City Budget

Public safety spared; fee increases and other cuts likely

"...City Manager Marc Ott released his proposed city budget Wednesday with a surprising minimum of cuts. Among the..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Shapleigh vs. the Budget

Democrat Sen. Eliot Shapleigh took a stand against a budget that he says values tax cuts for the wealthy over the children of Texas.

"...Bill 1, the Senate finance bill that sets the budget for the state for the next two years. This..."

April 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Budget Cuts Roll Toward Trustees

The AISD budget task force closes its deliberations as the Board of Trustees gets ready to act.

"...remaining in the initial phase of the Austin ISD budget war, although by the March 31 board of trustees..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Budget Is Hell

Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day

"...as bad as war. He never covered a council budget session. Two days... 12 grueling hours... $1.3 billion spent......"

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

AISD Weighs Schedule Change to Fix Budget Woes

Proposal would cut planning time for teachers in half

"...With budget talks on the horizon, Austin ISD teachers are sweating..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

AISD Ponders a Budget Fix

"...the Austin Independent School District is facing a bleak budget cycle. Now Superintendent Meria Car­star­phen has implemented an administrative..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD Reduces Budget Deficit by Half

Meanwhile, special ed students are still struggling

"...that the district has trimmed $26 million from the budget by leaving open positions unfilled, reducing overtime, and dropping..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Central Health Budget Suggests Waning Trust in Ascension

The budget adds money for direct services

"...Central Health’s fiscal year 2024 budget, greenlighted by the board Sept. 6, suggests eroding trust..."

Sept. 11, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

"...issuing such a threat. DPS "has authority to act statewide—including throughout Austin—to ensure the safety of state employees and..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After Defunding Breast Cancer Services, State Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Event participant doesn't support cutting services

"...a life-saving Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program (see “Budget Deal Evicts Planned Parenthood From Cancer Program,” May 29)...."

Oct. 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

City Hall Hustle: Budget and the Thin Blue Lines

Council returns to budget deliberations and the lingering questions of the Sanders shooting

"...they'll be briefed on City Manager Marc Ott's proposed budget – a starting point for setting property taxes and..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Enemies of the State

Ockham's razor cuts this conspiracy documentary to shreds

"...Enemies of the State is a cold documentary – with one-note steely gray..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Report: Austin Leads State in Reproductive Freedom

But best-in-Texas ranking highlights what still needs to be done

"...Amid hostility from state and federal politicians, NIRH views municipalities as having a..."

Nov. 4, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Top 10 State Stories

Rick Perry's embarrassments, education's funding battles, and more

"...Austinites petitioning for our city to secede from the state, taking Lockhart's barbecue and Dublin's Dr Pepper with us...."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

Top 10 State stories

Molly, Please Come Back, We Need You!

"...Commission scandal brilliantly served to strengthen the Lone Star State's laughing-stock image. (There's also that little matter of the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council: Zoning Futures, Budget Preview, Cilantro

Light agenda heading into budget season

"...Abbott declared the city's existing ordinance in conflict with state law. Neither environmentalists nor developers claim happiness with the..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Budget Outlook Grim for Animal Center

City shelter will need to do more with less

"...to City Council to add $1 million to her budget for fiscal year 2013...."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget

4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked

"...property tax rate to the maximum allowed under current state law without requiring a public vote – a rate..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Takes a Peek at Its Budget

It looks like the reserves will be taking a hit

"...Austin Independent School District is trying to balance its budget in these tough economic times. Preceded with the major..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 State Stories

The 10 stories that defined politics in Texas in 2014

"...an ineptly run campaign in one of the reddest states in the union saw her take the worst Democratic..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Budget Imbalance, Yet Again

House and Senate spending proposals yet more slice and dice

"...Senate have their work cut out: Putting together new budgets when infrastructure and institutions are crumbling, and the far..."

Jan. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Healthcare District Budget, New Clinic Get Green Light

County commissioners sign off on building new Braker Lane clinic, despite neighborhood opposition

"...facility as part of the Travis County Healthcare District's budget for the upcoming year...."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Budget Woes at AISD

Doesn't look like AISD will be cutting property tax rates any time soon

"...bills. But as public discussions begin for the 2009 budget, the district finds itself squeezed between increasing student demands,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Budget Cuts Hurt Weakest and Most Defenseless

"...2) in The Austin Chronicle. I have seen the budget cuts the Republican-controlled Legislature did in the last session..."

April 8, 2004 Postmarks

Lege Session Dealt Blow to AISD Budget

AISD grapples with impact of this session's bills on its financial future

"...Supreme Court to hear the long-running challenges to the state's public school finance system. But with no ruling expected..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Family-Planning Budget

Families don't come first in this funding scheme

"...direct result of a new funding scheme created by state Sen. Robert Deuell's budget Rider 56. The client numbers..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature

EMS Bargaining Power – At Budget Time

Austin EMS employees likely to receive bargaining power – while the city looks to cut public safety spending.

"...word is it paints a rainy picture, focusing on budget shortfalls created by the APD's cush contract. With the..."

May 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...of the film Hud), as well as eight neighboring states, and the land and animals that supply 70 percent..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...end, and by May give way to a sleek, state-of-the-art teaching hospital: The Dell Seton Medical Center will stand..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...A shining New Urbanist outpost: "a state-of-the-art, sustainable government campus that's among the best of its..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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