Property Tax Angst Starts Early

Council ponders ‘surplus,’ raising exemption – and anti-tax backlash

"...consideration of increasing the property tax exemption for homeowners aged 65 or older, or disabled – currently $51,000 and..."

March 17, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Council: Dream a Little Dreamliner

Leffingwell Crosses the Pond

"...City Council agenda will be a little thinner than expected, with a couple of high-profile items kicked down the..."

March 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Austin’s Queer Residents Address Needs at City Forum

LGBTQ Commission received feedback to forecast funding

"...When an Out Youth employee called 911 to report a youth in crisis, the operator..."

March 8, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

City Hall Hustle: And So the Money Goes

Final City Budget Adoption Not Quite So Final

"...We shouldn't be surprised a decision as big as the city's 2010 budget..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Sources: City Manager Spencer Cronk Will Be Asked to Resign

Brazen police-contract gambit follows ice-storm SNAFUs

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk successfully fended off passage of a City Council resolution that would..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Election Results: Austin Can Save Itself, Thanks

Pro-policing GOP-aligned campaigners crash into city’s fiscal reality on Election Day

"...Austin voters humiliated Save Austin Now at the polls Nov. 2, rejecting..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...for the Dec. 15 run-offs stands at 5.23% of registered voters. Early voting ends tomorrow, Dec. 11, with election..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature

Council Preview: The City Will RISE Again

$15 million fund proposed to help deliver quick cash relief

"...city’s emergency reserves for direct financial relief to individuals affected by the economic fallout caused by the spread of..."

April 8, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Funding Public Safety?

The never-ending question

"...outcome. There is uncertainty in the form of two unratified meet-and-confer agreements with the labor unions representing the Austin..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

If We Had Budget Enough, and Time ...

Council closes in on a final FY 2017 city budget

"...midday meeting of the Audit and Finance Committee. They're scheduled for Friday as well, although at last Wednesday's budget..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Working the Budget

Council and staff review the preliminary numbers, with crossed fingers all around

"...The initial City Council budget work sessions ended with a flourish on June 1, an all-day meeting..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Budget Preview Remains Strong, With Notes of Caution

Good times continue?

"...extreme thumbnail version of the city budget forecast presentation delivered Wednesday morning by the city of Austin's financial services..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council Wrap-Up

Council passes a budget, 10-1 – no, wait, make that 9-2

"...Thursday, with rather less exhaustion than might have been anticipated, City Council adopted the FY 2016 city budget, a..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Moths to a Flame

If it's Friday, we have a budget

"...As of its noon recess Wednesday – beyond which a newsweekly's print deadlines dare not..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature

What Do Austinites Want?

10-1 City Council wrangles its first budget

"...It's a largely unquestioned presumption of all city budget discussions that "the taxpayers"..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Big Numbers Arrive

City budget staff briefs Council for FY2014-15

"...City budget season resumed in earnest last Thursday, as City Manager Marc Ott,..."

Aug. 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Headlines

"...› Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehm­berg was arrested Friday night, April 12, for driving while intoxicated. She..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature

Headlines

"...• As we go to press Wednesday, City Council is concluding its first day of the..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature

This Is Your City Budget

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

"...long ago, conventional wisdom held that once City Council received the city manager's proposed budget – that annual assessment of..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 9/13/10

Live-blogging the budget business

"...Hey there, the Hustle here, bleary-eyed and bushy haired at City Hall, waiting for City..."

Sept. 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 6/16/10

Big ballin' at the budget forum

"...The city held their first, and so far, only scheduled public forum on the 2011 budget yesterday. Some 100..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...About 150 or so people gathered on the gymnasium floor of the Northwest Recreation Center..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Fun and Games With the City Budget

The city takes its budget process on the road

"...the time you read this, the city will have completed three town hall meetings concerning the 2009-10 budget. The..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Hustler's Diary

While you were watching your 401(k)

"...Wednesday, Feb. 18: To mark his one-year anniversary as city..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Should Hire Locals

"...Editor, Scanning Mr. Marc Ott's hirings, I can see his..."

Jan. 10, 2009 Postmarks

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to see the minimum age to buy all guns upped from 18 to 21. Researchers found 76% of voters..."

May 5, 2023 News Feature

Council: Buckets Before Vendors

Light fare on the agenda this week

"...Feb. 15, when the paid sick leave ordinance hearing featured several hours of public testimony, well beyond midnight. As..."

March 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

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