Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...With Mayor Steve Adler back on the dais, City Council passed measures during its April 7 meeting related..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Council: Whatever It Is, I’m Against It

Council blocks vaping, punts AFD overtime, and commissions students

"...As anticipated, City Council’s May 11 meeting was abbreviated, roughly three hours..."

May 15, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council: Incompatible Binaries

TNC debate still sucking all the available oxygen

"...An already busy City Council year – after one meeting – won’t ease..."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Mayor Appoints Council Committees

10-1 Council members begin to take their places

"...On Monday, Mayor Steve Adler announced his City Council committee appointments, which are subject to Council approval..."

Feb. 10, 2015 News Post 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

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...Council Member Jackie Goodman, stepping down this year from her..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis

Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back

"...The group of homeowners that sued the city in 2020, effectively killing efforts to rewrite the Land..."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Knocked Down and Drug Out

City Council, on into the 12th round

"...Finding the positive, last week's City Council meeting did end at a decent hour. Quite..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Free-Net Ain’t Free

Austin Free-Net wins a reprieve over California competition

"...Entering spring festival season, City Council stays local on digital outreach, expands paid sick..."

March 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council: Because We're Happy!

Council dances, hires, and lives the Life Aquatic

"...City Council adjourned at not quite midnight last Thursday (Feb...."

Feb. 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council: Freedom From Fear

Council joins national defense of Muslims and immigrants

"...Last Thursday’s City Council meeting (Oct. 13) actually adjourned during working hours..."

Oct. 17, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Arts Center took center stage at a mostly brisk City Council meeting Thursday (May 9). Our notes from City..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Giving City Hall the (Small) Business

Small Business Group raises some serious concerns about the city's finacial forecast – in between all the hand-wringing.

"...of salt, this message from the SBG on the city's dire financial forecast is interesting reading. It identifies and..."

May 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Council Preview: Where There’s Smoke

AFD hiring consent decree under fire by AFA

"...Tomorrow, City Council faces a choice on Item 10: “Approve a..."

May 14, 2014 News Post

City Campaign Season Opens

A dozen Council candidates queue up for questions at the "Power Lunch"

"...The table couldn't have been much longer for the City Council candidates – mayoral, Place 2, Place 5, and..."

March 27, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Spencer Cronk Named City Manager

Minneapolis city coordinator selected Tuesday by City Council

"...in the days leading up to the final vote, City Council on Tuesday selected Minneapolis City Coordinator Spencer Cronk..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: A Busy Week at the Lege

City Council and the mayor confront the controlling state

"...Although officially on spring hiatus last week, City Council's beat goes on, especially during the legislative session,..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

We Have an Issue: A New Council Gets Down to Work

Austin City Council assembles, congrats to Chroniclers, and a new/old Rollo Banks Lunar New Year cover to relish

"...body a teensy bit closer to home, to Austin City Council. In his cover story, staff writer Austin Sanders..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

What's Good in the Hood: ANC's Council Candidate Forum Tonight

Austin Neighborhoods Council hosts first major election forum

"...It's that time again: The first City Council candidates forum (that we know of, at least)..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...at 7:10am, Katie Larsen, a senior planner in the city's Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Dept., catches the No. 16..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin today...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

The City Council moves forward with Austin's regional transportation plan, but assures neighbors of road-widening projects proposed in the plan that they, not the state of Texas, have the authority to decide what gets built and when.

"...Some may believe they saw City Council members dancing with the devil last Thursday night;..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

The council takes up recommendations from the Urban Transportation Commission, and considers a larger resolution to revamp the city's system of boards and commissions altogether.

"...Is the Urban Transportation Commission finally going to get some respect from the..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...out. From simplistic to futuristic, the next decade of transportation projects figures to dramatically reshape how we get around..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City

City staff does some things right, some things wrong

"...The Austin City Council has punted a good bit of its regular..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Hall Hustle: Big Thinkers

Council's pre-vacation litany looks toward the biennium

"...City Council hasn't been through a 152-item stemwinder like last..."

July 2, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...plenty of work to do at today's (June 16) City Council meeting, although how much will actually be accomplished..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Gasping for Air

Mayor Adler's search for a solution to the Uber/Lyft referendum fails

"...By the time you read this, City Council will have drafted the ballot language and set..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

The City Council puts off plans to approve an appropriation to extend the northern portion of MoPac, buying time to discuss a more controversial project: the proposed expansion of the freeway through several central Austin neighborhoods.

"...It was with little fanfare last Thursday that City Council members, preparing for a pro forma vote on..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council Watch

Council shrinks Champion development at Loop 360 and RM 2222; taxi drivers want to raise fares, Gary Bradley development agreement doesn't provide enough information.

"...Bowing to the force of pure logistics, the Austin City Council gave preliminary partial approval to a neighborhood group's..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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