The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...policy position on policing. (Israel released a public safety plan Wednesday; we'll have more on that next week). She..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...development. In acknowledgment of that, the first statewide flood plan in Texas history is underway, with a draft due..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Faster Than Sound: Should the Live Music Fund Go to Musicians or Venues?

While eligibility is worked out, Music Commission nails down “PIE” equity plan

"...Longtime Austin musician Tameca Jones tearfully said she plans to move to Los Angeles at the end of..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...right now, the city was working on a master plan for 208 acres of vacant land a hundred yards..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Community Wants Pearce in '09

Survey response instructs Carstarphen to work to re-open Pearce this year

"...show overwhelming support for re-opening Pearce this year. The plan that got the most backing was option two, which..."

July 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...the City Council unanimously adopted the Austin Climate Protection Plan. Conceptually, it's perhaps the most aggressive and well-rounded local..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...climate change crisis and the new Austin Climate Protection Plan. Embodied in a resolution adopted unanimously by City Council..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...clear-running creeks, other residents and community activists see a planning and environmental nightmare that could ultimately destroy that little..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...things) do something about East Sixth Street. A 2003 plan spearheaded in part by the DAA also sought to..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Meet the Emerging Opposition to Project Connect

Not on board

"...June 10 to adopt the Project Connect transit system plan, including three light rail lines, a Downtown tunnel, new..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Nataleah Small

Austin at Large: Lord, Gotta Keep On Moving

New and welcome spirits animate the fight for transit

"...Austin's grasstops also brought you a medical school, a plan to end homelessness, and other milestones in Austin's emergence..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...the Salvation Army's Rathgeber Center family shelter and the planned South Austin Housing Center up and running. "It really..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Stratford Drive: Let’s Work On It

Redevelopment plan goes back to drawing board

"...Acting Director Kimberly McNeeley told City Council that she plans to put a halt to the project, following "constructive..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council: Our House, in the Middle of the Corridor

Council considers strategic housing … again

"...its first such program since the inception of the 10-1 Council ("Merck in Austin?" April 3)...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Where's the Fire?

How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?

"...you could feel the flames. So, in the action plan just released by the city, where are the sirens..."

July 1, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Still Waiting for the Train

Will Austin ever get a proper light rail system?

"...hoping to put together some kind of a rail plan to succeed the voter-rejected Project Connect plan of November..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Council: Out With the Auld Lang Syne

"...clear the decks, more or less, for the new 10-1 Council that will ascend to the dais in January...."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Spring Bluebonnets, Spring Candidates

The November district Council races continue to rumble into action

"...the latest version of the South Austin Com­bin­ed Neighborhood Plan into the Imagine Austin Comprehen­sive Plan. There probably won't..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...Hustle anticipated) the long-awaited and much delayed Downtown Austin Plan. After several hours of discussion, council tweaked the plan..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Calling All Citizens

The Comprehensive Plan and the waterfront need engaged Austinites

"...the first challenge in crafting the city's new Comprehensive Plan. At its July 23 meeting, City Council authorized a..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

The Politics of Watershed Urbanization

"...one because stakeholders are debating a new regional water plan over the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Who Will Rule Mueller?

Can the city keep the Mueller redevelopment project on course?

"...the table, consensus was built, experts were engaged, a plan was written (and then rewritten), the City Council blessed..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...Additionally everyone involved in Satanic Hispanics has a background..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

APD Has Been Quietly Planning for the City to Run Its Own Bail Hearings for Arrestees

Why? They say for efficiency’s sake

"...behind the scenes with municipal judges on a separate plan that could undermine those efforts...."

Sept. 28, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: The 30% Solution

Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan

"...last month, focusing on the various ­segments of their planned light rail lines, Capital Metro has essentially laid out..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

What’s on the Agenda for Tomorrow's City Council Meeting

A new shelter strategy, Cap Metro’s Red Line expansion, and more

"...District fund; adoption of a new long-range parks master plan, and a resolution directing staff to explore the creation..."

Nov. 13, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

On Budget, Council Agrees to Disagree (Updated)

Spending plan includes $4.6 million in last-minute additions

"...Spencer Cronk in his $4.2 billion FY 2020 spending plan. About $2.5 million of that was offset by higher-than-­estimated..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...House adopted more than 40 amendments to the "Texas Plan," its broad strokes remain the same: The basic allotment..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...family, only to learn that the house has other plans. Cast: Phil Brooks, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Sarah Brooks, Elissa..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Don’t Miss Your Water … ’Til It Turns Green

Council hears Onion Creek wastewater future … and El Gato Negro

"...of Onion Creek, if Dripping Springs succeeds in its plan for wastewater disposal...."

Nov. 7, 2016 News Post by Michael King

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