Zoning Commission tries to limit lengthy testimony

Apparently traumatized by two marathon hearings over the controversial Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development, members of the Zoning and Platting Commission spent more than an hour Tuesday discussing ways to limit the amount of time consumed by public…

Zoning • By Jack Craver • Aug 18, 2016

Best Buy to locate internet sales hub in San Marcos

A new Best Buy internet retail sales operation center will start with 25 employees and add more in coming years under an economic development incentive agreement approved today by San Marcos and Hays County officials. It will be the only…

Hays County • By Brad Rollins--San Marcos Mercury • Aug 18, 2016

Pool offers changes to lobby ordinance

When City Council Member Leslie Pool first proposed tightening up the city’s lobby registration ordinance last year, she encountered considerable resistance, especially from architects and engineers who said that the work they do when they talk to city officials is…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Aug 17, 2016

City responds to call for more street and sidewalk maintenance

Austinites who have complained about the state of the city’s streets may soon see an improvement, if a proposed tax increase is approved as part of next year’s budget. In a survey conducted by the city last year, members of…

Budget • By Cate Malek • Aug 17, 2016

Could more tourist spots benefit from hotel tax?

Austin residents are no strangers to big local events and, increasingly, neither are out-of-towners – but all of those visitors can take a toll on the city’s infrastructure. City Council is set to consider a plan that could direct more…

Music & Entertainment • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 17, 2016

County orders election for new emergency services district

The Travis County Commissioners Court has called for an election this November that could create a new emergency services district in the county’s rural Northwestern corner. The proposed Emergency Services District No. 7 would largely share the same boundaries as…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 17, 2016

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Austin Energy agrees to rate deal with businesses, consumer advocates

Eighteen of the 26 advocacy groups, businesses and individuals who signed up to intervene in the ongoing Austin Energy rate review have signaled support for a compromise with the utility. The deal would lower electricity rates for both residential customers…

Energy • By Jack Craver • Aug 16, 2016

Big question for Council: Who will replace Ott?

When City Manager Marc Ott announced his resignation last week in order to take the job of executive director of the International City/County Management Association, he set in motion a chain of events that will affect Austin for years –…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Aug 16, 2016

City contract hopes to protect tenants who speak up

Black mold and a stack of documents Legal notices and lease copies blanketed a plush beige couch in a North Austin apartment. Rebekah Jara rummaged through the papers. Lawyers had urged her and her fiancé, Juan Aranda, to keep copies…

The Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 16, 2016

Craft brewers sue to overturn state regulation

A group of Texas craft brewery owners is suing to overturn a state law that affects their distribution rights. Until a few years ago, beer distributors in Texas paid craft breweries for the right to sell their products. But in…

Texas State Legislature • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 16, 2016

City Council sounds alarm over locker rooms for female firefighters

A multiyear project to provide locker rooms for Austin’s female firefighters has stuttered past its deadline, causing frustration among both firefighters and City Council. At a budget work session on Aug. 10, Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr promised to redouble…

Fire • By Cate Malek • Aug 15, 2016

Victorious Prop 1 PAC prepares for next battle

Dozens of supporters of the homespun political action committee that brought two multibillion-dollar global corporations to heel last May held a victory party of sorts in Central Austin last week. According to the invitation, the Our City, Our Safety, Our…

Local Politics • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 15, 2016

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