Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...Fourteen months after the Land-Development-Code-rewrite-that-shall-not-be-named went down in flames,..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

It's Almost Time for an Election!

Are you ready for November 5?

"...local and state elections. Early voting starts Monday, Oct. 21, and runs through Friday, Nov. 1. To cast a..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Saskia Henn

Faster Than Sound: Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music

With $3 million in HOT monies, music advocates gear up for vote on Prop B, the Far Out finds its footing in South Austin, and more music news

"...In a huge victory for Austin advocates, City Council..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Headlines

"...and persuasive showing" of his innocence. Convicted for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, after many rejected appeals, Reed..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature

City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget

4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked

"...City Council took another crack at ballot language for Proposition B, the citizen initiative concerning the Austin Convention Center,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Is There a Lawyer in the House?

Legal opinions abound in the lead-up to November's elections

"...than fight, and amended the November ballot language for Proposition B – the petition-initiated referendum to block expansion of..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Third Court of Appeals Rejects Convention Center Ballot Language

Unconventionalists win a round against Council

"...a petition filed by Nelson Linder that challenged the proposition ballot language recently adopted by the City Council concerning..."

Aug. 26, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Residents to Vote for Hotel Occupancy Tax Allocation, Soccer

County, city grapple for hotel dollars

"...On Monday, Aug. 19, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to place..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

PHAM PAC Pushes Back on Hotel Occupancy Tax Plan

Community groups unite to oppose Prop B

"...musicians gathered last week to declare their opposition to Proposition B, which would block proposals to expand the Neal..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment, Less So on Hotel Occupancy Tax

First meeting after summer break features plenty of theatrics

"...City Council gave preliminary approval on Thursday (Aug. 8)..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Political Action Committee Proclaims Support for Convention Center

PHAM says expansion means millions in community benefits

"...homeless services, artists, and musicians declared their opposition to Proposition B, which would block any expansion...."

Aug. 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Ghost Wall

Sarah Moss' remarkable novella shows how one man's fascination with Iron Age Britain can manifest in the present in a terrifying way

"...history, using it to prop up their white supremacist propaganda. It's unsettling to watch for those of us who've..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Headlines

"...Collister acquired Sandra Bland's cell phone video of her 2015 traffic arrest in September via an open records request..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Army Reserve facility that houses the DAC, constructed in 1947, has needed substantial improvements for years and sits in..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird

This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders

"...My favorite thing about the production is the incredible..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Revisits Milk With Austin Screening

Dustin Lance Black on the pendulum of progress

"...In 1977, Harvey Milk became California’s first openly gay public official..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity

Plus new music from Krudxs Cubensi and a Cinco de Mayo drag brunch

"...Dustin Lance Black has a confession. "Milk really became..."

May 3, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Growing State of Downtown

Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development

"...0.5% of Austin’s total land area, it generates about 10% of the city’s total assessed value. The area brought..."

April 30, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Moontower 2019 Review: Ronny Chieng

Daily Show senior correspondent brings polish and fire

"...There’s color, drama, a prop other than a microphone...."

April 30, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Austin FC's New Charitable Arm Backs Affordable Housing Project

Meanwhile, Senate Bill 1771 seeks to jeopardize the Major League Soccer team

"...Austin FC stadium on McKalla Place; it will include 132 studio apartments, 27 of which will be reserved for..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Filmmaker David Blue Garcia Goes Back to the Border for Tejano

Guns, drugs, and laughs in this microbudget thriller

"...as the subject of a Texas House Resolution, HR 176, authored by Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, for his new..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Special Event: Drag Bingo with Bob the Drag Queen and Manila Luzon

Lip-syncs and glam at the Culture Trip House's Soho in SoCo

"...seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, made an appropriately dramatic entrance to the Austin Motel on Monday night...."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Rosalind Faires

New Study Changes City Council's View of Flood Risk

Puzzling over a variance on Avenue D, and spending the first of the 2018 bond funds

"...to approve a floodplain variance for a house at 4515 Avenue D. Sitting in the 25- and 100-year floodplains..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...on I Dream of Jeannie started out as a 1964 Jim Beam collector decanter. Director Gene Nelson saw it..."

March 15, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Short Film “Sweet Steel” Tells Heartfelt Story of Suicide

Austin filmmaker Will Goss on his new film about depression

"...A man. A gun. A bowl of melted chocolate...."

March 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Time for the Bonus Round!

Trusting ourselves to allow the housing that will change the city

"...Today, Feb. 21, the City Council will likely endorse Greg Casar's "Affordability..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City: More Affordable Housing Everywhere

Neighborhood Housing and Community Development draft goals to increase inventory for low- and moderate-income households

"...metal as City Hall's housing champion; on Tuesday, Feb. 12, he led the Council Housing and Planning Com­mit­tee, which..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: The Speed of Trust

Moving off dead center in the land use debate

"...on all sides." And in this week's News feature 
previewing the new City Council, City Manager Spencer Cronk opines..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

New Class Ready to ATXelerate

Centro-urbanist PAC set to train up more future Council candidates

"..."only elected office candidate recruitment engine," has announced its 2019 "ATXelerator" recruitment class for aspiring officials. In a press..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...the scare this past election, and Team Blue flipped 12 seats in the House and two in the Senate,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

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