Occupy Austin Evicted

APD move in to camp late Friday and arrest protesters

"...last night, after days of speculation and rumor, Occupy Austin was evicted from the steps of City Hall...."

Feb. 4, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...As Downtown grows and evolves, can the city's urban heart become a great place that embodies the..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.

"...keening over the budget and kneeling before major employers, City Hall has found the time to work itself into..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes

Wave a white sheet at City Hall, and the Keystone Kops kome running

"...Legendary Austin freedom-fighter John Henry Faulk still looks symbolically down upon..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Running Scared

Time waits for no one -- especially not the Downtown Austin Alliance or the Austin Music Network -- at the City Hall sausage factory.

"...individually and collectively, on Channel 6, members of the City Council could instead host programs on the Austin Music..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Hard Choices

City Hall embarks on the bumpy road to social services

"...One of the most inspiring and distressing rituals at City Hall is the annual March of the Social Service..."

May 20, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Open Meetings, Empty Heads

No talking at City Hall unless we're all invited

"...lessons to be learned from the latest episode of Austin Comedy Politics, certainly one of them must be: Don't..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: The Job Description

Why sane people don't run for City Council

"...I'm not saying that sane people never run for City Council. Clearly they do, and usually they win. I..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For the firefighters, City Hall's rep for putting its people first goes up in smoke

"...Toby Futrell started with the city of Austin more than 20 years ago, as a..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: It Hurts When We Do That

As the old doctor joke goes, then stop doing that. Good advice for City Hall.

"...attempts to end homelessness, but I did not expect City Hall to whiff so badly in its first at-bat..."

May 21, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: This Week's War ...

A few irritable speculations, from D.C. to City Hall

"...Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution: "The Congress shall have power ... to declare war." Simple enough to..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: The Smoke Unclears

Further adventures in symbolism – and unintended consequences – at City Hall

"...now that, finally, more than a year after the City Council first began wrangling with this issue, we actually..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: It’s Mayor Wonderful’s Life

Look at all this sh*t getting done! Watson brings political chops back to City Hall.

"...last column, during which Spencer Cronk got fired and City Council told the police union to pound sand and..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...fans – about 200 in total – converged on City Hall on a windy Monday afternoon for this month’s..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

NAACP Issues “Clarion Call” to City Government

Linder challenges city to “quit talking” about equity and “send money”

"...In a Thursday morning City Hall press conference, Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder excoriated..."

Aug. 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones

Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus

"...If you've been following Austin's effort to reform its broken and obsolete land use..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Cronk Announces Short Lists for Assistant City Manager Positions

Future hires will oversee mobility and safety at City Hall

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk on Tuesday, Feb. 19, rolled out..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

2019 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bravo, Harden, Kinney, and Sawyer to be inducted this year

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the 18th group of individuals..."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

City Must Give Secret Police Records to the Chronicle, Texas A.G.’s Office Says

City’s “G File” no longer exists

"...The City of Austin must turn over internal police records that..."

Sept. 21, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: When Jesús Takes the Wheel

Garza sends several executives packing, brings on a host of City Hall veterans

"...this on Wednesday of some big changes on the city executive team. Interim City Manager Jesús Garza, brought on..."

March 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

City Hall begins budget prep with a fair-to-middling forecast

"...This week City Council began in earnest its annual grind of budget..."

April 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

New City Council, New Battles

10-1 version 1.5 stares down the coming year at City Hall

"...is not heavy agenda time for the new, 2017 City Council – the next regularly scheduled, full business meeting..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Blue Spectre

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

"...A spectre is haunting Austin...."

June 30, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: What Happens Next?

Suggestions for a 2004 City Hall to-do list

"...Forgive my Grinchiness, but here on the Austin-public-life beat, the happiest tiding of the season is that..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin girds its loins for its biennial journey up Granite Mountain.

"...local TV stations reported, with appropriate shock, that the city of Austin spends your tax money on lobbyists. Apparently,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Your Servants Are Listening

Angry readers, busted City Hall aides, triumphant politicians: The system works!

"...(metro columnist and news editor in a major U.S. city) is more like being a Guild navigator in the..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...the old one – the creation of a new Austin City Hall had become a saga of novelistic complexity:..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Tales of the City

Annual Faces of Austin program now open for submissions

"...City Hall has sent a call out to local filmmakers..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Beside the Point

It's a no-brainer to denounce the no-brainers

"...This week, to paraphrase Mayor Will Wynn and the City Council, it's "Please don't come down here."..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin Becomes 'Everytown'

Michael Bloomberg's new gun-control group launches at City Hall

"...Southwest gun control panel, only a handful congregated outside City Hall for today's Austin launch of Everytown for Gun..."

April 16, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

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