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

Voters Decide Final Three Austin City Council Members

Zo Qadri, Ryan Alter, José Velásquez secure wins

"...The Council candidates who won their run-off elections Tuesday, Dec. 13,..."

Dec. 14, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

City Council: Keep ’Em Waiting

Council punts short-term rentals, pops the 290 landfills

"...City Council held a fairly efficient meeting Thursday, clearing a..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Post by Michael King

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin City Council v. Climate Change

City Hall backs resilience, electric vehicles

"...In 2015, City Council set down the ambitious path of achieving carbon..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Preview: Juggling Act to Include Budget, Transportation Bond

Council agenda occupied by a handful of pressing subjects

"...It's been a full week at City Council, with the regular work session Tuesday, a budget..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: 1,020 Minutes Later …

Epic meeting sends Council into summer recess

"...It's only fitting that the last City Council meeting before the summer break would clock in..."

July 6, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Top 10 City Council Stories

The big stories of Council's last seven-member year

"...run-offs, swirling around ongoing business, the last seven-member, at-large City Council held its final meeting and said Farewell-to-All-That, while..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

What’s on City Council's Agenda This Week?

Council has its hands full. Here are some of the agenda items we're watching.

"...It's been a busy week for City Council, with a joint Capital Metro board meeting on..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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 Approves SAVES Resolution to Rescue Venues, Bars, Restaurants

City will explore potential funding sources for struggling sectors

"...continue to fold six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, City Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday night directing staff..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council: Spring Break Is Here

Council will return for a work session March 22

"...of interminable meetings driven by the double distraction of transportation network companies and short-term rentals, Council met on March..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: A Deadly Shooting, Rick Perry, and City Council

Police kill an armed man, Perry's ready to run, and more

"...has some interesting members of his RickPAC; the new Council gets going; and more...."

Feb. 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...out of the headlines for a week or two, City Council remains knee-deep in deliberations over the fiscal year..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...City Council's 10-1 format is now into its fourth year,..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Meet the Candidates for City Council

Five incumbents fight for their seats at the dais

"...five district leaders who served on the first 10-1 City Council. Each of the five incumbents face at least..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

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

City Council to Continue Considering Scooters in August

With basic rules in place, regulatory framework remains undecided

"...road (and sidewalk) for scooters and other "micro-mobility" devices, City Council still has to grapple with the rules of..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development

OK, how about here?

"...After pushback from City Council and the community at large against a "preliminary..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 10 City Council Stories

"...The new 10-1 City Council got a year of governance under its belt..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

It's Your City Council!

Laura Pressley vs. Mike Martinez

"...Pressley – best known for her anti-fluoride advocacy at City Council meetings – would normally be invisible against a..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

It's Your City Council!

Six candidates are gunning to unseat Bill Spelman

"...(e.g., reluctant support for continuing WTP4; opposition to moving city elections to November)...."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Preview: Don't Bogart That Space

Counting down the meter minutes

"...Get ready to feed the meter: A long-simmering city proposal to extend paid parking hours is coming before..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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

City Council: Zimmerman, Bond, and Budget

(And a few other things got done)

"...The dust hasn't settled yet from last Thursday's City Council meeting (Aug. 18), and most of the headlines..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: The City Council Blues ... Again

The price of all these things, twice

"...Could City Council's regularly scheduled work sessions – called in response..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

It's Your City Council!

Brigid Shea and Clay Dafoe vs. Lee Leffingwell

"...ordinance that established a "new political consensus" in the city that "environmentalism is good for our economy." She believes..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Comes Back

First meeting of 2022, first reading for the Opera House

"...The main event of City Council's Jan. 27 meeting proved to be the city's..."

Feb. 4, 2022 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

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