How the city (used to) restrict candidates' fundraising time

With three months to go before Election Day in November, campaign signs for local, state and presidential candidates have bloomed – despite the incessant heat and current watering restrictions – on Austin lawns. Whether or not you’ve been fixated by…

Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 29, 2016

Corridor plans pushing forward with bus pullouts

A prominent selling point in Mayor Steve Adler’s pitch for a $720 million mobility bond has drawn a lukewarm reception by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. On multiple occasions, Adler has hyped bus pullouts as a key feature of his…

Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 29, 2016

How do Austinites want the city to spend their money?

As Austin grows, so does its government. City staff unveiled a proposed budget Wednesday that would increase general fund spending by $56 million, or 6.1 percent, for a total of $969.2 million. The increased spending is made possible not because…

Budget • By Jack Craver • Jul 28, 2016

CTRMA gets tough with tardy MoPac contractor

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is adding some bite to its bark over the delayed MoPac Improvement Project. On Wednesday, the CTRMA’s board of directors voted unanimously to give Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein the authority to start assessing financial…

Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 28, 2016

Jenny Lind Porter home wins stay of demolition

The house once owned by Texas poet laureate Jenny Lind Porter will be around for another two months, but after that its fate is anyone’s guess. On Monday, the Historic Landmark Commission once again considered the request for a demolition…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 28, 2016

Bastrop's attorney quits, Pine Forest case on hold

Seeing the proverbial handwriting on the wall, Bastrop’s longtime attorney, Jo-Christy Brown, resigned, effective immediately, at Tuesday night’s Bastrop City Council meeting. Brown’s tenure has been controversial since at least last December, when the public began to complain about the…

Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Jul 28, 2016

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Budget strives to address Council directives

The non-senior Austinite who owns a median-priced home and uses an average amount of water and electricity can expect his or her bill for taxes, fees and utilities to increase by about $12.48 per month for the 2017 Fiscal Year,…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jul 27, 2016

Cap Metro ponders fare-ly big changes to MetroRapid service

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans on Monday to add eight new stops to its two premium MetroRapid routes, but even bigger changes for the two-year-old service could be right around the corner. Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro’s vice president…

Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 27, 2016

Hyde Park neighborhood groups divided over future of Austin State Hospital

State leaders are considering selling the Austin State Hospital, a historic facility near the Hyde Park neighborhood, but residents are divided over the future of the site. After construction was completed in 1861, the Austin State Hospital becaome the first…

Planning • By Syeda Hasan • Jul 27, 2016

Austin's cemeteries get new leader

Tonja Walls-Davis has a new favorite gravesite: one for a child, whose headstone is in the shape of a single Lego. “I’ve traveled these grounds so many times,” she told the Austin Monitor. “But, like I said, every time I…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 27, 2016

Historic Landmark Commission defies AISD, moves forward with historic zoning for Lee Elementary

Once again, the Historic Landmark Commission was the site of an ideological showdown over the fate of Russell Lee Elementary. And, on Monday night, it was also a face-off between the commission and the Austin Independent School District. Just prior…

AISD • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 26, 2016

Message to Cap Metro: Don't worry about TNCs

A prominent mass transportation expert told the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors on Monday that ride-hailing services have little impact on public transit ridership. The data presented by Jarrett Walker, author of the book Human Transit, contradict one…

Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 26, 2016

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