About
About ATX News
An independent read on Austin, Texas — growth, business, civic life and culture — written for the people who live here, not the ones being sold on moving in.
What this site covers
ATX News is about one thing: what's actually happening in Austin, told plainly. We cover the growth and the development reshaping neighborhoods, the companies arriving and the ones pulling back, the decisions made at City Hall and the Capitol, and the music, food and street life that are the real reason people put up with the traffic. Local news, for locals.
Why it exists
Austin gets written about constantly, but a lot of that coverage is a sales pitch aimed at newcomers, or a press release with a headline bolted on. We try to do the quieter, more useful thing — explain what happened, who it touches, and why it matters to someone already paying rent here. No hype, no doom, just a straight account.
How we work
Every page is built to be useful first. No pop-ups, no paywall, no autoplay. We write our coverage in our own words, from our own read of the story. When a figure, a quote or a report comes from someone else, we name them and link to them — and we never republish another outlet's lists, roundups or "best of" selections as if they were ours.
Who publishes it
ATX News is part of the WholeTech Network, an independent Austin, Texas publisher that has been building websites since 1996, starting with one of the city's first online communities. The network spans more than a hundred sites, each focused on a single subject, all running on one server.
The Austin network
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Contact
Questions, corrections, or a tip about your corner of the city: wholetechtexas@gmail.com.