Audit criticizes city’s services for older adults

The team from the Austin city auditor’s office scrutinizing services for aging adults found numerous problems with how the city communicates about its programs and lacks a plan for measuring the performance of those programs. Auditor-in-charge Kelsey Thompson reported on…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Oct 20, 2022

As Congress Avenue bats prepare to migrate, officials consider ways to better care for the colony

Austin’s bats are in need of additional protections and the city is preparing to take some small steps to aid the colony.  During an Animal Advisory Commission meeting last week, members voted unanimously on recommendations to help the Congress Avenue bats…

Environment • By Andrea Guzman • Oct 20, 2022

Austin Community College has a $770 million bond on the ballot this election. Here's what's in it.

Austin Community College could see an expansion of its workforce development programs and two new campuses if voters pass a $770 million bond proposition in the November election. If voters approve ACC District Prop A, each of the 11 existing ACC…

Bonds & Propositions • By Sangita Menon, KUT • Oct 20, 2022

Austin's growing pains impacting housing, jobs east of 130

The push of economic development flowing from Austin has officially hit the SH-130 corridor, and is bringing the same pressure on infrastructure, housing and workforce development that have become regular talking points in Austin political circles for years. At a…

Development • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 20, 2022

Watch our District 5 forum

On Wednesday, five of the six candidates running for City Council in District 5 participated in a forum hosted by KUT and the Austin Monitor. You can watch the forum, which was hosted by Austin Monitor reporter Nina Hernandez, below.…

Elections • By Austin Monitor • Oct 20, 2022

District 3 Council candidates chat with the ‘Monitor’: Part II

Read Part I of the series here. Esala Wueschner came to Austin four years ago after googling the best places to live for young, single people. He says he’s energized to run because he’s always felt drawn to service roles. …

Elections • By Andrea Guzman • Oct 19, 2022

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Council OKs zoning change to house survivors of domestic abuse

Council approved a zoning change Thursday in the University Hills/Windsor Park neighborhood that will allow not only multifamily units for domestic violence survivors but also office space for the engineering firm Civilitude. According to the developer, the SAFE Alliance will…

Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Oct 19, 2022

Compensation Committee consults commissioners on member appointments

On Tuesday, Victoria Ramirez, senior financial manager at the Travis County District Attorney’s office and chair of the county’s Compensation Committee, briefed commissioners on a lineup of committee recommendations for commissioners regarding member appointments. In 2018, the Travis County Commissioners…

Travis County • By Seth Smalley • Oct 19, 2022

Watch our District 3 City Council forum

On Tuesday, all six of the candidates running for City Council in District 3 participated in a forum hosted by KUT and the Austin Monitor. You can watch the forum, which was hosted by KUT’s Andrew Weber, below. Joining Weber were candidates…

Elections • By Austin Monitor • Oct 19, 2022

Austin is looking for a place to store massive amounts of water to pull from during droughts

Austin is planning a big underground water storage project that would provide the city with another source of water during droughts. But city planners are not sure exactly where to put it. This week, they’ll meet with residents of Lee,…

Water • By Mose Buchele, KUT • Oct 18, 2022

District 3 Council candidates chat with the 'Monitor': Part I

Council Member Pio Renteria has served District 3 as a lifetime resident and community activist. After two terms, he’s stepping down. The candidates vying for his seat have taken on community engagement roles through education and local committees while others…

Elections • By Andrea Guzman • Oct 18, 2022

Commission delays vote on support for senior services facility

The Community Development Commission will take another month before deciding to support a proposal to convert the long-vacant Nash Hernandez Building into an intergenerational facility providing care and services to seniors living in East Austin. The commission voted unanimously to…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 18, 2022

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