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Broadnax considers service adjustments as 'tough' budget awaits

The Austin Monitor recently sat down with new Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax to discuss some of the more prominent issues facing city staff and City Council as he gets situated in his job. For the budget process as you’re going through…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 26, 2024

Resource Management Commission sets sights on natural gas utilities in bid to expand oversight

As the city prepares to renegotiate its contract with Texas Gas Service, Austin’s Resource Management Commission is vying for a seat at the table, with a proposal to expand its purview to include the utility’s oversight on its way to…

Energy • By Kali Bramble • Jun 26, 2024

Austin has a high rate of segregation between homeowners and renters, study finds

Renters and homeowners in the Austin metro live more sequestered from each other than in other U.S. cities, according to a study from Harvard University released last week. The Austin area has one of the highest levels of renter and homeowner…

Housing • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 25, 2024

Broadnax sees police oversight as 'natural' component of next contract

The Austin Monitor recently sat down with new Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax to discuss some of the more prominent issues facing city staff and City Council as he gets situated in his job. Regarding the police contract, the draft agreement…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 25, 2024

Parks Board recommends approval of Violet Crown trail funding

Anyone who tuned in last week to watch the Parks and Recreation Board deliberate a $900,000 contract agreement with a nonprofit may have been surprised by the rare absence of a live broadcast of the meeting. And they may have…

Transportation • By Amy Smith • Jun 25, 2024

Traffic headaches to get worse before they get better

The city’s Capital Delivery Services Division is getting ready to start two major construction projects that are designed to make it easier to get around in South Austin and Southeast Austin. But there will be considerable disruption of traffic while…

Roads • By Jo Clifton • Jun 25, 2024

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Broadnax shares thoughts on hiring Austin's next police chief

The Austin Monitor recently sat down with new Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax to discuss some of the more prominent issues facing city staff and City Council as he gets situated in his job. For the first of four portions…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 24, 2024

Bike Advisory Council urges city to protect ghost bikes

The Bicycle Advisory Council is calling on the city to protect ghost bike installations after a cycling safety group reported four bikes they put up in the last few months were removed. Volunteers with the Austin Ghost Bike Project have…

Bicycles • By Dylan Ebs • Jun 24, 2024

Austin ISD’s budget deficit means staff pay will barely budge without voter help

The Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve a 2024-25 budget that will require the district to dip into its savings account to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Austin ISD’s annual operating budget will total nearly $954 million after a vote on…

AISD • By Becky Fogel, KUT • Jun 24, 2024

Urban Renewal Board makes pick for Council from two redevelopment plans for Blocks 16 and 18

A plan that looks to combine housing, retail, restaurants and assorted cultural facilities has received an important vote of support in the effort to redevelop two signature blocks of East Austin. On Monday, the Urban Renewal Board voted 4-1 to…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 21, 2024

Why do so many Austin-area school districts have budget deficits?

Lee esta historia en español At an Austin ISD school board meeting back in March, Trustee Candace Hunter shared a sobering message. “There is no rescue coming. There’s no one coming to save us. It’s only going to get worse,” she said.…

Budget • By Becky Fogel, KUT • Jun 21, 2024

Meadows Center receives $500,000 to study link between climate change and polluted beaches

If you’re considering a trip to the coast this summer, maybe think again: Texas beaches have a poo problem. In 2021, Environment Texas published a study that found 90 percent of the state’s beaches contained dangerous pathogens found in fecal…

Environment • By Lina Fisher • Jun 21, 2024

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