County Rejects City's $10 Million Offer for Palm School
The fate of the historic building at I-35 and Cesar Chavez remains in flux
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News, July 15, 2021
City Manager Presents $4.5 Billion City Budget
2021-22 FY proposal earmarks funds for police, parks, homelessness response
News, July 15, 2021
Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis
Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies
News, July 8, 2021
Progressives Push to Get Justice Reforms on November Ballot
Doggett bill gives localities a way past state obstruction
News, July 1, 2021
Office of Police Oversight Puts Its Difficulties With APD Leadership in Writing
Report offers insight into limitations OPO faces in doing its work
News, June 24, 2021
Unhoused Moved to "Bridge Shelter" As City HEALs Its First Encampment
20 people living outside Terrazas Library relocated
News, June 17, 2021
Chaos as City Hall Encampment Cleared by Police
Sweeping the plaza
News, June 17, 2021
A Chaotic Scene as APD Clears Encampment Outside City Hall
Hastily planned action takes campers, officials by surprise
News, June 14, 2021
Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net
Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan
News, June 11, 2021
Council Set to Offset High-End Tax Break With Rent Relief
The ol' homestead
News, June 10, 2021
Council Recap: Back At the Old Homestead (Exemption)
Adler moves to finally fulfill a 2014 campaign promise
News, June 4, 2021
City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development
OK, how about here?
News, June 3, 2021
Republicans Vow to “Re-Fund the Police” by Seizing Local Control
State grabs power to dictate local public safety budgets
News, June 3, 2021
As Clock Ticks, Council Bites the Campsite Bullet
Post-Proposition B work to find places for unhoused Austinites continues
News, May 27, 2021
New Data Shows Slightly Fewer Unhoused Austinites
Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) releases new report
News, May 21, 2021
"You Can't Stay Here": Austin's Unhoused Population Faces an Uncertain Future
Council, police, and providers confront camp challenge
News, May 20, 2021
Council: A Rezoning Case at Historic Delta Kappa Gamma House
On the agenda: A contract with the SAFE Alliance to run a new family violence shelter and Stratus eyes the sky
News, May 20, 2021
APD "Reimagined" Training Academy Still a Work in Progress
Adoption of new curriculum for pilot cadet class scheduled for May 31
News, May 13, 2021
City Lays Out Slow, Steady Plan to Enact Prop B
Arrests will be a "last resort" in phased plan to move camp residents over coming months
News, May 13, 2021
Council Recap: A Wary, Cloudy Start for a New Police Cadet Class
“Reimagined” academy still a work in progress
News, May 7, 2021
Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars
Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place
News, April 22, 2021
Council Recap: Meet the New Chief, Not the Same as the Old Chief
Chacon commits to change as academy moves toward reopening
News, March 26, 2021
Small Change at APD
An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform
News, March 25, 2021
APD Veteran Named Interim Police Chief as City Launches Speedy Search
Joe Chacon not a “placeholder,” says City Manager Cronk
News, March 22, 2021
Unpopular No. 2 Likely to Lead APD
Chief of Staff not popular within APD or with local justice advocates
News, March 18, 2021
Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill
The price is right?
News, March 18, 2021
APD Officer Indicted in 2020 Shooting of Michael Ramos
Christopher Taylor charged with first-degree murder
News, March 18, 2021
House Makes Its First Post-Freeze Moves to Fix the Grid
Who's got the power?
News, March 11, 2021
Grand Jury Indicts APD Officer in Shooting of Michael Ramos
Christopher Taylor faces first-degree murder charge
News, March 10, 2021
Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin
Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression
