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City Council

Lawsuit seeks to halt tax dollars for luxury development

A lawsuit filed this morning in state district court seeks a permanent injunction to prevent the City of Austin from diverting an estimated $354...

Council not anxious to publish financial disclosures

City officials’ personal financial disclosures are meant to reveal whether they have substantial conflicts of interest in policy matters that they handle, such as a...

The wrong side of town

Almost two years after Winter Storm Uri crippled the unprepared Texas electric system and knocked out power to 40 percent of buildings, Winter Storm...

End of the Adler era

Steve Adler steps down after eight years in office. What did the mayor achieve? Where did he fall short? How will he be remembered?

Watson ekes out win over Israel in mayoral runoff

Alter, Qadri and Velásquez win council seats The margaritas were flowing in Celia Israel’s camp after the polls closed last night, the food was plentiful,...

Watson moved to Austin to run for mayor

This story was updated 9:40am December 10, 2022, to insert the date of the election in which Kirk Watson was first elected mayor. Watson criticized...

Men dominant in runoff election finances

But women have held their own at the ballot box The men in the runoffs maintained their perfect streak of being better fundraisers than their...

The scoreboard for eight runoff candidates

Early voting by personal appearance continues through December 9th for the December 13th election of a mayor and new council members for Districts 3,...