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After months of heated debate and passionate stakeholder meetings with animal welfare advocates, the question about whether or not Austin/Travis County is going to be a no-kill community is finally going to the City Council. At a special called…
A continued shortfall in the performance of the City of Austin’s Employee Retirement System (ERS) pension fund has led to a high-level discussion about possible changes in the plan. For future city employees, that could spell reduced retirement benefits. …
Austin Energy’s 10-year journey to find a home for the Mueller Substation in East Austin may finally be approaching the 18th green. The utility company’s proposal to build the power substation on a city-owned golf course is scheduled for a…
Two companies that exemplify the kind of industries the city wants to attract are eyeing Austin for large expansions that would bring about 500 jobs and millions of investment dollars to the city. On Wednesday, city staff briefed Council…
A proposed new rehabilitation hospital in the Shoal Creek Watershed ran into enormous community resistance Tuesday night at the Zoning and Platting Commission meeting, prompting commissioners to vote against its approval. The applicant, the Kucera Company, was requesting a…
Margaret Gomez won a fourth consecutive term as Travis County Precinct 4 Commissioner last night, besting her challenger, former City Council Member Raul Alvarez in a campaign that seemed to pit the old school versus the new. Gomez netted 53…
Turnout was low Tuesday in the Travis County primary elections with just over 15 percent of registered voters showing up for a long slate of local, regional and statewide candidates. Republicans showed up in slightly larger numbers, with 50,750 voting…
Pct. 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton roundly defeated incumbent Hays County Judge Liz Sumter in the Democratic primary Tuesday, taking 56 percent of the vote. After the win, however, Barton struck a conciliatory tone, saying it was time to bring his…
It’s been a long week for the Animal Advisory Commission (AAC) and city staff, who spent last Wednesday and Friday, and much of this past weekend, trying to come to an agreement on an implementation plan to reduce animal intake…
After decades of debate, work on building Water Treatment Plant 4 for the city of Austin continues to inch forward. The latest progress for the controversial facility came last Thursday when the City Council voted 4-3 to authorize $6 million…
Residents of the Govalle/Johnston Terrace neighborhood in East Austin have won a victory against what they consider a impending invasion of outdoor music. It came when the Austin City Council upheld their appeal of an Outdoor Music Venue permit that…
