AUSTIN, Texas — Editors note: this story has been updated to reflect additional statements from pool builder, Cody Pools. It has become an all-too-common defect, potentially impacting thousands of ...

LAKEWAY, Texas — Lakeway voted to amend its pool permitting ordinances to ease the financial burden for residents with the pool defect called alkali-silica reaction, also known as ASR or "concrete ...

LAKEWAY, Texas — The city of Lakeway has voted to amend its pool permitting ordinance in an effort to help homeowners dealing with Alkali-Silica Reaction, also known as ASR or "concrete cancer." ASR ...

Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas. She previously served as the chief of photography at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, where Headliners Foundation ...