City Council: As the Year Turns

Council kicks off 2018 with long agenda

"...City Council formally inaugurates the new year next week, with..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Austin City Council Prepped to Tackle Palm District, Micro-Mobility, and More

A preview of the May 23 Council meeting

"...City Council is meeting Thursday, May 23 at the usual..."

May 22, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

New Study Changes City Council's View of Flood Risk

Puzzling over a variance on Avenue D, and spending the first of the 2018 bond funds

"...City Council spent about an hour on Thursday, March 7,..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Council Rejects CodeNEXT Petition Effort

Rewrite won't go onto November ballot, for now

"...City Council voted this afternoon to reject a petition that..."

May 24, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

CodeNEXT Petition Authors Sue City Council

Anti-rewrite group seeks judicial guidance on public vote

"...City Council has been sued. Just before 2pm on Friday..."

June 1, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

City Council: Budding Budgets

Anticipated FY 2018 General Fund surplus: right now, $750,000

"...In lieu of its regular meeting this week, City Council bundled into the Boards and Commissions room on..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin City Council Reinstates Partial Camping Ban

Governor sends in TxDOT; Kitchen leads effort for more explicit rules

"...After City Council voted on Thursday, Oct. 17, to partially reinstate..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council Ready to Move on From Camping Ban

"Council made a decision, and it's time for us to move past the divisiveness in the community"

"...New rules covering public camping in Austin will go..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin City Council Proclaims Oct. 26 Intersex Awareness Day

Activist Alicia Roth Weigel discusses intersex rights, says I eXYst

"...for the first time in Austin’s history – the City Council issued a proclamation that henceforth, Austin will recognize..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alicia Roth Weigel

City Council Supports High School Program to Aid "Bleeding Emergencies"

The dais endorses life-saving program Stop the Bleed

"...The Austin City Council endorsed bringing the life-saving program Stop the Bleed..."

Feb. 13, 2019 News Post by Alex Puente

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...When the brand-new 10-1 Austin City Council took office in 2015 with a grand vision..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

A Look at the City Council Races for Districts 2, 4, & 7

As Garza moves on, Pool and Casar seek to stay put

"...The Nov. 3 election includes five City Council races. We previewed Districts 6 & 10 last..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: City Council Supports Music-Focused Arts Facility on East 11th Street

Harold McMillan breaks down civic steps to the envisioned Kenny Dorham Center

"...In 2007, Austin City Council created an African American Cultural Heritage District in..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Council Picks Team to Audit APD Rape Cases

The 18-month project will be led by D.C.-based Police Executive Research Forum

"...Seven months after City Council unanimously called for a comprehensive audit of the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Comic Makes Case for Austin City Council Candidate Danielle Skidmore

Nib writer on cis allies versus lived experience

"...spotlights Washington state rep hopeful Everett Maroon and Austin City Council District 9 candidate Danielle Skidmore. They're two of..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

With Six Seats Up in the Air, City Council Could Look Very Different Next Year

Ready to rumble?

"...The filing period for City Council elections does not open until late July, but..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation

"Everybody is really saying the same thing"

"...Code revision, aka NextCodeNEXT, aka CodeCRONK, proved rather anticlimactic. Council itself had largely answered the policy questions put to..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements: City Council

Who should sit on the next dais

"...experienced candidates for mayor in incumbent Adler and former Council Mem­ber Laura Morrison. To some degree, they are alike:..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The YIMBYs Come to Town, and City Council Joins Them

Yes in Austin’s Backyard

"...signifier of that shift: the large presence of Austin’s City Council at YIMBYtown 2024, the annual gathering of pro-housing..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tension Mounts at City Council

The dais considers what constitutes “too tall”

"...There's no regular City Council meeting this week – the next is Thursday,..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Candidate Forums

Say hello to your district's candidates

"...of candidates – now get to know 'em. The city, its Ethics Review Commission, and the League of Women..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

City Council Helps Firefighters Keep Arbitration on the Table

Blocking the exits

"...At today's meeting (Thursday, May 5), City Council is slated to consider a resolution by Council..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council District 2: Young Progressives Square Off for Open Seat

Candidates pledge to protect Austin’s working class families in Southeast Austin

"...succeed her have held political office going into their Council bid. Leading the pack are David Chincanchan and Vanessa..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

City Council Takes on a Safer Sixth Street, Project Connect, and More

Council tackles a 63-item agenda

"...Like the rest of Texas, City Hall is focused this week on the March 1..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Troxclair Won’t Seek Re-election for City Council

No incumbent will run in District 8

"...District 8 Council Member Ellen Troxclair dropped a bit of a bombshell..."

July 13, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

District 8 City Council Pool Filling Up

Two new candidates file campaign treasurer appointments

"...here, and in Austin that means five members of City Council – as well as the mayor – are..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Former City Council Candidate Runs for U.S. Senate, Nobel Peace Prize

Put that in your dyad and smoke it

"...Turullols-Bonilla, an occasional AISD science teacher who ran for City Council (District 3) in 2014. (Among 12 candidates, he..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Campaign 2018

Renteria files, Troxclair draws early challenger

"...for next fall's municipal election. Sabino "Pio" Renteria – City Council District 3 incumbent – recently took his first..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...The current city budget predicament has a fairly simple frame: For the..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...As the year wears on, most City Council discussions carry one or two undertones: the 2018..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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