ginger Griffice is cleaning up with her soap-making company.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Business|

March 8, 2016

Welcome To Austin, SXSW! Here’s How The City And The Tech World Are At War

As the world’s attention prepares to shift to Austin, the city itself is in the middle of a battle between tech companies and local government.

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Business|

February 25, 2016

A White Hipster Apologized For Vandalizing A Restaurant With “F— You White Hipsters”

White hipsters: The least self-aware people on the planet?

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Business|

February 24, 2016

The Aspen of Texas

Pretty soon, Round Top won’t look much like Round Top anymore.

By Loren Steffy

Made in Texas|

February 24, 2016

Alyson Fox

Clothing, jewelry, sculpture, rugs: is there anything this Spicewood designer can’t do?

By Lauren Smith Ford

The Culture|

February 24, 2016

The City of the Eternal Boom

A hipster paradise, a high-tech nirvana, a festival wonderland. Today Austin barely resembles the sleepy college town I moved to in the seventies. How it changed is the story of a lifetime.

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Business|

February 24, 2016

The Bottom Line

MBAs Across America CEO and co-founder Casey Gerald explains why it’s hard to change the world.

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The Daily Post|

February 23, 2016

Here Is What It’s Like To Drive A Lamborghini Around A Track In Texas

The world is bleak, so get it while you can.

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The Daily Post|

February 17, 2016

Houston Is Looking For A Few (10,000) Good Volunteers For The Super Bowl

Love the NFL, and want to donate your time and efforts to make sure its most massive event is a success? There are just a few hoops to jump through first!

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Business|

February 12, 2016

Whole Foods Is Considering Adding Tattoo Parlors To Its New Line Of Stores

Today in ”Sure, why not?”: Some 365 by Whole Foods stores will apparently offer tattoos.

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The Daily Post|

February 11, 2016

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Considers Himself The City’s “Chief Brand Officer”

As Dallas City Council voted to ban a porn convention from using its convention center, Mike Rawlings coins a phrase.

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Business|

February 5, 2016

Texas, We’re Almost Out of Ice Cream

Blue Bell is still in trouble, and now H-E-B’s Creamy Creations line is facing a voluntary recall.

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Business|

February 1, 2016

The Hyperloop Got Its Design Preview At Texas A&M This Weekend

The future of transportation took another step from science fiction to science fact.

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Business|

January 29, 2016

Lyft And Uber Continue to Battle With The City of Austin

Sifting through the twists and turns of Austin's ridesharing battle.

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Culture|

January 27, 2016

Rowdy Electricity Salesmen

Setting the energy bar in Houston.

By Michael Hardy

Lead|

January 27, 2016

The Last Gunsmith

In a small shop in El Paso, a man practices a craft that may soon be no more.

By Richard Parker

Business|

January 27, 2016

Legal Beef

How a Koch brother and a Texas rancher got crosswise.

By Loren Steffy

Style & Design|

January 27, 2016

Mi Golondrina

Oaxacan style, by way of Dallas.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Business|

January 26, 2016

Walmart Closures Are Leaving Small Towns In A Lurch

In just a few days, residents of Italy and Godley won’t have a local grocery and pharmacy store.

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The Daily Post|

January 13, 2016

Why Can’t Austin Ridesharing Be A Compromise For Both Sides?

Austin's music industry held a press conference in support of ridesharing, but it's worth considering why they believe it's City Council who needs to bend.

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The Daily Post|

January 13, 2016

Walmart Supercenters Will Require Supervisors to Check For Valid Gun Licenses

“Gun check on aisle 3.”

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The Daily Post|

January 12, 2016

The Newly Created Cowboys Club Will Give You Access To Dallas Cowboys Practices

Hard to see what could go wrong with the Cowboys Club.

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The Daily Post|

January 5, 2016

How Open Carry Forced Businesses In Texas To Take A Side In The Culture War

Opting out or declining to opt out—either one sends a message to customers about politics.

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The Daily Post|

January 4, 2016

Crude Keeps Plunging, Threatening To Drag Down Houston’s Residential Real Estate Market With It

As the price of crude keeps plunging and the oil and gas layoffs mount, more and more bad news is coming from Houston’s residential real estate market, even as some developers are building or planning still more luxury condo projects.

By John Nova Lomax

True Crime|

December 23, 2015

Just Desserts

Sandy Jenkins was a quiet accountant at the Collin Street Bakery who felt overlooked and dreamed of living the good life. He found it (for a while) by embezzling nearly $17 million from the famed fruitcake maker.

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Arts & Entertainment|

December 23, 2015

The 47-Year Niche

At Dallas’s Kessler Theater, Jeffrey Liles is drawing an audience the music industry often ignores.

By Andy Langer

Business|

December 23, 2015

Trouble Brewing

Beer wars in Central Texas.

By Robyn Ross

Style & Design|

December 23, 2015

Capron Bits & Spurs

Keeping the cowboy legend alive.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Business|

December 4, 2015

Denton Paid $8.1 Million In Tax Incentives to Get a Buc-ee’s

A steal at twice the price?

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Music|

December 3, 2015

C3 Presents Hired A Lobbyist For The Right To Host Events At National Mall

The festival titan wants access to government-owned lands for its events.

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Business|

December 2, 2015

Stubb’s Is Suing Stubb’s For Being Too Stubb’s-y

The debate over who can use Stubb's branding fires up.

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The Daily Post|

December 1, 2015

Trip Back Through Austin’s Neon Heyday With Minimalist Designs From Artist Reagan Ray

As one of Texas’ fastest-changing cities, Austin’s visual identity has shifted a lot, too—but at least one artist is determined to capture the days of neon and weirdness.

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Business|

November 20, 2015

Do International Events Really Boycott Cities Because Of Bad Laws?

Weeks after Houston voters rejected HERO, the city was awarded the opportunity to host matches for the Copa América Centenario international soccer tournament.

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