Meet Your New City Council, Austin!

Recapping the run-offs

"...just yet, it appears as though the new City Council is finally here, and it looks almost nothing like..."

Dec. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

2018 Run-off Election Watch Parties

Join the candidates for the final results

"...of our flat screens, have a few drinks, and watch the run-off numbers come in. Seems like just a..."

Dec. 10, 2018 News Post by Bonny Chu

Council Takes Long Day's Journey Into Night

"...illustration by DOUG POTTER The stamina of Austin city councilmembers was tested again last week with another long night..."

March 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

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

Affordable Housing and How to Get More Keeps Council Busy

What happened last week and what's on this week's Council agenda

"...Coming through loud and clear at City Council's June 9 meeting were deep anxieties about expanding the..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Council: Because We're Happy!

Council dances, hires, and lives the Life Aquatic

"...City Council adjourned at not quite midnight last Thursday (Feb. 1)..."

Feb. 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council Wrap: Not Quite Midnight

Council tweaks youth curfew, promotes greenwater, frees lemonade

"...Considering its 104-Item agenda last Thursday (June 15), City Council did pretty well to adjourn by 10:42pm. That was..."

June 19, 2017 News Post 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 the..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Dream a Little Dreamliner

Leffingwell Crosses the Pond

"...Thursday’s City Council agenda will be a little thinner than expected, with..."

March 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

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

Amid Tough Questioning, Council Confirms Chacon as New Police Chief

Alter, Kelly vote against longtime APD insider

"...doors and another two hours of public questioning, City Council on Sept. 30 confirmed Joseph Chacon’s appointment as Austin’s..."

Oct. 2, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Hello, Columbus!

Meet the would-be city managers … and an Ohio soccer team … ?

"...Last Thursday’s City Council meeting began with the national anthem, “Taps,” and a..."

Nov. 13, 2017 News Post by Michael King

City Council: How Big Is Just Right?

Council moves forward on Mobility Bond, “Smart Corridors”

"...Last Thursday’s City Council meeting featured the usual brace of postponements, but moved..."

Aug. 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Herding Council Cats

City Council takes on 103 items ranging from bonds to staff review

"...Never let it be said that City Council hasn't left itself enough to do. Today's agenda (June..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 City Council Stories

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

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

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: The Budget Warms Up ... and Ott's Under Fire

With substantive postponements, this week's Council meeting may bring fireworks

"...There's no regular City Council meeting this week (next one is May 1), but..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

BREAKING: Travis Co. Rules Against Austin City Council

County attorney comes down hard on Open Meetings violations

"...findings in his investigation into whether the Austin City Council violated state Open Meetings Act laws: Guilty, on all..."

April 1, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

COVID-19 Sends Council Meeting Into Virtual Reality

City Hall to perform open government while maintaining distance

"...The Austin City Council will meet on Thursday, March 26, but it will..."

March 20, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council: All the Agenda That Fits

Mobility, budget, lobbyists, density … and more

"...At 94 items, Thursday’s City Council meeting agenda is about as lengthy as they come...."

Aug. 17, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council Preview: Short Termers

City Council resumes regular business today, on a short-term fuse

"...Flush from its FY 2016 budget deliberations, Council returns to a regular agenda today (Sept. 17) with..."

Sept. 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Visa Council Debate Begins

City Council sets public hearing for incentives package

"...Wednesday afternoon, City Council held its first formal consideration of the proposed economic..."

Nov. 28, 2012 News Post 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

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

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

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, when..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council Preview: The Cloud of Athena

Healthcare software firm considering a deal for Seaholm

"...The final agenda for City Council’s Jan. 23 meeting posted Friday doesn’t differ dramatically from..."

Jan. 20, 2014 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...privately owned, undeveloped Downtown block for a mixed-use development; Council fails to negotiate regulations on short-term rentals; and more...."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Council Candidate Tapped Infowars Contributor to Make Campaign Video

Mackenzie Kelly campaign's finance report tells the tale

"...An Infowars contributor produced a video for City Council candidate Mackenzie Kelly’s campaign, records show. In Kelly’s Oct...."

Dec. 8, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Getting Moving?

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

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

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Soccer Watch: A Pro Team, and a Soccer-Specific Stadium?

Major League Soccer in Austin? People are saying it could happen.

"...Sheryl Cole took the lead in preparing a City Council resolution in support of such efforts...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

A Council in Harmony

"...city's environmentalists will have a supermajority on the city council...."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

City Council District 6: Flannigan Faulted for Progressive Politics

Challengers run to incumbent’s right on homelessness, police spending

"...All three of the candidates challenging Council Member Jimmy Flannigan in the race to represent residents..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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