From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
FREYR Battery to relocate headquarters to Austin, Texas
FREYR Battery (NYSE:FREY) has selected Austin, Texas, as the location for its new global headquarters. The company’s current US headquarters is in Newnan, Georgia. In conjunction with the relocation ...
A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
Tesla robotaxis by June? Musk turns to Texas for hands-off regulation
Elon Musk told investors in late January that Tesla would roll out “autonomous ride-hailing for money” by June in Austin, ...