The Daily Texan has announced its list of endorsed candidates, with one glaring omission. ...

Austin city leaders announced late Friday afternoon that the U.S. Department of Justice is starting an investigation into the Austin Police Department and its use of force, specifically when dealing with minorities. "We are obliged to determine whether APD is systemically violating the Constitution of the United States," read the letter sent to the city from the Justice Department. In 2004, the Austin American-Statesman analyzed police data from 1998 to 2003, revealing that Austin police......

Looking for a place for the summer? How about a pre-lease for the fall? If you thought the housing market has been bad lately, you may want to start considering that move to Round Rock right about now. The Daily Texan reported yesterday on a few numbers that seem to keep getting bigger, the prices of your average apartment in Austin. 94% - The occupancy rate in Austin by the end of 2006. 88%......

ME Television and the Austin Music Foundation continue to promote the best of the city’s promising up-and-coming acts at Antone’s on Thursdays. After the success of the first Emerging Artists Series, the time is ripe for the latest edition. The good times rock n’ tonk of The Jungle Rockers (featured today in The Daily Texan) along with prog-metal from Stasis promises another night of diverse music. Add to that one of our fast emerging favorites,......

One local coffee establishment that's been keeping Austin good 'n weird for the past 10 years is closing its doors come January 1st due to financial losses. Mojo's Daily Grind has felt the mighty force of that global coffee virus, Starbucks, as well as the strain from rising rent costs along the Drag and too much coffee competition. Founded by Wade Beesley in 1994, Mojo's has been well-known for its laid-back attitude and openness......

For those of you who have been on the edge of your seats since last April, unclench: UT and those assholes at the Perry-Castaneda Library have no taste. The Espresso Yourself Contest has been decided and the name of the new coffee shop, which will be somewhere in that big concrete building, will be called Prufrock's. Are we bitter? Yes, almost always. Especially because we could have used that $1000 prize. If you're like......