News from November 2021
'This is a place of community': Austin Clubhouse re-opens, holds December fundraiser
By Bob Martin | Nov 24, 2021
Last summer the Austin Clubhouse felt that it needed to shut its doors after Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order that prevented them from asking for vaccination proof of its patients, according to a report by Spectrum Local News.
Harvard team designs soft robotic mechanism modeled from biology
By Marjorie Hecht | Nov 24, 2021
The chameleon's catapulting tongue and the bloodworm's burrowing proboscis inspired the creation of a soft touch robotic mechanism that can manipulate delicate objects without damaging them.
City of Austin City Council met Oct. 12
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 24, 2021
City of Austin City Council met Tuesday, Oct. 12.
City of Austin City Council met Oct. 12
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 23, 2021
City of Austin City Council met Tuesday, Oct. 12.
City of Austin City Council will meet Nov, 30
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 23, 2021
City of Austin City Council will meet at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov, 30.
TPEA honors Huffman for 'designing a strong path forward for state employees, retirees of Texas'
By George Willis | Nov 22, 2021
The Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA) honored Texas Sen. Joan Huffman recently for creating a law that will save the Employees Retirement System (ERS) pension fund.
Texas Public Policy Foundation analyst: Democrats' plan will cut health care for low-income people
By T.H. Lawrence | Nov 22, 2021
David Balat’s article “Democrats’ Cruel Cuts to Health Care for Low-Income Patients,” published Nov. 5, quotes 20 Democrats from states that did not expand Medicaid and who wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with concerns about the Build Back Better expansion of the Affordable Care Act.
Austin FC goalie Stuver a finalist for MLS humanitarian honor
By John Suayan | Nov 22, 2021
Austin FC goalie Brad Stuver is one of three finalists for the MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year Award.
City of Austin City Council met Oct. 11
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 22, 2021
City of Austin City Council met Monday, Oct. 11.
City of Austin City Council will meet Nov, 30
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 22, 2021
City of Austin City Council will meet at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Nov, 30.
City of Austin Audit and Finance Committee met Oct. 22
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 19, 2021
City of Austin Audit and Finance Committee met Friday, Oct. 22.
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Oct. 21
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 19, 2021
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Thursday, Oct. 21.
'None of us expected what we're up against now': Texas AD supports embattled head football coach
By George Willis | Nov 18, 2021
Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte released a statement of support for embattled head football coach Steve Sarkisian, blaming injuries and illness for the Longhorns' disappointing season.
City of Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee met Sept. 28
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 18, 2021
City of Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee met Tuesday, Sept. 28.
Clean energy job growth in Texas outpaces most other states
By Austin Journal Reports | Nov 17, 2021
Texas came in 10th in a new study by the news and opinion website 24/7 Wall St. that ranked all 50 states in terms of their clean energy job growth from 2018 to 2020.
City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee met Oct. 5
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 17, 2021
City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee met Tuesday, Oct. 5.
City of Austin Public Safety Committee will meet Nov. 22
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Nov 17, 2021
City of Austin Public Safety Committee will meet at 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22.
Institute of Energy Research analyst: Green energy efforts in Texas could be futile if China's consumption isn't curtailed
By Savannah Howe | Nov 16, 2021
Texas and all of the U.S. recently have focused on reducing use of nonrenewable energy sources, funneling billions of dollars' worth of subsidies into the renewable energy industry and generating concern from critics that the U.S.'s effort will be for naught if other nations don't follow suit.
Israeli study probes if lipids came first in the origin of life
By Marjorie Hecht | Nov 16, 2021
A prevailing scientific scenario for the chemical origin of life focuses on RNA (ribonucleic acid) and proteins, biopolymers that without which there would be no life today. But a new study suggests that it's not plausible that these complex molecules could spontaneously appear prebiotically.