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Council Watch
Clothes, Water Quality, and Entertainment
"...Laboratories to do material testing services for the Public Works and Transportation Department. Then, on May 11 of this..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Column

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December
When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?
"...fort's huge brick artillery sheds sit another 100 rectangular works of gleaming aluminum. The restored sheds' walls are now..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature
Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin
"...they moved here for UT-Austin’s film school, Janeway currently works as operations and programs director at LGBTQ youth org..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

After Long Day of Testimony, Council Votes to End Single-Family Zoning
New rules will allow three homes on every lot
"...represent the most substantial change Council has made to housing policy in years...."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?
Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future
"...driving," said Richard Mendoza, the city's director of public works. He added that working with autonomous vehicles could play..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good?
Plus the return of the Austintatious Artists
"...supports Council's policy priorities on issues such as affordable housing, transportation, living wages, day care, space for creatives, and..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Election Ticker: Tidbits From the Campaign Trail
District 3 candidate forum keeps it quick and Celia gets a PAC
"...he wants to encourage a "holistic" solution to the housing crisis, expand broadband access, and fund full-day pre-K for..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project
Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development
"...Among mixed-use plans for housing, shopping, a museum, and a recording studio at 200..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

AISD’s Therapy Provider Struggles to Meet Demand Amid Mental Health Crisis
Students and parents find help is out of reach
"...staff, we began to offer bilingual and multilingual providers housing that our company would provide to diminish their housing..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Street Fee Coming for Developers in 2022 to Help Offset Growth Costs
New fee will be charged to developers
"...case with many Council debates about land use and housing, the debate over the grace period turned on who..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Mapping Our Transitions
Staff briefing starts to put corridor rezoning in focus
"...areas where staff plans to "map new missing middle housing [small multiplexes, townhomes, and the like] ... adjacent to..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed
Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash
"...Casar, for example, did a brief walkabout promoting affordable housing; CM Jimmy Flannigan asked Austinites to join the Council..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Austin’s Queer Residents Address Needs at City Forum
LGBTQ Commission received feedback to forecast funding
"...environment, culture and lifelong learning, and a government that works for all...."

March 8, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Public Notice: The Business of Governing
Choosing a transit chief, a debt level & more
"...Flagstaff, also has a background in Human Services and Housing...."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Looking Back on the Champions Tract Rezoning
Does this development belong in this particular corner of the Hill Country?
"...And they recognize that Austin's growth calls for more housing. But whether this development belongs here, in this particular..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally
Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1
"...a sharp partisan tone, with the pro-Prop 1 Ridesharing Works for Austin (led by Travis Considine, a campaign spokesperson..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines
"...April 14, to talk solutions for creating permanent affordable housing at the Sun Chase Planned Unit Devel­opment; a rezoning..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature

Early Returns
Four declare candidacy for the Pct. 1 Commissioners Court Primary Race
"...for the position. Early on, he has emphasized affordable housing and equitable services, and county jail reform (restoring in-person..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Friends Like These
Austin Neighborhoods Council prez says FAN and ANC values are in conflict
"...what's going to happen," she said. Although Weidlich herself works in high-tech, she doesn't place much faith in FoHP's..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Firestarter
If you want to protest institutional racism, pick an actual target
"...folly goes, nobody in town was even aware that housing prices and property taxes are rising, and certainly nobody..."

March 27, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Council: Take the Steam Train
Can the city and Uber and Lyft come to an understanding?
"...regulation) to come up with some regulatory plan that works for all sides. The ordinance "findings" recount the history..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Road to 10-1: Add One More …
Candidate pilgrimage grows, and a glance at District 4
"...business person, and touted her experience in “knowing what works and what doesn’t work” in city government as allowing..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Michael King

City Council: Less Is More
CMs tackle stealth dorms and economic incentives deals
"...be several proposals for loans to help kick-start affordable housing projects, three sponsored by Foun­da­tion Communities and a fourth,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines
"...over both how the current "Robin Hood" recapture system works, and how little money lawmakers allocated for public education..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature

AISD, Single Sex, And the Shadow of Separate But Equal
Trustee Bradley on why she believes East Austin needs a boys' school
"...Bradley sees problems in the project's commitment to affordable housing. "You always have someone who jumps up and says,..."

Aug. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

May 12 Municipal Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
"...On social issues – affordable housing, health care, marriage rights for all, economic inequities, etc...."

April 27, 2012 News Feature

Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, July 2-8
"...own neighborhood improvement project with help from the Public Works Depart­ment. www.cityofaustin.org/publicworks/ncd.htm...."

July 2, 2010 News Feature

Recovery Projects
Help for defendants who are homeless, alcoholic, or mentally ill
"...public intoxication charges – a chance at sobriety, stable housing, and employment. It's an ambitious program and (depending on..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: When a House Is Not a Home
Workers and homeowners seek justice from home builders
"...One sign that the housing market is still in pretty bad shape is that..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...• Travis Co. seeks housing grant On Tuesday, Travis Co. Commissioners Court approved joining..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature

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