Council set to modify, adopt city budget

Mayor Steve Adler is proposing a raise for City Council members and the next mayor starting in 2023 after he has left office. His proposal will be considered as part of the City Council budget adoption process, which starts tomorrow…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • Aug 16, 2022

Planning Commission forwards heavily amended commercial parkland dedication ordinance

The Planning Commission recommended approval of an ordinance last Tuesday that would require park space in commercial developments or otherwise charge developers a fee to fund parks nearby. The purpose of the ordinance is to “account for the impact of…

Planning • By Jonathan Lee • Aug 16, 2022

District 9 Council candidates chat with the 'Monitor': Part II

 Read Part I of the series here. Linda Guerrero brings to the table an institutional knowledge of parks and environmental issues, along with expertise on affordability and transportation more broadly. In addition to being an AISD teacher for nearly three decades,…

Elections • By Sean Saldaña • Aug 16, 2022

New front-page features connect 'Monitor' readers with the issues shaping our city

July was a special month for the Austin Monitor on numerous fronts. Since making the bold and important decision to remove our paywall at the end of the 2021, we’ve reached nearly 150,000 new readers. Though early into our new…

Mission Note • By Joel Gross • Aug 16, 2022

District 9 City Council candidates chat with the 'Monitor': Part I

Read Part II of the series here. With Council Member Kathie Tovo term-limited and six candidates who have raised more than $25,000 so far, District 9 is thought to be one of the more competitive races this local election season.…

Local Politics • By Sean Saldaña • Aug 15, 2022

Council to consider budget amendment for sexual assault investigations

The city’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget could include more than $850,000 in additional funding for sexual assault investigations, building on a yearslong effort to reform how the Austin Police Department investigates and processes such cases.  Mayor Pro Tem Alison Alter…

Police • By Emma Freer • Aug 15, 2022

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'I’m pretty speechless': Austin ISD school board unanimously approves equity-focused bond

The Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Thursday to put a $2.44 billion bond on the November ballot. It is the largest bond package in AISD history, but district officials and school board members say what makes the…

AISD • By Becky Fogel, KUT • Aug 15, 2022

Celia Israel seeks to be a progressive voice for Austin

Celia Israel announced her run for mayor early, on January 11, almost a full 10 months before election day. She said her motivation to run was her desire to tackle the biggest issues facing Austin today: affordability and transportation. Israel…

Local Politics • By Sean Saldaña • Aug 12, 2022

No end in sight for decadelong Sneed House debacle

The perennial saga over a cluster of ruins in the Dove Springs neighborhood of Southeast Austin continues, as the all-too-familiar Sneed House case resurfaced at the Historic Landmark Commission last Wednesday. The remains of the Civil War-era estate have been…

Preservation • By Kali Bramble • Aug 12, 2022

A bookshop and a boutique grocery store are headed to Hyde Park's former post office space

Since the beloved post office in Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood shuttered in June 2021, neighbors have wondered what will become of the spot at the corner of 43rd Street and Speedway. The one-story brick building has remained vacant since its…

Development • By Marisa Charpentier, KUT • Aug 12, 2022

Crossing guard shortage persists as school start date nears

“Let’s go crossing now, everybody’s learning how, looking left and right with me,” crossing guard Jimmy McCord sang to the tune of the Beach Boys hit “Surfin’ Safari.” “I’m a bit of an entertainer,” he noted. This is just one…

Education • By Samuel Stark • Aug 11, 2022

Poll suggests support for unions and sustainability in AISD

The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees will vote today on the bond proposals they’d like to advance onto November’s ballot. While both of the bond proposal options the administration recently debuted include a number of improvements to local…

AISD • By Willow Higgins • Aug 11, 2022

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