Activists Say Austin Public Library Policy Change Is Overdue

Disturbing the library

"...and security for the incident, along with APL's sparse policy guidance on issues arising among young library users. Keith..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Comptroller Touts Her Open-Book Policy

Susan Combs holds up her agency as a model of state transparency

"...Texas Transparency Check-Up, an online advisory giving local agencies guidance on how to become more transparent. This is helped..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ken Paxton Attacks Austin’s Lenient Marijuana Policy

Critics say it’s a distraction from the A.G.’s legal woes

"...of Austin voters approved a formal ordinance enshrining the policy in city code...."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Parental Guidance Suggested

The Adults

"...No. It's bad policy for writers to get involved with musicians...."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

So, What Did the Council Actually Say About Rewriting the Land Code?

City Hall releases "policy guidance" memo for the land code revision

"...Austin City Council concluded its laborious efforts to provide "policy guidance" on Land Development Code revision – The Process..."

May 9, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...(April 9) to answer City Manager Spencer Cronk's multiple-choice "policy guidance" questions to gauge Council's energy and appetite for..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...gave a speech billed as his most important foreign policy statement. It concluded with a resolve to close the..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...Twitter potshots at the mayor before wading into the policy debate, doing his best to be the kind of..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Is a New Austin Land Development Code Done Yet?

Council: Stick a pin in that!

"...expected, filled with live real-time sausage-making to finalize the "policy guidance" that will allow city staff to resume rewriting..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...this year when Council debated and drafted its first policy guidance to City Manager Spencer Cronk and his LDC..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Hustle: Involuntary Blood Drive

Council creates new jail blood policy ... then raises its own eyebrows

"...Task Force, said the unwitting decision was "a significant policy shift, in that it spoke to a potential phlebotomist..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

“Reimagining” APD and Its Huge Budget Starts Now

City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?

"...helped Council turn its visions for police reform into policy guidance; they're also providing data that will inform Council's..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Prepares for Round 2 of the Land Use Rewrite

Calm before the code

"...Matthew Doherty to provide consulting services on homeless response policy at a cost not to exceed $95,000. Doherty recently..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Hightower Report

Arming the World; and Another Bush Mess to Clean Up

"...from the Justice Department, which has issued a 215-page "policy guidance" paper for future antitrust regulators. The very idea..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Council Tries to Keep City's Trash Out of Hated Landfill

Waste not, what now?

"...A Council working group formed in 2017 issued a policy guidance on developing the matrix, aimed at achieving broad..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Meet the New Boss (Not the Big Boss)

Pearce Middle School community hears more from Carstarphen, but still in the dark about Commissioner Scott

"...all the consultation done early and exhaustively, set the policy, then let her implement it. The problem, she explained,..."

July 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Batten Down the Hatches, a New Land Use Code’s Blowin’ In!

Long-awaited draft of post-CodeNEXT revision to go live Friday

"...the City Council's lengthy and painful public negotiation over policy guidance to the LDC planning team earlier this spring..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Previews Fall's Main Event: A Land Development Code Revision

A code, foretold

"...Coun­cil offices are getting one last look at the "policy guidance" memo wrought over the last two months, mostly..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD Asks City Council for Financial Help With DNA Testing

And more news from the dais

"...Multiple amendments have been crafted to the working draft "policy guidance" document Council is providing to City Manager Spencer..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

City Council: Getting It All Planned Out

Inching toward Imagine Austin

"...(and take public comment on) "Land Development Code Revision Policy Guidance" – that is, CodeCronk, City Manager Spencer Cronk's..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State Agencies Asked for Savings

Speaker, Lt. Gov. looking to cut 2.5% from current general revenue budget

"...said as much when he addressed the Texas Public Policy Foundation, but this solidifies it: The budget has a..."

Feb. 2, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Where's the Mayor?

Mayor Will Wynn visits European capitals – will anybody in Austin notice he's missing?

"...are running the city single-handedly and supplying their own policy guidance to fill the vacuum left by the council...."

June 4, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The 23 Words That Changed the Way Texas Sells Alcohol (or Not)

Say what, Governor?

"...This is no different than the March 19 guidance issued by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), which..."

May 8, 2020 Food Feature by Kareem Hajjar

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

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

"...component of this LDC revision process: a series of policy questions posed by City Manager Spencer Cronk to City..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Road to 10-1

The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?

"...consultant Peck Young (who directs the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies at Austin Community College) was quick..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...plan is a dynamic one, not static. It reflects policy recommendations from six working groups – totalling 250 faculty..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development

OK, how about here?

"...resolution gave staff just two weeks and no real guidance as to what sites would be acceptable...."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Diversity The Texas A&M system has released its first guidance for staff on how to implement the state's Senate..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature

SCOTUS: Back to the Redistricting Drawing Board

State, local politicians respond to latest shifts on the maps

"...Antonio court drew illegal maps, without regard for the policy decisions of elected leaders. As the Justices point out,..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...the district's facilities. Superintendent Meria Carstarphen was looking for guidance from board members on what they wanted in her..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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