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

Senate Bill 2, explained

"...the Texas press corps, have talked a lot about "revenue caps" as a highlight/lowlight of the Legislative session just..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City and Cap Metro Contemplate How to Make a "Real City” Transit System

Following the slow march toward a vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit

"...multibillion-dollar investment in public transit, as City Council and Capital Metro officials met on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to discuss..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cap Met Budget Proposals Start Flying

Board member suggests protections for poor; staff says stimulus money could forestall fare increases

"...Maneuvering has begun on the Capital Metro budget, which will be discussed by the full..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro's Operating Budget

FY 2010

"...Revenue2009 Forecast2010 Budget Sales tax $140,394,858$134,106,477 Grant revenue$18,387,344$21,490,521 Rail freight$14,097,109$11,777,351..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature

Union Bristles at Cap Metro Shuffle

Are the wheels coming off the bus?

"...Jay Wyatt is mad at Capital Metro again...."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro: The Fewer the Merrier

Budget cuts target Cap Metro's most vulnerable riders

"...reserves and improves bus stop accessibility," writes Linda Watson, Capital Metro's brand-new president and CEO, in the preface to..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Watson Proposes 'Naming Rights' for Cap Metro

Names of rail line, stations could be up for corporate bid

"...Capital Metro’s critics have long branded that organization as a..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro FY 2011: The Highs and Lows

Transit agency looks to partly cloudy budget future

"...Capital Metro last week released its proposed fiscal year 2011..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”

High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom

"...to the Down­town stop. Luckily, that's one of the Capital Metro Transit Authority's six "frequent" routes, so she'd only..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle

Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back

"...when light rail lost narrowly at the polls, the Capital Metro board was under mounting road-warrior and legislative pressure..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Leander, Cap Metro Not Breaking Up Yet

Residents turn out to support transit agency

"...on July 18 to defend the city's partnership with Capital Metro. A planned City Council vote to explore how..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cap Metro

Cap Metro board reluctantly passes budget

"...Capital Metro has a budget, but still doesn't have a..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Met: The Drama Continues

A balanced budget, no train, and union leader locked out

"...Capital Metro has a budget, but it doesn’t have a..."

Sept. 29, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro's Budget Blues

Cap Metro prepares for cutbacks but finds a little dough to continue printing a schedule book

"...The belts just keep getting tighter at Capital Metro. Randy Hume, the transit authority's executive vice president..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro Accelerates Plans for Fare Hike

Transit agency seeks fare increases

"...Capital Metro's budget situation is dire enough that it's already..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Metro's 'Destinations' Unknown

A closer look at Cap Metro new, no-longer-free, schedule book

"...This month, Capital Metro discontinued their free bus schedules, instead offering their..."

Jan. 7, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Watson Takes Cap Metro Wheel

New CEO's first order of business is to clean up transit agency's image

"...a contract Monday to take the same position with Capital Metro...."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

More on Cap Metro

"...Dear Editor, The article “What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right” [News, April 24] left..."

April 26, 2009 Postmarks

Community Colleges Bestow Dunce Cap on Perry

Community-college presidents and allies launch barrage of explosive verbiage on Perry after he vetoes $154 million in school funding

"...to fully fund community college employee benefits with general revenue because we understand that community colleges are under-funded and..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Tax Caps Roll Through Texas House

House approves Senate Bill 2, a revenue cap plan opposed vociferously by local mayors, county judges, and other elected officials

"...with the House's approval of Senate Bill 2, the revenue cap plan opposed vociferously by local mayors, county judges,..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rep. Vikki Goodwin on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I worry when people talk about property tax caps [and not] where the revenue is going to come from instead”

"...AC: What do you think you'll bring to the Capitol that Paul Workman lacked?..."

Jan. 4, 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

"...– a rate that will bring in 8% more revenue than the city received this year...."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...year, cutting service while raising fares is exactly what Capital Metro proposes to do. That won't be a fun..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...which operates on a rail line owned by the Capital Metro Transportation Authority, contends that the reason the company..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Halfway to Nowhere

As the Lege turns the corner, there's still plenty of time for trouble

"...sidekick. In the House, supporters of a troubled appraisal cap bill, which would require a constitutional amendment, took another..."

April 1, 2005 News Column by Amy 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.

"...If Capital Metro is not going to build light rail, what..."

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

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...Here's why: State law has long limited how much revenue cities and counties can raise through property taxes without..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...tax rate allowable – one that generates 8% more revenue for the city than it received last year. Next..."

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

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

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

"...for Austinites within a more pedestrian-friendly and inviting urban landscape, and mark a major breakthrough in bridging the gap..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...of city enterprise funds, those which generate their own revenues, account for $2.77 billion of the new budget, a..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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