Board of Directors today approved entering a seven-year contract that will supply data to improve accuracy of records for ...

District 10 incumbent Council Member Alison Alter is running for reelection against five opponents and stands ready to defend her record of accomplishments since first elected in 2016. “It is good for ...

Kirk Watson, the highest-profile Democrat running to be Austin’s next mayor, has long ago been there, done that, and yet he wants another crack at leading city government. Which raises the question: ...

This story was updated a fourth time at 2:06pm July 10th to clarify that the Design Workshop was authorized $600,000 for its work on the Zilker Plan. The $1.35 million paid to the firm, as stated in ...

Did the City of Austin “defund” the police? Did it cut its police budget by 5 percent or by one-third? What’s the truth behind these conflicting claims? Those are hot-button issues that play into the ...

Right now local voters are of course focused on the Super Tuesday primary elections of March 5 th, but another election two months later should be of interest to all Travis County property owners. On ...

As Austin’s mayor starting in 1997 Kirk Watson established a procedure that lasted throughout his four-plus years as mayor and continued for another decade after he left office in 2001—until January ...

State Representative Celia Israel went from underdog to frontrunner overnight November 8 th when she pulled off a surprise first-place finish in a six-way mayoral race. That’s given her campaign ...

Two long-time members of the Travis County Commissioners Court face progressive challengers this year in the Democratic primary scheduled for March 1 st, with early voting available through February ...

Travis Central Appraisal District’s Board of Directors on September 5 th committed a blatant violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA). The board voted 7-1 to countersue 23 Travis County ...

Outgoing District 9 Council Member Kathie Tovo, who fought the CodeNEXT rewrite of Austin’s Land Development Code, could soon be replaced by a candidate with different views on development. Tovo was ...

During the 2019-2020 Democratic presidential primary, a handful of candidates backed the idea of paying reparations to the African-American descendants of slaves. Joe Biden was lukewarm on the idea, ...