The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...after street dealer, and yet medics with Austin-Travis County EMS continued to drown in the deluge of new calls...."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Budget Crunch Time [UPDATE]

City Council continues final number-crunching

"...Council members seemed particularly resistant to delaying the 42-hour EMS work week and to holding off on increasing (from..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Rivalry Revs Up for Pct. 2

Three Dems vie to replace Sarah Eckhardt

"...Eckhardt as one of the county's four elected commissioners seems set for an unpredictable next couple of months...."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Christopher Hooks

Headlines

"...Council last week ratified the first meet-and-confer contract with EMS since voters approved the agency's bid for civil service..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature

Then There's This: Campaign Cash

Austin's real estate community fared well on their election investments, but affordable housing got dropped in the grease

"...Austin Travis County EMS Employee Association (Prop. 11: Extend civil service agreements to EMS..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Bond Election Crib Sheet

Here's a thumbnail of the seven bond propositions, from transportation to film

"...would go toward building or improving police, fire, and EMS facilities, including women's locker room additions to fire stations,..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Room for the Unexpected

With the budget season not yet in full swing, there's still time for hope

"...Review 22,072,835 766,097 3.5% Municipal Court 12,990,893 344,859 2.7% EMS 49,216,305 531,903 1.1% Police 270,494,239 3,039,968 1.1% Fire 132,303,598..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

'Service Reductions' and 'Unmet Needs'

What the numbers show

"...Services 482,000 2,501,000 Police 3,391,000 3,382,500 Fire 2,104,000 1,846,500 EMS 674,000 2,496,000 Library 993,000 518,500 Municipal Court 120,000 257,500..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature

Fun and Games With the City Budget

The city takes its budget process on the road

"...EMS..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Letter to Alberta

Leffingwell blasts the Statesman for their public safety scaremongering

"...or cutting the pay of police officers, firefighters and EMS employees? How would you control costs?..."

April 10, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Council sharpens its pencil before tackling public safety budget

"...the rest of the city workforce receives, Police (and EMS and Fire, as successfully negotiated by then-union chief Mike..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Toby Futrell Put This Porn on My Computer!

Texas Monthly's Mike Levy tells council what for in EMS porn scandal.

"...stretch than most, demanding Toby Futrell repent for the EMS PornoGate scandal, but make of it what you will...."

March 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Toby Futrell's Budget

The staff-proposed city budget goes to council, with both breathing and wiggle room

"...million; added funds would restore four "frontline" firefighter positions. EMS, currently at $38.1 million, is a "top priority for..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

APD's Michael Clark Video

Footage documents events that led to Michael Clark's death

"...officer can be heard radioing in a call for EMS, before officers pull Clark from the car and use..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Clark Autopsy Released – APD and Tasers Exonerated?

Questions – and lawsuits – still linger over Taser use

"...on the hot roadway for an undetermined time, until EMS arrived to transport him to South Austin Hospital, where..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Austin-Travis Co. EMS dispatcher Julie Regier has been awarded Emergency Dispatcher of..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Full Campaign Disclosure: Here Comes Late Money

Charges, countercharges, and lawsuits in City Council campaigns

"...McFadden commented, "What they're doing is legal, but it seems disingenuous to pretend that the support is coming from..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...D-Austin, would extend so-called meet-and-confer negotiation rights to Austin's EMS personnel if city voters approve the measure. Austin's EMS..."

April 22, 2005 News Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...would remember Florida '00. And it isn't autocratic if Dems don't sign your petition; if a candidate can't muster..."

May 14, 2004 Column

Against Proposition 1

"...we probably should have a fire truck and an EMS vehicle. This would mean first response for a heart..."

May 11, 2004 Postmarks

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

"...services in the city General Fund; police, fire, and EMS consume nearly all of the city's sales- and property-tax..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Bulletproofing Betty

Despite being a council freshman, Betty Dunkerley has already taken the lead on health care.

"...when we think "public safety," we think police, fire, EMS, people in uniforms with badges (and sometimes guns). We..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...flyer in both the criminal justice and mental health systems, predator and prey, she was just 23 years old...."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...the city and the county work together? Karen Sonleitner seems a little sick and tired of being asked this..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...supports city departments that are not self-supporting: police, fire, EMS, parks, libraries, planning, and so forth. (Those departments that..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bond Election Cliffs Notes

General Obligation Bonds

"...Desired Development Zone. (One might argue that inadequate roads themselves hinder growth, but get real -- look at Yager..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Where There's a Bill, There's a Way

"...own two cents, a $46,000 savings transferable to the EMS operating budget. Most were discovered by the American Federation..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Column

The Worst Is Yet to Come

Austin's Emergency Operations Center

"...future, representatives from city public safety agencies (police, fire, EMS) would already have gathered with other city and Travis..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature

Bill Would Connect ERCOT to U.S. Electric Grids

Environmental and labor groups support cost-saving bill

"...Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Association, recounted harrowing stories from EMS calls during the..."

Feb. 22, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

As Transit Cops Near, Cap Metro’s Other Public Safety Personnel Thrive

Safe on the bus

"...ambassador program in October 2021. A nearby ambassador phoned EMS and stayed with the man, who had a faint..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

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