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Austin Updates COVID Protocols Amid Abbott's Tightening Grip on Local Authorities' Powers
Local and state officials wrestle over mask mandates, again
"...downgraded Austin's risk-level to Stage 2, outgoing Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott renewed and updated Austin's local Health..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Living History
The debate on how best to honor the history of Rosewood Courts continues
"...aging property becoming increasingly laborious to maintain, the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) plans to tear..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Strama Takes Anti-Bullying Laws to the Next Level
Bills address cyber-bullying and campus removals
"...new policies such as giving teachers and administrators the authority to reprimand and punish students for off-campus bullying, like..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Post by Kelsey McNiel

Streetcar Desires
The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions
"...commissioned the Austin Streetcar Financing Study. The regional transit authority had concluded from its own long-range planning that 1)..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...• The Housing Authority of Travis County was recognized with four awards by..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Strayhorn Takes Toll on the CTRMA
Comptroller delivers scathing audit of road agency
"...nominally an audit of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Released with Strayhorn's usual fanfare, the "special report" is..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Pointing Fingers
Local NAACP leaders recently announced the results of their inquiry into the June shooting death of 23-year-old Sophia King, leveling much of the responsibility on the Housing Authority of the city of Austin.
"...King, leveling much of the responsibility on the Housing Authority of the City of Austin. Local NAACP leader Nelson..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mystery Train
Light Rail's narrow defeat at the polls has probably spared Capital Metro an assault by legislators in January. But the agency is trying to figure out how to keep rail on track while satisfying Republican legislators who want sales tax returned.
"...attempts in 1997 and 1999 to strip the transit authority of its full cent of sales tax, Cap Met..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Revolutionary Letter to Employers
"...the system was fair, you would not need the authority you demand. Such authority is only necessary to keep..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Column

Office of Police Oversight Puts Its Difficulties With APD Leadership in Writing
Report offers insight into limitations OPO faces in doing its work
"...approved a charter amendment that gives City Council the authority to change how OPO is structured...."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Whither Rosewood Courts?
The fight to save the first public housing complex for African-Ameri­cans in the U.S
"...Grant – a grant given to the city Housing Authority to revitalize "distressed public and/or assisted housing," according to..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Unrealized Opportunities: Ester Matthews on the Austin Climate Protection Program
Ester Matthews reflects on the progress of the ACPP
"...our role in all this [with no direct enforcement authority] ......."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Gone and Quartered
Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects
"...on "Quarter Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – money that Cap Metro now is too cash-poor..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Call Us Ambiguous
Feeling confused? You must be talking to city legal
"...requiring an 'implementation plan' blurs the line between council-manager authority."..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

No Room at the Complex
Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos
"...Affordable Housing Corp., a nonprofit subsidiary of the Housing Authority of the City of Austin. Mention "subsidized housing," and..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Eve of Destruction
Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'
"...the entire movement that speaks with the kind of authority he does. The theme now in al Qaeda is..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

The Common Law
Power of attorney
"...a legal instrument that is used to delegate legal authority to another. The person that signs (or "executes") a..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

Council Watch
Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things
"...ARA Contract Renewed The Austin Revitalization Authority will live to build another year, due to its..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Miles to Go
A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.
"...ideological conflict, both Capital Metro and the Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA) have managed to arrive at the same sticky..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Seeing the Light
Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.
"...to do the deed? On October 25, the transit authority's board of directors will decide whether to accept their..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Comrades in Court
Boll Weevil Case Could be City's Ace Card in Water Suit
"...farmers sued. They claimed the legislature had overstepped its authority and asked the courts to rule that the eradication..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Think Locally, Act Regionally
Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?
"...quo - since entities like the Lower Colorado River Authority are de facto, if limited-purpose, regional governments - then..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Rick Jacobi brings his Texas Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority to the capital for a two-week engagement. Austin will..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature

The ARA Myth
Empty Promises on the Eastside
"...hearing on Mitchell's cherished and highly controversial Austin Revitalization Authority (ARA), the quasi-public entity created to reinvent the derelict..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Out-Gunned?
Sierra Blanca Dump Proponents Divide and Multiply
"...hired by the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority (TLLRWDA), opponents will have to contend with an additional..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...the department's much-touted "Crime Net" operations at city Housing Authority sites are, for the most part, applauded by residents..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature

Travis County District Judge Upholds Austin’s Mask Rule
Face masks required until at least April 15; state expected to appeal
"...However, local Health Authority Emergency Rules adopted last summer by Interim Health Authority..."

March 26, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Then There's This: A Victory for Activists?
Council may retain oversight of Austin Energy
"...Council majority was poised to hand over its decision-making authority of Austin Energy to an unelected governing board. At..."

May 17, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Best-Laid Plans
How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.
"...jet-ski ride away from where Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority is building its own, separate new water treatment plant,..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Who's Your Candidate?
"...Current Position: CEO, Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (2004-present)..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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