Daugherty Says Lehmberg Should Resign
But county officials have no power to make that happen
"...yearly state-set salary, Travis County commissioners have absolutely no authority over District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg – including no power..."
Search
8 Location Matches: Austin Metal Authority, Austin Revitalization Authority, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...
9 Location Matches: [show less]
Austin Metal AuthorityAustin Revitalization AuthorityCapital Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityHousing AuthorityHousing Authority of the City of AustinLower Colorado River AuthorityLower Colorado River Authority HeadquartersLower Colorado River Authority Water Conservation
Austin Metal AuthorityAustin Revitalization AuthorityCapital Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityHousing AuthorityHousing Authority of the City of AustinLower Colorado River AuthorityLower Colorado River Authority HeadquartersLower Colorado River Authority Water Conservation
61-90 of 1,000 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
May 22, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
Council Preview: Who Rules AE?
Tomorrow's headline matter is Austin Energy governance
"...over direct management of the utility, with Council retaining authority on overall policy...."
April 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Highland Lake Water
LCRA vote on White Stallion coal plant permit pushed to August
"...behind the project is asking the Lower Colorado River Authority for an enormous water usage permit during the worst..."
June 15, 2011 News Post by Ramon Martinez
At Least Five Things You Should Know About, I Mean, If You Were Counting
The bimonthly literary/art/performative series Five Things happens Friday at the Art Authority
"...5 at the (very happily reopened) United States Art Authority next to Spiderhouse Cafe (510 West 29th). Doors open..."
June 3, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Microscope Zooms in on Anti-Science SBOE
Legislators try to rein in controversial education board
"...here I think seven sessions – to strip your authority, to make sure that you have, on that Board..."
April 28, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
The Anthropology of Femicide in Juarez
Cecilia Balli talked to a UT audience about the ongoing murder problem in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
"...young women have persisted in an atmosphere of fractioning authority and violently-contested territories – be that of street gangs,..."
March 3, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez
God on the Bench
Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority
"...God," he wrote. "The problems arise when those in authority force their views of how these commandments are to..."
Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder
What's Wrong with Public Housing?
The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority
"...is not only the debut project of the Housing Authority of the city of Austin, it's the very first..."
Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Tied to the Tracks
"...tracks, as a congested city and its beleaguered transit authority inch toward an apparently final decision on light rail..."
April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Fusebox Festival Schedule
"...11:30pm: Magnifico. Magnifico (Austin), United States Art Authority, 2906 Fruth. Friday, April 23..."
April 23, 2010 Arts Feature
Here Come the Transporters
In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace
"...the same plan. Though the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road system and Capital Metro's commuter-rail-and-bus proposal originate from..."
June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Developing Stories: Counting Cars and Fears
Officials say their hands are tied at Northcross – but is that true?
"...policy will at Northcross is that it "lacks the authority" to act. Council members repeatedly have been told that..."
June 8, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Austin Law Department Argues City Council Can’t Stop Austin Police from Keeping Secret Files
Taylor trial addresses city’s G file policy
"...that no one but Austin’s police chief has the authority to alter an Austin Police Department policy that allows..."
Oct. 25, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders
The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King
The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"...of Rosewood Courts at 5:15 that afternoon," a Housing Authority official wrote in a report on the fire, "because..."
Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
Big City Blues
Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.
"...permits and approvals. ... Land use is where city authority is at risk, and our growth is going to..."
Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Voters Want Strong Police Oversight. Will the City Deliver It?
Oversight undermined
"...prior coverage, there are three overlapping sets of legal authority authorizing civilian police oversight in Texas cities: state law,..."
May 26, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Bus Stops Here: Two Finalists for Top Spot
Agency looks outside for new leadership
"...was previously general manager of Corpus Christi's Regional Transportation Authority and an assistant general manager of the Fort Worth..."
May 14, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Working on the Railroad
The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail
"...entities presenting: Capital Metro, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District...."
Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
A Battle on the Shuttle
For aggrieved UT drivers, the buck stops at Capital Metro
"...and its employer, ATC/Vancom, which has been the transit authority's subcontractor for shuttle service since 1999. The UT Shuttle..."
May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
A Rural Riddle
Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth
"...stone in the shoe for the Lower Colorado River Authority's plans to run a water pipeline into Hays County...."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
What Price Baseball?
The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi
"...City of Arlington and the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority (ASFDA) over who will pay a $4.98 million jury..."
June 20, 1997 News Feature
It's Not Easy Being Green
The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission
"...as a measure of success – nor any real authority to push departments toward sustainability – Athens has found..."
April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Hill Country Militia
Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment
"...San Antonio Water System was seeking to expand its authority across the city's entire 5-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction, and that..."
June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman
The Voucher Game
As a result of a flawed, out-of-date funding formula, Bush's
current $15.9 billion budget request to Congress for 2007
Section 8 funds would cut about 20,000 vouchers from 70%
of housing agencies across the country, report documents
"...Budget and Policy Priorities, the City of Austin Housing Authority stands to lose 69 housing vouchers under President Bush's..."
April 7, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Clouds Over Dripping Springs
As the pressure for growth continues, Dripping Springs residents question the role of city government insiders
"...agreements' compliance with state law, given the limited land-use authority that general-rule cities (those with populations under 5,000) have..."
Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Take the A-Train
Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.
"...to his porch. (One of his porches, anyway.) The authority's most famous antagonist, Gerald Daugherty, says that if light..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Facts So Far
"...light rail system, which will, according to the transit authority, take at least until 2018.Why are we voting on..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
A Dam Shame
Trout fishing group and recreational users oppose Guadalupe Blanco River Authority's plan to sell water to growing communities.
"...of the surrounding counties grows, the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (GBRA) has entered into a series of contracts that..."
Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko
On the Rails
Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?
"...of the local daily have been dogging the transit authority for years, but that attacks have become vendetta-like in..."
June 14, 1996 News Feature
Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot
May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight
"...against the city, alleging that OPO was overstepping its authority and violating the terms of the 2018 labor contract...."
April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders
Asian American Resource Center
