City of Austin

Profile: Doug Greco for mayor

Douglas Jeffrey Greco, 53, is one of four candidates (so far) who’s campaigning to be Austin’s mayor in 2025.Greco trying to unseat incumbent Mayor...

Court halts $354 million development subsidy

A Travis County court issued a ruling to halt the use of future property taxes to subsidize luxury development of 118 acres of land...

Austin City Manager: Dallas discard vs Austin retread

Council members make policy. The city manager’s job is to implement those policies. A great city manager can get that done and keep the ship...

Watson ekes out win over Israel in mayoral runoff

Alter, Qadri and Velásquez win council seatsThe 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,...

Celia Israel in the hot seat in final stretch of mayoral campaign

Closing attacks focus on Israel’s record, policy proposalsState Representative Celia Israel went from underdog to frontrunner overnight November 8th when she pulled off a...