Add-Backs to Cut City Services

"...Community Services $2.14 millionMunicipal Court: $337,067 for clerks, social service contracts,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature

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

Staffing Overhaul at City Hall

Big changes out of City Manager's office, reshuffle in Mayor's staff

"...does that compare to the rabbit hole that is city politics? After the jump, news on some major staff..."

Nov. 28, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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

City of Austin Scales Back on Some Public Services During COVID-19 Outbreak

Essential services including public safety, utilities continue

"...City of Austin officials announced Sunday, March 15, that all..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Hall Hustle: And So the Money Goes

Final City Budget Adoption Not Quite So Final

"...shouldn't be surprised a decision as big as the city's 2010 budget – which, despite its eyelid-drooping, number-crunching wonktitude,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...local social justice and advocacy organizations are calling on city and county leaders to step up and help those..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

This Is Your City Budget

More police, vanishing grants, rising costs, and ... Jazzercise?

"...Not too long ago, conventional wisdom held that once City Council received the city manager's proposed budget – that annual..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Budget Crunch

Our discount 'menu'

"...Earlier this month, City Manager Marc Ott released the Fiscal Year 2010 Menu..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...auditorium on Congress Avenue, attorney/activist Fred Lewis, District 8 City Council candidate Bobby Levinski, and Art Martinez de Vara..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The City Needs Gravediggers, Too

PARD's long, hot summer with interment services

"...end of this year. Its external contract for burial services runs out in November...."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The City's Tired Story

Fleet Services may be cleaning up those tires, but there's still a big mess

"...We're pleased that, in the wake of embarrassing publicity, the city has taken steps to clean up its..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...Last week's city budget presentation began in tears – those of interim..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...I saw happen through this incident. I saw a city come together and celebrate individuality, diversity, and love." –..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

The New M.O. at City Hall

City Manager Marc Ott opens up on his new job, his new city, and his philosophy of governance

"...What makes Marc Ott tick? How might the new city manager's leadership change the direction of Austin? That's been..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Recap: Social Services Win

Council approves multimillion plan to fund social services contracts

"...In a win for social service and health advocates, City Council passed two separate items during its Thursday, March..."

April 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Naked City

Nickels and dimes add up to $1.8 million for a cash-strapped city budget

"...a $2 billion overall budget, but at a cash-strapped City Hall, every penny counts. That's the message behind what..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Former Fleet Services Manager Says Scrap Tires Only a Symptom

Fired whistleblower says city has ignored serious problems for years

"...Officials in the city's Fleet Services department were reportedly warned about problems in..."

Aug. 4, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...• A proposal to have the city ethics commission prepare recommendations on council-member ethics, conflicts, salary,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature

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

Don Zimmerman Files Suit Against City Over Abortion Services Funding

It's unclear if the former council member remembers Roe v. Wade

"...Just a day after the City Council passed a budget that includes first-in-the-nation city funding..."

Sept. 12, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound – Summer in the City: Concerts, Protests, Relief Controversy, Potentially Less HAAM

Clubs navigate show safety, local musicians soundtrack protests, and HAAM asks for city aid.

"...practices in allowing bars to increase to 50% indoor capacity. Protocol still requires customers be seated when served, with..."

June 12, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report

Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism

"...On Monday, after five months of review, the city’s relatively new Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic..."

April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

City Hall Hustle: Budget, Bonds, and Big Plans

Hard times and planned projects to collide at city forums

"...opportunities this week on major financial decisions facing the city: the city budget and the proposed November bond election...."

June 18, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Longhorn City

Libraries and social services to the rescue?

"...The traditionally fraught relationship between UT and the city of Austin – local entities with powers and agendas..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

City Hall Hustle: Discount Government, Part II

Historically low city tax rates bite back in the longer run

"...A quiet watershed of sorts occurred at City Hall last year, as council thumbed through the proposed..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Budget: Same Song, Second Verse

Just like last year, City Hall is grappling with a $70-million-plus projected budget gap.

"...up all over Barton Springs last week, the hot City Hall story would be Austin's continuing budget crisis --..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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