KVUE

Austin seeks exemption from TxDOT to save street art after state directive

AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin is exploring a waiver that would allow its current street art to stay in place. In a message board post on Monday, Mayor Kirk Watson said the city plans to ask the ...
KXAN

Austin’s mayor asks for ‘creative’ responses to Texas order on street art

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas cities to remove ‘political ideologies’ from streets — including displays like Austin’s rainbow crosswalks and the ‘Black Artists Matter’ ...
KVUE

Austin city leaders push back against Gov. Abbott's road directive

AUSTIN, Texas — Many Austin city leaders are worried after Governor Greg Abbott instructed the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to enforce a statewide crackdown on signs, symbols and ...
Austin American-Statesman

Erasing street art won’t make Texas safer — only smaller

A Zilker neighborhood walkway where neighbors have built community known as “Fairy Alley.” A mural commemorating the people who died in the 2013 Onion Creek Floods. Footprints — both human and ...