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By Curt Buckley

By Hayley Hervieux

At a press conference yesterday with State Representative Sylvester Turner (Houston) and other advocacy groups including Texas Legal Services Center and Texas ROSE, AARP helped get out the word about new help for low-income Texans struggling with their electricity bills.

By Katie Dudley

By Matthew Chang

By Hayley Hervieux

Jessica Lemann, who coordinates Austin area outreach for AARP Texas, regularly presents to AARP chapters and at meetings of community groups. Her presentations are usually well-received, but even she didn’t expect the chain of events that would be spurred by one of her presentations for South Austin chapter #2426.

By Frank Zhu

By Frank Zhu

There’s a lot going on in City Hall around these issues in the next couple of months. If you’re interesting in hearing more about the housing and mobility challenges facing Austin, working with local community leaders and officials, and joining community discussions around these issues, here are a few upcoming events that you might want to attend.