Life After Gentrification

When you and your home both have to move

"...As rapid development has put some city residents at risk of displacement, cases like Sanchez's illustrate..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Headlines

"...City Council meets today (June 23) ... and meets, and..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature

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

"...From 2011 to 2019, the city of Austin paid $8 million in settlements to victims..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...When they began to host weddings in April of 2016, tensions escalated between the Georges and the Saligas. The..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Headlines

"...City Council's full agenda today (Aug. 18) includes the third..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature

Fighting to Stay

As Austin's housing market booms, its poorest residents fight to exist

"...a demographic that makes up more than half the city's population. Without owning the dirt one lives on, there..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

APD Chief Joseph Chacon’s Legacy

Assessing the final years of a career that saw a rise from beat cop to chief of police

"...the only internal APD candidate up for the job. City Council made it official in October of 2021, awarding..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It

Going to take a long, long time

"...will most likely continue to be an issue. The city is too big, too populated, for driving around town..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver

Gay Place

This year's Top 10 local queer heroes & LGBTQ stories

"...2016 was the year we watched the house burn down...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...and we begin where last week left off, with City Council blasting Ridesharing Works for Austin's "deceptive campaign" regarding..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...City Council meets today, Feb. 25, with an agenda somewhat..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature

Headlines

"...City Council met Wednesday, approved ballot language, and set a..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature

Public Notice: Amnesty Now!

Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty

"...it's not all about Uber and Lyft down at City Hall, a good bit of it is about planning,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Tracking the Major Arcana

Planning Commission took votes related to Planned Unit Developments and Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams

"...It was a tough call Tuesday night. While half..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Greg Casar Enters the National Spotlight, and Brings His Grassroots Coalition With Him

New year, new rep

"...Greg Casar’s final Austin City Council meeting on February 3 was a subdued affair...."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Soccer in Austin? Three Interests Now Vying for McKalla Place

Welcome to the group stage

"...City Council held its first substantive discussion Tuesday on Precourt..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Zimmerman and Flannigan Face-Off in Candidate Forum

Zimmerman doubles down on opposing climate change, living wage

"...Voters - Austin on Thursday, Sept. 15, District 6 Council Member Don Zimmerman and challenger Jimmy Flannigan threw a..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Return on Investment

Austin Energy rate cuts are both a financial and political dividend

"...On Monday, City Council gave its final approval to a settlement agreement..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...occasions to describe African Americans, including referring to former City Council Member Ora Houston, President Barack Obama, and former..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Big Money for Big Roads

Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin's most traveled streets

"...Before Election Day in 2016, when the $720 million Mobility Bond was still but..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Stop. Record. Pause: APD Body Cameras Delayed Indefinitely

Restraining order leaves body cams in limbo

"...closer to getting them. After learning last week that City Council planned to address (and likely approve) the purchase..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...a white button-down shirt before a crowd outside of City Hall. "I understand that you're angry and scared, hurt..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Austin Police Consider Community Reforms

After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity

"...rate disproportionate to that race's demographical representation within the city. And in 2014, officers applied use of force (or..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

"...Then, when the Obama administration intervened with a letter..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Adler to Vote "Against" Prop. 1

Mayor announces opposition to TNC proposition on Monday

"...table,” proclaimed Adler during a press conference outside of City Hall...."

April 25, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Affordability Key to Climate Plan Goals

City task force makes its recommendations for 2024 climate change protection goals

"...It's been only three years since City Coun­cil approved – after much hand-wringing – Austin Energy's..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...and Mackenzie Kelly are headed to a runoff in City Council District 6, and Alison Alter will almost certainly..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

A New Era for the Travis County Democratic Party

After years of infighting and a tumultuous election in March, the TCDP must now proceed as one

"...first test of his brief term, in January of 2016, during the primary campaign for district attorney. At the..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

“A Bitter Pill”

APD begins life under Chapter 143

"...As the dust settled over City Council's decision last month to reject the agreed-to terms..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...to $11.38, to fall in line with what the city of Austin had recently determined served as a reasonable..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

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