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The wrong side of town

Almost two years after Winter Storm Uri crippled the unprepared Texas electric system and knocked out power to 40 percent of buildings, Winter Storm Mara slammed a broad swath of Texas. Buildings that lost electricity stretched from as far...

Legislation would bar appraisal district lawsuits against property owners

If legislation introduced March 8th by State Senator Drew Springer (R-Weatherford) gets through the legislative gauntlet and is signed into law his bill will snatch away the authority of chief appraisers to sue property owners. Springer’s Senate Bill 1923 would...

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End of the Adler era

Steve Adler steps down after eight years in office. What did the mayor achieve? Where did he fall short? How will he be remembered?

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...

Travis Appraisal Review Board members pared

TCAD board authorized fewer than half the positions sought for 2022 The Travis Central Appraisal District’s board of directors has approved a radical reduction in...

Watson ekes out win over Israel in mayoral runoff

Alter, Qadri and Velásquez win council seats The 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...

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The wrong side of town

Almost two years after Winter Storm Uri crippled the...

Charter proposal would discourage grassroots democracy

Council Member Ryan Alter has proposed appointing a 2024...

City staff failed to stop mayor from misusing city resources

City staff failed to prevent Mayor Steve Adler from making candidate endorsements that were aired live on a city-run television station last December, on the first day of early voting, even though he told them beforehand that that’s what he intended to do when he got in front of the cameras.

Lame duck council set to vote on 20-year sweetheart tax deal for developer

With just weeks to go in his term, Mayor...

Environmentalists assail plan for lakeside high rises

New development to reshape South Central Waterfront When former First Lady...

Urbanists vie to replace council member Kathie Tovo

Updated 2:30pm August 20, 2022, to correct the misattribution...

Charter proposal would discourage grassroots democracy

Council Member Ryan Alter has proposed appointing a 2024...

Austin’s got a $2 million mayor

This story was updated at 4:14pm January 26th to...

Defeated RRISD candidate sues Texas Ethics Commission

Orlando Salinas claims Texas Ethics Commission would violate his...

Second effort to find Central Health auditors

Lack of response caused Travis County to issue another...

Central Health seeks control of Dell Teaching Hospital

A lawsuit filed by Central Health seeks to compel Ascension Texas to sell it the Dell Seton Teaching Hospital.

Watson circumvented law to fund new medical school

Senator Kirk Watson said to have admitted Central Health...

Legislation would bar appraisal district lawsuits against property owners

If legislation introduced March 8th by State Senator Drew...

Appeals court decision draws widespread condemnation

An appellate decision over a TCAD lawsuit has astounded...

Good news: No big jump In 2023 property values

In what should be good news for property owners, Chief Appraiser Marya Crigler told board members of Travis Central Appraisal District February 17th that she is not seeing the big increases in property values that were experienced last year.

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Austin Transit Partnership gears up for key decisions on light rail design

Billions of dollars to be spent on mass transit...

Price tag for CapMetro buses tops $1 million apiece

Austin transit authority says the 197 zero-emissions electric buses...

Austin Transit Partnership approves $312.8 million budget

Includes first full-year funding for two new light-rail lines...

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