Valeria Cruz Butrón
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He survived the Buford's shooting and graduated college. Now, Rudy Garza is finding his new normal (opens the original)
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Rodolfo “Rudy” Garza Jr. spent four months in and out of the hospital after he was shot in the head in the mass shooting at Buford’s. Now, he's finally returned home. Garza was studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and was two months shy of graduating when he was shot on March 1 while celebrating two friends’ birthdays. After months of intensive care and multiple surgeries, Garza is trying to regain a sense of normalcy through rehabilitation and therapy. Garza was
What is the story behind the huge, and often political, Adirondack chair outside this Austin church? (opens the original)
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If you live in the Crestview neighborhood, you have probably seen the giant Adirondack chair that sits outside of Violet Crown City Church. Sometimes it's covered in rainbows. Sometimes it’s painted with a message calling for gun reform. And sometimes it features references to popular 2000s sitcoms. Colin Cooper has lived in the neighborhood for almost two decades and wanted to know more about the chair he drives past. He said, weirdly, he now associates the chair with the Crestview neighborhood
Want to give voting machines a test drive before midterms? Cast a ballot for Travis County pet mayor (opens the original)
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Gus the cat and Franklin the dog are in a heated race to become Travis County’s next pet mayor. The furry candidates are running in a mock election hosted by the Austin-area League of Women Voters and the Travis County Clerk’s Office. Their goal is to help voters become comfortable with the voting process ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. “The purpose of holding Paws to the Polls is to demystify the voting process itself, which is intimidating to a lot of people if they've never done it b
A Texas-led federal lawsuit could affect disability rights. Here's why advocates are concerned (opens the original)
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Disability rights advocates are urging Texas to withdraw from a federal lawsuit they say could weaken the protections that allow disabled people to live in their communities instead of institutions. The Texas-led lawsuit is questioning the constitutionality of the integration mandate — a requirement in the Americans with Disabilities Act that generally requires public entities to provide services to people with disabilities in the way least disruptive to their lives, according to Sabrina Gonzale
Austin opens applications for public art projects across the city (opens the original)
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The city is accepting applications for four different Art in Public Places opportunities — an initiative that commissions artists to create artwork for public sites around Austin. Selected artists will receive budgets ranging from $90,000 to $300,000 to complete their projects, according to Melissa Alvarado, cultural heritage tourism division manager at Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment. Alvarado said she encourages all artists — regardless of expertise — to apply. “Public art is imp
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