Report finds most traffic on Rainey Street stems from surrounding roadways

Traffic congestion has long been a concern for people who live and work along Rainey Street. Last year, neighbors struck a deal with a developer looking to build new condos in the area. They agreed to conduct a comprehensive traffic…

Planning • By Syeda Hasan • Jun 5, 2017

Economic development sessions to target middle-class jobs, local business growth

A focus on middle-class job growth, workforce development and growing existing businesses are some of the priorities the city’s business boosters will emphasize this week during a series of community meetings intended to shape local economic development policies. The seven…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 5, 2017

Central Health board chair lays out case against nominee

The chair of the Central Health Board of Managers is ramping up the pressure on City Council to reject an applicant to the board due to the applicant’s position with a major hospital. In a lengthy letter sent Friday to…

Public Health • By Jack Craver • Jun 5, 2017

Reporter's Notebook: Don't knock it, or try it

Delay Red River… When the Austin Monitor published a sneak peek in April of the findings of a close-to-complete draft of Urban Land Institute’s examination of the precarious state of the Red River Cultural District, one of the key findings…

Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jun 5, 2017

Is audit trouble for Austin Energy employee?

The City Auditor’s Integrity Unit has found evidence that Austin Energy employee Steven Salinas solicited and accepted employment from developers over whose projects he had discretionary authority in his position as a lead electric distribution designer. However, while auditors found…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jun 2, 2017

'Middle skill' workforce plan aims to stabilize area's poor, vulnerable residents

Austin and Travis County leaders’ focus on growing the region’s middle-class economy was spotlighted Thursday with the announcement of a multiyear effort to train local workers for a growing demand for so-called “middle skill” jobs. The release of the Master…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 2, 2017

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Overriding staff reservations, Commissioners Court OKs affordable housing project

The Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday gave its blessing to a low-income apartment project despite reservations from staff and a nonprofit that advocates for fair housing. At question was the proposed Del Valle 969 Apartments, a development planned to…

Housing • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 2, 2017

Updated: City of Austin joins San Antonio in lawsuit against 'sanctuary cities' law

By Stephanie Federico The City of Austin has filed a legal challenge to the state’s new “sanctuary city” law, joining a suit filed Thursday by the City of San Antonio. “Elected leaders across the state are following the leadership of…

Texas State Legislature • By KUT News • Jun 2, 2017

Here's what we learned about requests from ICE to pick up Travis County inmates

Drunken driving. Property theft. Possession of a controlled substance. These are some of the crimes for which the Travis County Sheriff’s Office did not honor requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain suspected undocumented immigrants past their sentences…

Public Safety • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 1, 2017

Central Health nominee stirs up policy questions

The chair of the Central Health Board of Managers strongly suggested that City Council may be causing problems for the board by appointing a new member with ties to a major hospital. In an interview with the Austin Monitor Tuesday,…

Public Health • By Jack Craver • Jun 1, 2017

More questions than answers for Council on CodeNEXT

City Council members are still having a hard time understanding exactly what CodeNEXT, the proposed overhaul of the city’s land development code, will mean for the city. That was made clear at a public hearing Wednesday, during which a number…

Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Jun 1, 2017

Brownfield grants provide $300,000 to clean up East Austin

Potential brownfield properties in East Austin will be eligible for remediation efforts in the coming years thanks to two grants from the federal Environmental Protection Agency totaling $300,000. The grants, which were announced Wednesday, will be available for use beginning…

Environment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 1, 2017

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