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Festival hopes to begin new chapter at 12th and Chicon, with city help
Austin’s trolley cars, which retired in 1940, used to stop at East 12th and Chicon streets. It’s there that Ada Harden and her brother would hop on, pay the five-cent fee and ride with little concern about a destination. “We’d…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 8, 2016
Environmentalists win one round of SH 45 SW suit
Federal Judge Lee Yeakel has rejected arguments from the Texas Department of Transportation and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority that would have ended a lawsuit against the two transportation agencies. The suit was filed by various environmental organizations and…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Sep 8, 2016
SXSW touts $325M economic impact for Austin
According to Mayor Steve Adler, South by Southwest is more than just a cash cow. In an evocative metaphor at yesterday’s annual reveal of the festival’s economic contribution to the city, he likened the festival instead to “a herd that…
Music & Entertainment • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 8, 2016
Turning from toll roads, CTRMA eyes gondolas
A high-flying idea to provide an alternative to driving through Austin could soon get off the ground. Sort of. On Wednesday morning, members of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority board of directors gushed over a proposal to install an…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 8, 2016
Neighbors, ARG Bull Creek still fighting over Grove
Neighborhoods surrounding the proposed Grove at Shoal Creek – a huge, mixed-use planned unit development slated for the area around 45th Street and Shoal Creek – have worked mightily to prevent it, even accusing some city staff members of hijacking…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Sep 7, 2016
OSHA threatens two city-employed firms with six-figure fines
The United States Department of Labor has targeted two companies hired by the city of Austin with more than $121,000 in fines. On Tuesday, the department announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined that Austin Constructors LLC…
Development • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 7, 2016
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Public Safety Commission calls for $5.6M to clear DNA backlog
The Public Safety Commission upped the ante Tuesday, calling for an additional $5.6 million to tackle a backlog of DNA cases that continue to accumulate while the city’s lab remains shuttered. With a week left to pass the city’s budget,…
Police • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 7, 2016
District 2 candidates debate for first time
Beneath a basketball net and a shut-off scoreboard at the Dove Springs Recreation Center, two City Council candidates for Austin’s District 2 squared off against each other and against the incumbent, Council Member Delia Garza. The forum, hosted by KUT,…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 7, 2016
$720 million mobility bond could feature hidden costs
The price tag of Austin’s second-largest transportation bond proposal ever has been pegged at $720 million, but extra costs could pile as high as $20 million if voters approve the package in November. The central piece of the plan calls…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 6, 2016
Council OKs WildHorse Ranch PID
A major mixed-use development planned in eastern Travis County cleared an important hurdle Thursday, when City Council voted 8-2 not to object to the first-ever public improvement district created by the Travis County Commissioners Court. Key to approval of the…
Development • By Jack Craver • Sep 6, 2016
City budget: Austinites say their piece
In just about a week, City Council will approve its Fiscal Year 2016-2017 budget. After hours of public testimony, it is clear that there are a lot of tough decisions left to make. Council closed the public comment portion of…
Budget • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 6, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Same as it ever was
Remember your dais voice… City Council members and city management are increasingly pushing back on Council Member Don Zimmerman’s tirades against city staff. It started at a Council budget work session Wednesday, when the cantankerous conservative expressed outrage that a…
