Affordable housing development facing delays at City Hall

The Elysium Park apartment complex, a new affordable housing development planned for North Austin, is facing delays at City Hall. City Council has decided to postpone a zoning decision for the project. The proposed development would include about 90 units,…

Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 5, 2016

Council members want more social services spending in budget

A number of City Council members voiced surprise and disappointment at the 2017 budget proposed by city staff, saying it fell woefully short of the commitment to health and human services called for in previous Council resolutions. Council Member Delia…

Budget • By Jack Craver • Aug 4, 2016

Council to consider videoconferencing for public testimony

In a quest to simplify the lives of constituents while easing some downtown traffic, City Council Member Don Zimmerman has proposed testing out videoconferencing for citizens communication during Council meetings. “I have a lot of constituents complaining about parking problems…

City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 4, 2016

Gallo to remove opponent from Parks board

District 10 City Council Member Sheri Gallo has informed her appointee to the Parks and Recreation Board that she will be removed and replaced at today’s Council meeting. Alison Alter, who announced that she would run against Gallo in this…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Aug 4, 2016

Ruben Becerra, downtown business owner, enters San Marcos mayoral race

Businessman Ruben Becerra filed paperwork today to enter the race for San Marcos mayor, setting up a spirited contest at the top of the Nov. 8 municipal election ballot. Becerra said he is a political moderate who is well-positioned to…

Elections • By Brad Rollins--San Marcos Mercury • Aug 4, 2016

Suit: Pilot Knob vote violated state, federal law

Civic activist Brian Rodgers has amended the lawsuit he initially filed in February against the city of Austin, challenging the city’s entire scheme for financing water and wastewater improvements at the controversial Pilot Knob development in Southeast Travis County. Rodgers’…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Aug 3, 2016

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Courthouse committee seeks Commissioners Court's guidance

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt said on Tuesday that the current gold standard of potential sites for a new civil courthouse is another county-owned property in downtown Austin. “I do understand that, at least in the tier one analysis, it’s…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 3, 2016

PAC it up, PAC it in: PACs in local elections

To understand political action committees, it’s useful to think of them in terms of families. For example, if a candidate for City Council or mayor were the older sibling, a PAC would be the baby – that is, it would…

Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 3, 2016

'Battle of the historic restoration titans' continues at Landmark Commission

There are plenty of heavy hitters on either side of the debate surrounding a proposed demolition of a contributing structure in the West Line National Register Historic District. What the debate lacks is a resolution, after the Historic Landmark Commission…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 3, 2016

Smoking ban gets fogged at Music Commission

A preliminary proposal to ban smoking on all patios in Austin was met with pushback and prompt backpedaling at a meeting of the Music Commission on Monday. Proposed by Central Health, a taxpayer-funded district in Travis County, a potential amendment…

Music & Entertainment • By Courtney Griffin • Aug 2, 2016

Coalition fights to add worker protections to expedited building permit process

The people who are building Austin can no longer afford to live in it, labor advocates say. Although they’re working on the big construction projects that are pushing Austin’s growth, construction workers in Austin have few protections, and many are…

Austin • By Cate Malek • Aug 2, 2016

PAC's poll shows big support for light rail

A grassroots effort to put a light rail referendum on the November ballot is adding one more curve to the course as City Council members sprint to decide whether to send Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million mobility bond proposal to…

Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 2, 2016

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