City of Austin
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...
City auditor’s report confirms Yaft’s conflict of interest
The Bulldog reported March 28th that the chief executive of the city-owned Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (aka AUS) had resigned, possibly over an unreported conflict...
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...
Austin’s got a $2 million mayor
This story was updated at 4:14pm January 26th to correct the statement made about Jennifer Virden’s total spending. The $220,000 she repaid to herself...
Criminal complaints hit Mayor Adler on final days in office
Mayor Steve Adler’s final day in office is this Friday, but he’s getting kicked in the seat of his pants as he leaves. Criminal complaints were filed against him late today for using city resources to publicly endorse council candidates in the December 13th runoffs.
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...
