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...
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,...
Celia Israel in the hot seat in final stretch of mayoral campaign
Closing attacks focus on Israel’s record, policy proposals
State Representative Celia Israel went from underdog to frontrunner overnight November 8th when she pulled off a...
Celia Israel blasted for defunding crime victims—but is it true?
Mayoral candidate said funding for victims was a “feel good” measure
A political action committee backing mayoral candidate Kirk Watson, Stand Together Austin, has sent...
Mayor Watson’s scheme broke law, Senator Watson’s bill provided alternative
Former council member said that as mayor Watson established regularly scheduled private meetings among council members
“If the law is upheld only by government officials,...
