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Project Connect trial to resume after Paxton appeal rejected

Editor’s note: The original version of this story contained an error conflating two of AG Ken Paxton’s opinions. The story has now been corrected. A little over a year ago, a group of prominent Austin citizens filed suit against the…

Transit • By Lina Fisher • Oct 16, 2024

City considers acquiring new combined HQ for police, fire and EMS

Next week, City Council will consider approving a $107.8 million allocation to acquire an office campus along South MoPac Expressway that would serve as a consolidated headquarters for the city’s public safety agencies, which are located in outdated and cramped…

Public Safety • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 16, 2024

Landmark commission stalls demo of midcentury Baptist church

As East Austin’s Rehoboth Primitive Baptist Church moves on to roomier digs up north, its congregation is preparing to say goodbye to its home of six decades in more ways than one. What was once holy ground at 5303 Samuel…

Preservation • By Kali Bramble • Oct 16, 2024

Austin Opera's new HQ welcomes smaller arts orgs to the stage

Austin Opera leaders aim to turn the organization’s new headquarters and performance space into a bustling hub for arts groups increasingly pressured for space in Austin. Last week the group, which holds its major performances at the Long Center for…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 15, 2024

Part II: District 7 candidates share views on climate action, housing, public safety

This is Part II of a two-part series profiling the candidates running for Austin City Council’s District 7 seat. Read Part I here.  Adam Powell Adam Powell, a former union organizer and state employee, believes that most of the impactful…

Elections • By Mina Shekarchi • Oct 15, 2024

Where do Austin's mayoral candidates stand on transportation issues?

When Austinites cast their ballots this election, transportation will be front and center – not just because it’s a major challenge for the region, but also because voters will have just navigated their way to a polling station. Austin’s mayor plays…

Elections • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Oct 15, 2024

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Council OKs contract for new academy to train ‘workforce of the future’

City Council on Thursday approved a $5 million contract with Workforce Solutions Capital Area to start and manage the Austin Infrastructure Academy for 12 months. In addition to job training, the contract with Workforce Solutions includes the provision of child…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Oct 14, 2024

Council nearly doubles payment to build water system for disannexed project

City Council has agreed to more than double its contribution toward a water infrastructure project that will service a project that recently disannexed from the western city limits. The unanimous approval of an amendment to the cost participation agreement between…

Water • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 14, 2024

Part I: District 7 Council candidates talk public safety, climate resilience, land use

This is Part I of a two-part series profiling the candidates running for Austin City Council’s District 7 seat. Read Part II here. Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool, who has represented North Central Austin since the creation of the district-based…

Elections • By Mina Shekarchi • Oct 14, 2024

Austin is way ahead of the curve on federal effort to replace lead pipes

On the same day the Biden administration set a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to remove all lead pipes, Austin announced that the city is officially 100 percent free of lead contamination in its public water system. “I am proud of…

Water • By Lina Fisher • Oct 11, 2024

APD touts early successes of license plate reader program

The Public Safety Commission was briefed Monday on some early results of the license plate reader program that rolled out in March with cameras at undisclosed sites across the city. The Austin Police Department credits the cameras for the 40…

Police • By Amy Smith • Oct 11, 2024

City-owned land will be repurposed to add 5 new parks in Austin

Five new parks are joining Austin’s parks system, adding much needed green spaces to areas considered to be “park deficient.” Austin’s Watershed Protection Department has over the years acquired land for things like protecting the environment and managing floodwater. These…

Parks • By Luz Moreno-Lozano, KUT • Oct 11, 2024

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