Politics

County attorney candidate a law breaker?

This story was updated at 12:15pm February 11, 2020, to include reference to the statement that Garza signed when appointing a campaign treasurer. Delia Garza...

Garza’s office expenditures questioned

Updated at 8:16am January 29, 2020, to clarify the deadline for candidates on the March 3 ballot to file Personal Financial Statements. Also to...

Garza for county attorney draws attack

Former county judge warns of potential ethical lapses No sooner had Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza filed this morning to run for Travis County attorney...

Workers Defense Seeks Committed Candidates

Story update: Workers Defense released its candidate endorsements:Mayor: Steve Adler District 1: Lewis Conway Jr. District 3: Sabino “Pio” Renteria District 5: Ann Kitchen District 8: Bobby Levinski District...

Good Idea or Trojan Horse?

More than $137,000 in ‘dark money’ spent to put Austin efficiency audit on the ballot Investigative Report by Ken Martin In Greek mythology, during the Trojan War...

Efficiency Audit Headed to Ballot

Citizens for Accountable Austin PAC claims more than 21,000 signatures were validated  More than 33,000 signatures were filed with the City Clerk this morning by...

Attorneys Argue CodeNEXT Petition

CodeNEXT petition backers seek court order to force City of Austin to put petition on November 6 ballotWhether the City of Austin must put...

Petitioning ‘Problems’ a City Invention

Austin Library Department has no evidence of problems with signature gathering until CodeNEXT crackdown Investigative Report by Ken MartinThe City of Austin cannot document a...