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Austin city manager finalist Platt drops out

Kansas City TV station KMBC 9 News reported this morning that the City Council of Kansas City last night voted for Mayor Quinton Lucas...

Six council members and numerous lobbyists appear to have criminally violated city’s lobby law

This story was updated at 2:45pm October 17th to add documentation that shows the City Attorney has taken no enforcement action or spent even...

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport sets records but CEO is out

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport touted a record-breaking year in 2022 with passenger traffic of slightly more than 21 million, up 55.4 percent from 2021.Work is...

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 educationA decade ago, then State Senator Kirk Watson,...

Want to get elected but not be accountable?

This story was updated at 3:54pm October 13, 2022, to provide links to statements filed after the deadline by candidates Ken Craig, Melonie House-Dixon,...

Commissioners to order Central Health’s performance audit

Independent audit would determine what healthcare services needy Travis County patients got in return for $280 million in taxpayer money given to UT Dell...

Central Health’s $35 million payments to Dell Medical School an unlawful ‘gift of public funds’ that exceed statutory authority

Commissioners Court to consider ordering that Central Health undergo an independent audit Let’s be blunt. Under the Texas Constitution and Health and Safety Code, The...

Appraisal rolls certified on time…for a change

Despite massive attrition suffered by the Appraisal Review Board that conducts formal protest hearings For the first time in three years the Travis Central Appraisal...