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.
-
Air conditioning wasn't common in middle class homes until some Texas families decided to become study subjects in the 1950s.
-
Windowless bedrooms are not uncommon, especially in student housing. Now Austin, Texas, has moved to ban windowless bedrooms in any new housing.
-
Texas' restrictive abortion laws have changed how some people in the state date. They've prompted deeper conversations earlier on about contraception, potential pregnancy and, now, political views.
-
A shortage of housing in some parts of the country has led to a rental squeeze. Much like some homebuyers, prospective renters are finding themselves having to offer more than the listing price.
-
"In hindsight, and even though it violated no order, it set a bad example for which I apologize," Austin Mayor Steve Adler said, after initially saying he didn't do anything wrong. -
Draylen Mason was funny, a longtime friend said, because he said what "everyone else is scared to say." Anthony Stephan House was able to put bitterness aside and move forward, friends say. -
In Austin, a political nonprofit is employing a model from the tech industry to find and train candidates. It is pitting them against each other to win campaign funding and support. -
In Austin, a political nonprofit is taking a Shark Tank-style approach to finding and training candidates to run for office.
-
The community "doesn't really exist anymore as it did," one former resident of East Austin said. Even the local pastor, who served for 30 years, says he's been pushed out by rising home prices. -
Law enforcement officers in Texas will be allowed to ask about immigration status when they arrest people. Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the state's controversial "sanctuary cities" law that also gives Texas the power to penalize cities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
