Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan

Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot

"...Shortly after Save Austin Now, a GOP-backed political action committee closely allied with..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Challengers Hit Speed Bumps in Run-Off Council Races

Almost at the finish line

"...no uncertain terms. "In 2014, just 191 votes separated Austin from democracy and fascism," Flannigan told about 15 supporters..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Westside City Council Races Go to Polarized Run-Offs

Districts 6 and 10 head to another race

"...In Northwest Austin's District 6 City Council race, incumbent Jimmy Flannigan will..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...The Austin City Council and the Capital Metro board of directors..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...like the Wild West," recalls Stephen Oliver, principal at Austin-based OPA Design Studio, one of only a handful of..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...exist in every Council district that was within the Austin city limits in 1950, including Harper-Madison's own. If she..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK

City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk dropped a memo to City..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...For most Austinites, East Riverside Drive – from I-35 to Texas 71..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...If you're an urban planner, affordable housing is a key ingredient of a healthy,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...highlighted here, which have (or will soon have) corridor plans prepared by the Austin Transportation Department. Amid the several..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Allan Rising

The Allan Early Childhood Center is home to a flourishing collection of nonprofits

"...is about making lemonade out of lemons. When the Austin Independent School District handed the beloved but under-enrolled Allan..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Medic 3 is one of Austin's 16 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulances. Independent of the..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...the Capitol to the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, where Austin's city-collected residential trash goes to be forever entombed. From..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Cap Metro: Riding the Shuffle Bus

Downtown bus routes shift

"...arose in 2005, when City Council started the Downtown Austin Plan, and was formalized in the 2008 Draft Transportation..."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council: Water Into Whine

With this week's Council late start, what will happen to Citizens Communication?

"...how much priority should be granted to previous development plans over subsequent environmental regulations? – and it is likely..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...Election Day ballot. It's a lengthy list, and for Austin voters this year, the most important local questions are..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Council To Imagine Imagine Austin

Plus SH 45, White Lodging, frat houses, and more

"...a 60-item agenda that includes the mother of all planning issues – the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan – which..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the front of..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...Austin Chronicle: You've campaigned on promoting affordability and keeping neighborhood..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees was bogged down..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Of Facilities and Communities

AISD facility master plan task force makes last draft changes

"...to the Board of Trustees, the AISD Facility Master Plan is a done deal. No schools named for closure,..."

March 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City, AISD Look for School Fixes

A vow to work together

"...shall meet. That statement has proven pretty reliable in Austin for decades, but after City Council passed a resolution..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...a time there were three documents. There was the Austin Independent School District's Facility Master Plan, being developed by..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: In the Zone

Land-use issues in all corners of the city dominate council agenda

"...almost quiet" Queen Anne-style features –a not terribly uncommon Austin style –which was about to earn its owners a..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/20/10

No FLUM map for Brack tract

"...We already talked about the resolution renaming the Mexican..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin at Very High Speed

The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing

"...miles per hour. Yet the May 25 announcement that Austin will become the new U.S. home to the world's..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 5/26/10

Get yer council preview right here!

"...Meeting highlights for council's Thursday, May 27, 2010 session:..."

May 26, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

What's Historic?

Latest arguments over historic zoning sound like déjà vu

"...According to the city of Austin, historic properties, aside from meeting a few basic criteria..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Forecast Calls for Conservation

Stage 2 watering restrictions are now in effect

"...Central Texas has been in a severe drought for a..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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