News Roundup: Butterflies, Buffoons, & Bastrop

Debacles over courthouses and task forces

"...took to Council's Audit and Finance Committee their 11th-hour proposal to move the Civil & Family Courts Complex project..."

Sept. 28, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Congress, Council, & Concealed Weapons

Guns in; refugees out

"...1 City Council candidate Michael Cargill has reportedly informed Mayor Steve Adler that the city's "30.06" signs (forbidding firearms..."

Sept. 8, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Questions and Answers

Paxton expects to be in court for approximately forever

"...• Paxton Problems Proliferate: If Attorney General Ken Paxton didn't have enough..."

Aug. 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Council: Taxes Are Challenging

Council prepares to challenge TCAD

"...Central Apprais­al District on the accuracy of its commercial property appraisals. That's the thrust of Item 22 on today's..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Unrepresentative Government

Council takes its stand with as few voters as possible

"...three separate votes over a week to do so. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and Council Members Bill Spelman,..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Council: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two southeast projects divide dais; APD's state grants OK'd

"...Austin Police Department in relatively short order that will provide additional funding for victims services, the mental health first..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?

Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d

"...At its Aug. 27 meeting, City Council approved several state grants to the Austin Police Department in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

After Much Shouting, Riverside Deal Gets Done

City Council gives final zoning approval for "Domain on Riverside" project

"...City Council gave final approval to zoning for the 4700 Riverside project – dubbed..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...Oh, Pro Tempores: City Council inauguration days aren't heavy on the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature

Headlines

"...re-elected incumbents Steve Adler, Pio Renteria, Ann Kitchen, and Kathie Tovo, and new members Natasha Harper-Madison and Paige Ellis...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature

Public Notice: East Side Story

Somewhere a place for us?

"...call them the Jets and the Sharks) – CMs Tovo/Pool/Houston/Alter on the neighborhood or preservationist side, and CMs Casar/Garza/Renteria/Flan­ni­gan..."

May 18, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...the time you read this, City Council will have approved the city's fiscal year 2018 budget. Or not. The..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature

Harvard Place Residents Protest Eviction

Tenants in limbo as apartment building changes hands

"...bearing signs that read "More Time! Más Tiempo!" The protest, organized by Building and Strengthening Tenant Action, was in..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Game of Zones

Tweak in PUD rules preempts the Grove at Shoal Creek

"...Two months ago, the situation surrounding the proposed planned unit development at the 75-acre tract of land..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council Defers on Decker, Approves Onion Creek Buyout

Golf project goes to committee, and Garza Ranch put to bed

"...session Tuesday), with an even lighter formal agenda (23 Items) than last week. We’ll have more on the upcoming..."

March 10, 2015 News Post by Michael King

TDH: 8/23/11

Sanders settlement dominates Thursday's City Council agenda

"...Items 2,3: The return of two massive, 25-year wind power..."

Aug. 23, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...run-off, voters held on to their general election pick, Kathie Tovo (for more, see "Place 3 by Precinct," "Tovo's..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature

Is a New Austin Land Development Code Done Yet?

Council: Stick a pin in that!

"...it happened, other business considered at last week's meeting proved less volatile than expected; both the Norwood Park affordable-housing..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...The work goes on Mayor Steve Adler and Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo have..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature

Headlines

"...today (Aug. 10) with a light agenda and shorthanded: Mayor Steve Adler and District 3 Council Member Pio Renteria..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature

Public Notice: Tool of Racism?

CodeNEXT fears aired; hopes expressed

"...to put a happy face on the ongoing CodeNEXT process to rewrite Austin's land development code, it's been a..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement

Government may or may not be a farce

"...in a shooting; several early voting polls have scheduling problems, but hardly anyone is voting anyway; and more ......"

Feb. 22, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Commissions, Complaints, and Candidates

Intrigue and drama over technical lobbying laws

"...Council's quest for a utilities consultant; council's battle over property appraisals continues; another Democratic candidate enters the Travis County..."

Dec. 7, 2015 News Post

Let the Sun Shine In!

Council buys solar, supports Planned Parenthood, fingerprints TNCs

"...plenty, from ABIA to ADUs – but the headline items were more solar power and more power for women’s..."

Oct. 21, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Council: Dog Days Arrive

Budget hearings get under way this week

"...strictly germane to the budget review, but had been prompted by CM Don Zimmerman's proposal (posted on the Council..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Aug. 13: In the Zone Again

Council plays musical chairs, because what else do they have to do?

"...who hates moving the furniture, you might need a program to recognize today's City Council. At last Thursday's meeting,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: A Deadly Shooting, Rick Perry, and City Council

Police kill an armed man, Perry's ready to run, and more

"...At around midnight, a police sniper Officer Luke Serrato, approaching from the ground as part of a SWAT team,..."

Feb. 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: In With the New

A fresh-faced City Council gets ready for 2015

"...are instead meeting and talking with one another and Mayor-elect Steve Adler in a manner that will be officially..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Voter Suppression Made Easy

Hold the election when everybody votes? No way.

"...matter at length and decided ... nah. Given a temporary opportunity by the Legislature to move the May election..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Council Notes: When To Park That Election

Downtown parking pulls in at City Council, and more

"...after Council Members Laura Morrison (the original nay) and Kathie Tovo proposed a review – are on this week's..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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