City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...the land use code. "I'm promoting density in the urban core because that's the only way we're going to..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...Services is affiliated with neither the generally beloved Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart­ment, nor the conservation-focused U.S. Fish and..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Public Notice: Mobility and Affordability

Mayor Adler chases transportation dollars

"...tame: Greenfield Development; Water and Wat­er­sheds; Landscape and Trees; Parks and Open Space. (I mean, who's against parks?) All..."

April 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Amnesty Now!

Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty

"...the November ballot; on Tuesday, Feb. 9, the city's Urban Trans­port­ation Commission adopted a resolution officially requesting that City..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Catching Up with City Council

Council enters holiday break bearing a handful of presents

"...The Parks and Recreation Department carried a couple of hotly contested..."

Dec. 17, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...votes – e.g., affordable housing this year or next, urban rail in 2014 – as potential cost factors, along..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

City Bond Breakdown: $385 Million

Seven bond proposals for capital improvement projects near the bottom of the ballot

"...recharge zone, near existing protection lands. $30 million 14: Parks and Recreation..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Headlines

"...› The Transportation Department revealed the latest vision for urban rail to council's Tuesday work session, describing a central..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 11/15/10

No time like the present(ation)

"...your planning jones, council's also scheduled to adopt the Parks and Recreation Department's "Long Range Plan for Land, Facilities,..."

Nov. 15, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...Plan and departmental plans; Community Climate Action Plan; Austin Parks and Recreation Department long-range plan and Arts and Parks..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin's Political Ecosystem

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

"...project, so she wrote a $5,000 check to the Parks and Recreation Department, essentially hiring the city to lend..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...considered – affordability, the environment, children living in poverty, parks and green space, public services, a healthy economy, and..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...discussion) of national models for density-over-sprawl embraced elsewhere: New Urbanism, transit-oriented development, and form-based code...."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...As Downtown grows and evolves, can the city's urban heart become a great place that embodies the character..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Grindhouse

Grindhouse, which was filmed in Austin, raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.

"...Bell, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Parks, Danny Trejo, Bruce Willis and Quentin Tarantino. More than..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

"...the Statesman that it intends to plant a new-style, "urban" Wal-Mart in what used to be Northcross Mall, but..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Beside the Point

Dollars in the details

"...changes to affordable housing and open-space funding – the urban-living equivalents of a couple of gayly wrapped, shiny Red..."

May 12, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...pastures of non-native species. However, as those working on urban preserves well know, restoration and preservation are both harder..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

"...Steve Urban of the CCHOA board of directors doesn't see it..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...Once you start noticing, you see that Austin parks and yards all over town are just rife with..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Be Afraid, Coyotes – Be Very Afraid

Travis County tackles coyotes in northwest Austin

"...put up funds to hire a Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife biologist to manage (read: kill off) the..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Against the Ropes

Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.

"...syrupy Michael Kamen score trumpets her every triumph. (She parks and runs across the street! Excelsior!) The script (by..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Where Has All The Money Gone?

Most of the city's General Fund is spent on things City Hall doesn't want to cut.

"...Parks and Recreation..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

'We've Got Climate Change'

Lee Nichols interviews UT biologist Camille Parmesan about the evidence and consequences of global warming.

"...all of this agricultural development and all of this urbanization...."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Vice, Vice Baby!

Why stop at casino gambling on Waller Creek? Bring on the sex, drugs, and smokestacks.

"...to great lengths to shut down the one legal urban casino in the state -- the Tigua Indians' Speaking..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...The Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. released a proposed Land and Water..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...us support something -- neighborhood planning, corner stores, destination parks, conservation easements -- that has been dubbed Smart Growth...."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Tower of Ill Dispute

When the city settled its boundary dispute with Lumbermen's Investment Corp., it didn't close the book -- it opened up a sequel.

"...Lumbermen's wants to rezone the property under the Central Urban Redevelopment Combining District (C.U.R.E.) zoning, which the city originally..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large

An Austin political response to the New York bombing

"...crime against humanity -- it was an attack on urban America itself in its most iconic aspect. If you're..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Flippin' the Birds

Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn't do enough to save wildlife.

"...Creek, the officer would climb out of his Austin Parks and Recreation rig and explain that as of midnight,..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

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