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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 ...

Background Investigation: Bill Spelman Here’s What the Public Records Say Aboutthe Council Member Running for Re-election by Rebecca LaFlure© The Austin Bulldog 2012Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2012 ...

Ashika Ganguly and Marc Duchen are the first two candidates running to succeed District 10 Council Member Alison Alter.

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: ...

Jimmy Flannigan has a long history of avoiding financial responsibility and he isn’t the small business owner he claims in campaign material Jimmy Flannigan serves on the City Council’s Audit and ...

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 ...

The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...

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 ...

The current Austin City Council has made it a priority to boost funding for homeless services, but some mayoral and council candidates think the city hasn’t done enough, while others see the current ...

In an animated 85-minute telephone interview with the Bulldog, attorney Jose “Chito” Vela III proved to be lively and fully at ease. That was a marked departure from the somewhat hesitant, although ...

Part 1 in a series: Kirk Watson wants the job that he resigned from 21 years ago to run for Texas attorney general This is a story about Kirk Watson, not me, but readers should know that nobody ...