Council, Community Urge APD to Halt Marijuana Arrests

Activists claim strategy unfairly impacts minorities, wastes resources

"...want to hear: "Marijuana is still illegal under both state and federal law."..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget

4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked

"...property tax rate to the maximum allowed under current state law without requiring a public vote – a rate..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Tackles Property Tax Rate, 4700 Riverside, Gun Violence

Wheels in motion for upcoming adoption of FY 2020 budget

"...property tax rate to the maximum allowed under current state law without requiring a public vote – a rate..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin At Large: For the Price of a Policeman

The cost of public safety, in different community currencies

"...last week of the proposed fiscal year 2020 city budget's largest-ever investments to combat homelessness – Topic A all..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure

Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance

"...to the growing hostility toward abortion rights – nationally, statewide, and now at the municipal level in Texas –..."

Aug. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...so since City Manager Spencer Cronk presented his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020, reaction on the street –..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Looks at Homelessness, Climate Change, and Gun Violence

Post-summer Council hits the dais running with 149-Item agenda

"...consider allocating funds from the fiscal year 2020 city budget (which includes more than $62 million earmarked for homelessness)...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...III. So they head to Moroc­co with a $20,000 budget ("skimmed off the top of an educational movie," Huck­abee..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...to City Manager Spencer Cronk's proposed fiscal year 2020 budget. More details inside...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature

"Historic" Spending on Homelessness in New City Budget

FY 2020 plan calls for maximum tax rate to beat revenue caps

"...of the newly proposed Fiscal Year 2019-20 Austin city budget...."

Aug. 5, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: They’re Baaack!

Council faces a busy first week

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk presents the FY 2019-20 Proposed Budget to Council at a 2pm event at LifeWorks' Youth..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Travis County Leaders Give Themselves Raises

Salary move comes amid fears of shrinking budgets

"...Gerald Daugherty in opposition, comes as the county faces state-imposed property tax revenue caps and is discussing ways to..."

July 31, 2019 News Post by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Headlines

"...County Counting Coins: Travis County's preliminary FY 2020 budget was released this week, totaling $1.09 billion, a 9.7%..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...expansion would not only accommodate more and larger local, state, and national gatherings, but would also create new public..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Ending HIV in 10 Years: How Do We Do It?

CDC director visits Austin, calls for a "disruptively innovative" plan

"...Then, in an unexpected turn of events during his State of the Union speech in February, President Trump announced..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...landed. As the group travels, their world and emotional states become increasingly heightened and more unrealistic with little explanation...."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

State Rep. Bucy Hosts Town Hall on Schools, Border Crisis

Freshman legislator praises bipartisan support for “Texas values”

"...the Texas Legislature in the past few decades, said state Rep. John Bucy III, D-Austin, during his first post-session..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Megan Menchaca

Council Readies for New Budget Realities

Members might reconsider economic incentive packages

"...While City Council awaits a detailed budget presentation from City Manager Spencer Cronk, due when it..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...both speaking up and listening. Ranus, Richards, and Austin state Reps. Celia Israel and Sheryl Cole agree that mental..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

L.A. Stands in for the ATX in 9-1-1: Lone Star

Fox confirms new Rob Lowe vehicle will not shoot in Austin

"...Moving Image Industry Incentive Program is structured. While the state program is commonly known as a film incentive, its..."

July 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rep. Talarico Shocked at Inhumane Border Facility Conditions During Tour

Austin-area lawmaker part of delegation that visited El Paso, Clint

"...U.S.-Mexico border facilities housing detained migrants, a delegation of state and Congressional lawmakers, including Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, toured..."

July 2, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Orson Welles Refracts Noir in The Lady From Shanghai

It's the maverick director versus the world at AFS Cinema

"...excuse for its lopsided happy ending or enormously bloated budget. Yet these hindrances that would otherwise beset other directors..."

June 28, 2019 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...unanimously on Monday night (June 17) a $1.6 billion budget for the 2019-20 school and fiscal year. The budget..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Film News: From A(nimation) to Z(ombies)

Production updates from around town and just beyond city limits

"...Big Money Time: When the state budget was finally thrashed out at the end of..."

June 21, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

AISD Employees to Receive Historic Raises

District, union agree on pay package in wake of state school bill

"...3, which will inject about $6.5 billion into the state’s education system – which includes funds earmarked for public..."

June 13, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...make a period piece because you don't have much budget. You really need to make a current piece so..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Thinks Hard on Homelessness

Action on new rules set for June 20 meeting

"...In an editorial in the Statesman earlier this week, representatives of the Downtown Austin Alliance,..."

June 7, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

With Session Over, AISD to Wrap Up Budget

Employee compensation still at issue in upcoming spending plan

"...of Trustees on Monday, June 3, held its first budget discussion following passage of the Texas Legislature's $6.5 billion..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How the Revenue Cap "Reform" Will Affect Austin and Travis County

Senate Bill 2, explained

"...impact the city of Austin, Travis County, and the state's other cities and counties (and other jurisdictions, but not..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

As Tax Protests Begin, Travis Central Appraisal District Catches Heat

The causes and effects of the ongoing TCAD controversy

"...rising property taxes have consumed political attention throughout the state, the Travis Central Appraisal Dis­trict's handling of local taxpayers'..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

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