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Low morale in Austin’s public safety departments requires attention

The Public Safety Commission heard a variety of concerns at its Oct. 1 meeting in regards to the chronic low morale that public safety officers are experiencing within their respective departments. “It is pretty unanimous the officers are really getting…

Public Safety • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 2, 2018

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Adler, Tovo top list of endorsed candidates

Since the race began, it has looked like Mayor Steve Adler would have an easier path to victory than his major opponent, former Council Member Laura Morrison. His incumbency and better name ID are factors, and another is his personal…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 2, 2018

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Swimming in Austin just became more expensive. Here are some other new city fees.

Every Oct. 1, the city of Austin welcomes a new budget – and with it, new city fees. These can be anything from public library fines to what it costs to adopt a dog from the city shelter. Here’s a…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Oct 2, 2018

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Temporary art project for Schneider Store building met with tepid enthusiasm

The J.P. Schneider Store building is the new target of an art installation called Inside Out/Vote intended to encourage voter participation and registration through reimagining civic engagement and unleashing the voice of America’s youth through art. Brought to the Sept.…

Preservation • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 2, 2018

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Austin Energy proposes local solar farm

In spite of the tremendous appetite for renewable energy in Austin, the city doesn’t offer many opportunities to build the kind of large-scale wind and solar farms necessary to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. “It’s an issue of land,” explained…

Energy • By Jack Craver • Oct 1, 2018

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ANC releases Council scorecard

Last week, the Austin Neighborhoods Council voted to endorse the group’s former president, Laura Morrison, for mayor. They also endorsed another former ANC activist, Kathie Tovo, the incumbent in District 9 who serves as mayor pro tem. In addition, ANC…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 1, 2018

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With cuts reduced, arts groups push city to reshape future funding

The city’s Arts Commission has asked City Council to allocate more than $1 million in extra money to arts organizations recently informed they were facing sharp cuts in their funding from the city’s Cultural Arts Division. At last Monday’s special…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 1, 2018

Reporter's Notebook: Places and names

What do you say... The Austin street with the most confounding, or at least distinctively quirky, pronunciation could be headed for a name change. A public hearing scheduled for Thursday’s City Council meeting will focus on a request to rename…

Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 1, 2018

Petitioners seek public vote on city's soccer stadium deal

The activist group that worked to derail the city’s CodeNEXT land use code update has set its sights on preventing the construction of a 20,000-seat soccer stadium in North Austin. IndyAustin has started gathering signatures on petitions that would call…

Local Politics • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 28, 2018

Old Enfield: Another neighborhood divided over speed humps

It’s no wonder that the Transportation Department gets a lot of grief in a city as choked by traffic as Austin. Some of the complaints are unfounded or make demands that city transportation experts will not agree to. However, said…

Transportation • By Jack Craver • Sep 28, 2018

ZAP commissioners clash on a vote for extended Rundberg Lane and Belmont Apartments

Between the rotating podium speakers and the flurry of questions from across the dais, everyone had at least a few clashing opinions about a District 1 rezoning case at the Zoning and Platting Commission on Tuesday night. LDG Development LLC…

Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Sep 28, 2018

Travis County moves Sendero forward with fingers crossed

After much back-and-forth over the fate of Sendero Health Plans, Central Health has presented a strategy to leverage its funds in hopes of saving the insurance company from being terminated. The Travis County Commissioners Court admitted the precarious nature of…

Budget • By Ryan Thornton • Sep 28, 2018

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