Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

"...Fund, which pays for city services like police, fire, emergency medical services, parks, libraries, and housing assistance. GF expenditures..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Office of Attorney General and its impact on the federal courts. The series charts the evolution of the office..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature

City Plans New Emergency Homeless Shelter, But Without Much Community Input

A Southeast Austin warehouse will soon become a shelter

"...As Austin struggles to provide enough emergency shelter beds for the thousands of people living without..."

May 12, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Got Repairs or Debris Following the Ice Storm? Here's What to Do.

Who to call, where to go, and how best to get back to normal

"...• The city's Development Services Department is providing emergency repairs to homeowners and businesses, and permits are not..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

As Austin Recovers From Winter Storm Mara, City Manager's Job Is (Again) on the Line

Walking on thin ice

"...dropped the ball on two key principles of crisis management: Respond to what your customers are telling you, and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

An Unwilling Council OKs Urban Alchemy to Run ARCH

Bad news travels

"...the California-based nonprofit that has limited experience running overnight emergency shelters, even less of a footprint in Austin, and..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...exciting reason: biohazard in the control tower! When a Federal Aviation Administration employee tests positive for COVID-19 and is..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...every couple of weeks. Whatever the current weather, local emergency managers and elected officials alike continue to hammer home..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a key goal for Personett. "Of..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Morton, a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison travels to his hometown to paint his family..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Storm Relief Org Puts Down Roots to Help Farms

Texas Farm Resilience Collaborative brings financial relief in wake of Winter Storm Uri damage

"...by. "We had farmers who would go to [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] for relief, and FEMA would say,..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

EMS Staffing Shortage Nears Crisis Point

Ongoing staffing shortage worsens with Omicron surge

"...For the first time since Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services was founded in 1976, the agency moved..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...threadbare safety net system of subsidized clinics and hospital emergency rooms for which the state has been loath to..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...is to help people, with support services and case management, move along that continuum at their own pace, and..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Winter Is Still Coming: An Update on Water, Power and Other Relief for Austinites

As the city thaws, utilities slowly repair damage, restore service

"...the state’s electrical grid, announced an end to its emergency and informed utilities they no longer needed to “shed..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Plans to Spend $270 Million in COVID-19 Relief

Clock is ticking to allocate anticipated federal funding

"...Public health, economic support, and emergency response are the broad priorities for spending the $270..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

People Experiencing Homelessness Brace for More Changes in Support Systems

Where are they supposed to go?

"...– that is, people who are not undergoing case management and staying in a bed at the shelter...."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Counters "Camp Abbott" With Plan to Convert a South Austin Motel Into a Low-Barrier Shelter

"...access to a bigger funding stream – primarily through federal Housing Choice Vouchers, the former Sec­tion 8 – to..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...River Authority; 3) that the state declare "a climate emergency plan with real teeth"; 4) that Austin Energy end..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...Turner's wife drove him to the emergency room of the Lakeway Regional Medical Center (near Highway..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The Weight of 20 Tons

What went wrong to kill Bahman Kaman?

"...of Kaman. The 49-year-old did not stand a chance; emergency workers pronounced him dead at the scene. [inset-1-right]..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...• Find Your Flood: As of Jan. 6, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued updated flood insurance rate..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Refugees, Republicans, & Rhetoric

Refugee politics take center stage

"...an unprecedented attempt on the part of a state agency to pressure private, nonprofit organizations to violate federal law..."

Nov. 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Then There's This: High Water

After losing everything in the flood, onion creek residents still have nothing

"...out that 850 homes have to be damaged before federal dollars are turned loose for individual households. Even including..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Obama Proclaims Halloween Floods Federal Disaster

Funds to be available for public assistance

"...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today that the Halloween flooding..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Trickle Down: Parsing Federal Relief

Despite best intentions, coordination in crisis does not always produce the best recovery

"...coordination of the bigger guns of relief – the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...blaze in the town's Circle D subdivision. The county's Emergency Opera­tions Center was well aware of several fires already..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

'Nothing Is Done Alone'

American YouthWorks' Texas Conservation Corps helps bring Bastrop back to life

"...2011, its first task was to establish a donation management and volunteer reception center. The pastor of Calvary Baptist..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Flood Cleanup Ongoing: Donations Welcome

"...Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last weekend surveyed the damage..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Saturday Flood Damage Assistance Update

Latest City of Austin communication on flood aftermath

"...latest release from the City of Austin and the Emergency Operations Center Joint Information Center. The work goes on,..."

Nov. 9, 2013 News Post by Michael King

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