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Public safety departments discuss diversity strategies

Austin’s public safety agencies are not as diverse as the city they serve, according to a presentation by police, fire and EMS officials at a meeting of the Public Safety Commission last week. “We need to show we do have…

Public Safety • By Jack Craver • Nov 10, 2016

Downtown parking study calls for more expensive street spaces

Streamlined technology and more expensive parking spaces – those are some of the recommendations of a new report that looks at improving parking in downtown Austin. The $260,000 study analyzed parking in the area bordered by Interstate 35, Martin Luther…

Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 10, 2016

Austin and Dripping Springs at odds over plan to dump wastewater in Onion Creek

Tonight, the public is invited to give its input at a hearing held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) over a permit to allow Dripping Springs to dump almost a million gallons of treated wastewater into Onion Creek,…

Environment • By Mose Buchele, KUT • Nov 10, 2016

Mobility bond rolls to big victory

Opting to go big, Austin voters on Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond package. The massive grab-bag of mobility infrastructure spending is the city’s largest-ever bond proposal to survive an election. Its victory…

Bonds & Propositions • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 9, 2016

Flannigan takes District 6, ousts Zimmerman

Don Zimmerman, one of the city’s most controversial City Council members, conceded to challenger Jimmy Flannigan yesterday after the early voting results were released in the early evening, with 12,542 votes (57.65 percent) for Flannigan and 9,213 (42.35 percent) for…

Elections • By Joseph Caterine • Nov 9, 2016

Travis County bush

Commissioner Gerald Daugherty retains Precinct 3 seat

Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty won a fourth term in office on Tuesday night. The Commissioners Court’s lone Republican triumphed over his Democratic, novice office-seeker David Holmes, in a close race that early voting results showed as virtually tied shortly…

Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 9, 2016

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Gallo, Alter headed to District 10 runoff

In District 10, City Council Member Sheri Gallo and challenger Alison Alter are headed for a December runoff, with Gallo garnering more than 48 percent of the vote to Alter’s 35.52 percent. The other candidates in the race, Robert Walker…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Nov 9, 2016

Garza, Casar easily win re-election

District 4 City Council Member Greg Casar, the youngest member ever elected to the City Council, claimed another victory last night, beating two opponents who seemed almost invisible. District 2 Council Member Delia Garza – Council’s first Latina, elected during…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Nov 9, 2016

Pool wins District 7

Tuesday night, incumbent Leslie Pool easily won her District 7 seat for City Council against challenger and political newcomer Natalie Gauldin. Early voting results Tuesday evening solidly placed her in the lead by 40 percent, giving rise to dinnertime cheers…

City Council • By Courtney Griffin • Nov 9, 2016

Live Blog: Austin voters decide Transportation Bond, Council races

By Audrey McGlinchy, Elizabeth Pagano & Andrew Weber Austin voters in five of the city’s 10 districts have decided who will represent them on the city council. This includes districts 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10 – Southeast and most…

Elections • By Austin Monitor • Nov 8, 2016

Pilot Knob could face yet another lawsuit

City Council is poised to move forward once again Thursday on the Pilot Knob/Easton Park planned unit development and affordable housing agreement that Judge Stephen Yelenosky voided in October. But Council members should know that the same civic activist who…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Nov 8, 2016

The sad state of DNA testing in sexual assault cases

It might take a while for Austin to clear its backlog of more than 600 batches of DNA evidence related to sexual assaults. Austin Police Department Chief of Staff Brian Manley told members of the Public Safety Commission on Tuesday…

Police • By Jack Craver • Nov 8, 2016

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