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Statesman ignores Bill Bunch as part of its SOS history; Mary Arnold, Whole Foods and Lee Walker honored for their SOS dedication; the Austin Police Association's mailers for Rafael Quintanilla never got mailed; Mayor Kirk Watson will lay out his transportation vision.

Robin Rather talks about Austin's future, and her own, after stepping down as chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance.

The State of Affairs

Chasing Gary, Part 2

Austin's oldest community arts venue would relocate to new facility in Butler Shores' southeast corner

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

It's trump and counter-trump in the council vs. charter wars

Hill Country land trust looks for further harmony in the future

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

Our readers talk back.

Local news this week in Austin.

The City Council, divided 5 votes to 2, stumbles toward an agreement with Stratus to trade land or development rights at the former Robert Mueller Airport.

A description of the Stratus Properties / City of Austin development negotiations, and the historical precedents (Freeport-McMoRan)

The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.

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Rewilding advocates call for more specifics as Zilker Vision Plan process nears end

Legal opinions abound in the lead-up to November's elections

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

Council delays Wildflower Commons development hearing until August

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

Sediment-laden runoff spotted flowing from Southwest Austin construction site of company's controversial Lone Star campus

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Our readers talk back.

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space