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Elections

Charter proposal would discourage grassroots democracy

Council Member Ryan Alter has proposed appointing a 2024 Charter Review Commission to study the signature threshold to get something on the ballot by...

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...

Defeated RRISD candidate sues Texas Ethics Commission

Orlando Salinas claims Texas Ethics Commission would violate his constitutional rights by forcing him to respond to a sworn complaint The highly contentious election for...

Mayoral race and three council contests will go to runoff

Israel and Watson advance; incumbents avoid runoffs Mayoral candidates Kirk Watson and Celia Israel advanced to a runoff last night after an election season focused...

Watson grabbed 70 percent of mayoral donations

Updated 9:58am November 7, 2022, to correct a misstatement about District 5 candidate Aaron Webman’s total contributions. That error did not affect the accuracy of...

Watson circumvented law to fund new medical school

Senator Kirk Watson said to have admitted Central Health didn’t have legal authority to fund medical education A decade ago, then State Senator Kirk Watson,...

What kind of legislator was Celia Israel?

Mayoral candidate Celia Israel served four and a half terms in the Texas House Celia Israel was a freshman in the Texas House and just...

What kind of mayor was Watson?

He served more than four years 1997-2001 Kirk Watson, the highest-profile Democrat running to be Austin’s next mayor, has long ago been there, done that,...