Reporting Texas
News and features from UT-Austin's School of Journalism
byOisakhose Aghomo
Sometime close to midnight, as the bass to MC Joao’s “Baile de Favela” dropped, a group of people in business casual hurried across the Coconut Club’s dance floor, drinks in hand, to dance — hooked by the electric beat of Brazilian funk. Brazilian funk is the latest Latin genre breaking out from TikToks and […]
byMikhelia Williams
Austin’s firefighters union derailed its own tentative contract this week after launching a petition for a citywide vote to require four-person staffing on all fire engines, a new demand city officials say should have been raised at the bargaining table, not after months of negotiations. The four-year, $63 million agreement had been scheduled for a […]
byIsabel Neumann
A new public-art initiative aims to beautify Austin while providing employment for the city’s growing unhoused population. The ART for ALL initiative, launched by the nonprofit Raasin in the Sun, connects artists with unhoused people to paint colorful murals on the interior of the Austin Central Library parking garage in 2026, combining social impact with […]
byDestiny Lewis
Abby Moore, catcher for the Arlington High School baseball team, finally has a route to play professional ball.
For the first time in more than 70 years, women in the United States will have a professional baseball league built for them.
The league held its first-ever player draft Thursday, streamed live on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
More than 100 draft-eligible players from 10 countries were in contention, along with thousands of young girls who suddenly have a future in a sport that once shut them out.
Moore, 18, had already built a résumé that positioned her as one of the youngest serious prospects in the inaugural draft.
