Audrey McGlinchy
Audrey McGlinchy is the City Hall reporter at KUT, covering the Austin City Council and the policies they discuss. She comes to Texas from Brooklyn, where she tried her hand at publishing, public relations and nannying. Audrey holds English and journalism degrees from Wesleyan University and the City University of New York. She got her start in journalism as an intern at KUT Radio during a summer break from graduate school. While completing her master's degree in New York City, she interned at the New York Times Magazine and Guernica Magazine.
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According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015. -
The seven-member committee also found the university鈥檚 assertion that protesters violated rules, including the unauthorized use of amplified sound, 鈥渓ack[ed] adequate foundation.鈥� -
Air conditioning wasn't common in middle class homes until some Texas families decided to become study subjects in the 1950s.
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Sources told KUT that roughly a quarter of those working in the University Marketing and Communications department were let go. The university told employees it needed to focus on 鈥渕anaging reputational issues.鈥� -
In 1954, 21 families moved into homes in Austin鈥檚 Allandale neighborhood. They did so under one condition: They would be the subject of an experiment. -
Protesters tried to block buses from leaving with those who were arrested. Police responded by arresting more people, throwing flash-bangs and spraying the crowd with what seemed like pepper spray. -
Windowless bedrooms are not uncommon, especially in student housing. Now Austin, Texas, has moved to ban windowless bedrooms in any new housing.
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It鈥檚 common knowledge that when temperatures in Texas drop below freezing, you start dripping water from your faucets. But Texas is home to many transplants, and this is something some have never had to do. -
A state law passed three decades ago allows a sale to go ahead with just 80% of a condo complex in agreement. Once the deal is final, the remaining objectors have to sell their homes. -
Three North Texas universities are among the schools blocking the app after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive in early December. Abbott said the app posed security risks to the state. -
In short, no. According to state law, a landlord cannot shut off utilities unless there is an emergency, repair or construction. -
To answer that question, we need to go back to World War II and the era of federal rent control.
