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Ballot measure asks taxpayers to help fund access to affordable child care

In May of this year, Travis County committed to a broad investment in child care with the Creating Access for Resilient Families, or CARES initiative. To fund that care sustainably, the county will ask voters on Nov. 5 to approve…

Bonds & Propositions • By Lina Fisher • Oct 21, 2024

Austin Habitat for Humanity to build affordable homes for 'community of tomorrow'

Habitat for Humanity International announced on Oct. 15 that Austin Habitat for Humanity will host the 2025 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, an annual, weeklong home-building blitz that attracts thousands of handy volunteers. Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, last…

Housing • By Hunter Simmons • Oct 21, 2024

Vela, Guzmán and Herrin raise quality-of-life concerns in race for District 4

In the race for the District 4 seat on City Council, incumbent Chito Vela is facing four candidates, with the two most visible challengers – Monica Guzmán and Louis Herrin – notching their third and fourth races for City Council,…

Elections • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 21, 2024

Austin's previously secret 'G-files' on police misconduct are now public. Here's what that means.

More than a year after Austin voters OK’d a measure to make them public, the so-called “G-files” of police officers accused of misconduct are now available to the public. Disclosure of these disciplinary files was a sticking point in discussions…

Police • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Oct 21, 2024

Benefits of urban trees justify projected price tag for city’s tree inventory plan

Funding to conduct an inventory of Austin’s public trees did not make it into this year’s budget as a City Council-approved resolution called for, but city officials say cost recommendations should be ready for the next budget cycle. An Oct.…

Environment • By Amy Smith • Oct 18, 2024

West side District 10 candidates do not agree on much

There are just two candidates running for the District 10 City Council seat: Marc Duchen and Ashika Ganguly. While both have lived in West Austin for a number of years, Duchen, 46, has a longer track record. Duchen has an…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 18, 2024

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Youth homelessness has increased rapidly in Austin, according to nonprofit data

The number of young people experiencing homelessness in Travis County, which includes most of Austin, has risen substantially in the past four years, according to numbers from a nonprofit that tracks the issue. Since 2020, the number of people under…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Oct 18, 2024

PACs raising funds for Watson, Greco, others

A political action committee supporting Mayor Kirk Watson has raised more than $238,000 but spent less than $2,900 so far, according to a report filed with Austin’s Office of the City Clerk. One of the major contributors to the Austin…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 17, 2024

Board of Adjustment approves variances in the interest of health and safety

The Board of Adjustment heard a presentation on Tuesday from David Webber, of the Webber + Studio architectural design firm, who requested two variances for increased impervious coverage and floor area ratio at a property in Old West Austin. The…

Land Development Code • By Hunter Simmons • Oct 17, 2024

Watson touts progress while pushing for affordability, eyeing city's long-term needs

Two years into his return stint as Austin’s mayor, Kirk Watson thinks the positive moves on housing and affordability made by the 11 members of City Council will be for naught if he can’t keep moving them forward. While he’s…

Elections • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 17, 2024

Incumbent Mackenzie Kelly faces Krista Laine in D6 race

Council Member Mackenzie Kelly and her lone challenger, Krista Laine, will go head to head in the Nov. 5 election. Kelly touts her credentials as a promoter of all things public safety, while Laine says she will do better for…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 17, 2024

Commission brands glue traps ‘ineffective and gruesome,’ votes to recommend a ban

The Austin Animal Advisory Commission unanimously voted Monday to recommend that the city of Austin ban the purchase and use of glue traps in all city-owned and city-managed facilities.  The commission’s recommendation was rooted in concerns about the inhumane and…

Environment • By Madeline de Figueiredo • Oct 16, 2024

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