Equity Under the Lens

City office release first equity assessment

"...no secret that Austin suffers from racial and economic inequity. Systemic imbalance traces back to the city's racially divided..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...in Austin has largely been ad hoc. The primary tool for historic preservation is a system of tax breaks..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Austin at Large: Equity Is Everybody’s Business

We the people of Austin own the future of our schools

"...This is the inescapable context in which AISD Equity Officer Dr. Stephanie Hawley has shouldered her burden; the..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Mobility Is a Civil Right

The new Austin electorate, for whom equity is non-negotiable, considers transit

"...was "Not very much"; the equation of mobility with equity and justice was a strange concept to both SH..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Health Inequities Dog Austin

Racial disparities are glaring

"...that “work[s] together to track disparities and create health equity in our community.” The portal comes at an auspicious..."

Aug. 19, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...in early April as it works to create an "equity tool," which will guide funding decisions, in addition to..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

AISD Hires Stephanie Elizalde as Next Superintendent

New leader assumes helm amid pandemic, equity challenges

"...parents and advocates implored AISD to conduct an external equity audit last fall following the board's controversial vote to..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

As Crises Abound, AISD Plans for Fewer Teachers

Board considers dire financial projections, falling enrollment, charter competition, and a struggling special ed program

"...new staffing formula, touted in equal parts as an equity tool and a budget measure. On its face, the..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Council Recap: Social Services Win

Council approves multimillion plan to fund social services contracts

"...term beginning April 1. Mama Sana/Vibrant Woman Maternal Health Equity Program, UT’s Alliance Wellness Program for African American Health,..."

April 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

How Texas’ School Funding Scheme Contributed to Austin ISD’s Massive Budget Shortfall

Recapture is just one puzzle piece

"...taxpayers helped finance the tax cuts. Recapture is the equity tool Texas uses to balance school funding across the..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

City Council Takes on a Safer Sixth Street, Project Connect, and More

Council tackles a 63-item agenda

"...to identify and implement other anti-displacement efforts using the equity tool developed last year by staff and community stakeholders...."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

CodeNEXT Fun With Levers and Indicators

Planning Commission learn how priorities affect mapping

"...Mapping Work Group has created a new city planning tool...."

Feb. 8, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...board. ... Anyway, we then figured out a screening tool to figure out what their needs were, and we..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...Mobility, economic development, environmental and public health, and social equity/quality of life. While the report is rich in data,..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

CodeNEXT: Conditions for Commissions

Planning, Zoning & Platting get last licks in before recommendations go to Council

"...Council pledging their commitment to finding the "best regulatory tool possible to implement Imagine Austin," and reminded that their..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...county greenprints into one comprehensive regional vision. As triage tools to determine which specific tracts of land get protected..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A New Social Order

Whither Equinomics?

"...Originally, the equity initiative was to be another prettily packaged deal, announced..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Habitat for Humanity Builds More Than Houses Foundation of Faith

"...am not eager for a reckoning before the power tool savants that swarm all around me, and instead I..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Features Feature by Jay Hardwig

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...sections of it had to be pulled back for retooling, and that its search functions were inadequate. But they..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...water treatment plant and pipeline. By giving all participants equity in the project, and by setting rates based on..."

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

And the Winner Is...

Who Will Benefit the Most From Annexation?

"...inhibit environmental protection and infrastructure planning; economic and social equity suffers; annexation is the most viable tool Texas cities..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...2) conservation and the environment; and 3) community health, equity, and cultural vitality." Together, these are meant to constitute..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

So Let Them Surf...

One Child, One Computer: Gary Chapman's Vision

"...in the classroom; technology can even deliver long-delayed educational equity, as citizens' bond advisory chair Mel Waxler has publicly..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Council: UnLocal Control

Lawsuits, Lions Municipal, and a little land use mixed between

"...and Leslie Pool. That was followed by a Pay Equity Study compiled by consultants Arthur J. Gallagher & Co...."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...nail. However, the grant was supposed to use every tool in the box. So while APD's name is on..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...change to the Land Development Code to create greater equity by making the requirement (to dedicate land on-site and/or,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

High Tech, Low Priority?

Not Everyone Is Sold on Computers in Schools

"...Technology Is a Tool..."

July 25, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Racial Disparities Persist and Worsen in APD Traffic Stops

Going nowhere fast

"...city's Office of Police Oversight, Office of Innovation, and Equity Office looks at traffic stops and arrests involving the..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Speed 2, Trust 0

AISD board, City Council give up on consensus-building

"...– and even the testimony of the district's own Equity Officer, Dr. Stephanie Hawley, that the plan they were..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Process for the Indigent

No more “locked up for being poor”?

"...Council last week took a step toward solving longstanding equity issues at the Austin Municipal Court when it approved..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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