Council delays purchase of police body cameras

Expressing concern that they were moving too fast, City Council members voted 7-1 to delay the purchase of body cameras for the Austin Police Department for two weeks. At their meeting on June 9, Council members cited concerns with transparency…

Police • By Cate Malek • Jun 10, 2016

State considering sale of land in Central and West Austin

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is considering the sale of state-owned land totaling 223 192 acres on two sites in Central and West Austin. The first step is a study, currently underway, to determine the feasibility of relocating…

Development • By Vicky Garza • Jun 10, 2016

Council OKs contract for impact fee study

With City Council Member Don Zimmerman opposed, Council voted 7-1 Thursday to award a $1.18 million contract for a transportation impact fee study to Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. in anticipation of adopting developer impact fees to pay for street improvements…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 10, 2016

Uber and Lyft swing by the Legislature

Uber and Lyft were back in Austin on Wednesday afternoon for a rambling hearing at the State Capitol that also featured several upstart competitors, representatives from friendly and not-so-friendly cities and at least one NFL Hall of Famer. The State…

Texas State Legislature • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 9, 2016

How an Austin taxi co-op would work

At Black Star Co-op in North Austin, workers take food and drink orders, doling out burgers and beers on a recent weekday. Ask who owns the place, and the response might confound you: the members, or a select number of…

Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 9, 2016

MUDs still fighting city over water bills

The long-running argument between the city of Austin and four municipal utility districts continues, with lawyers for the North Austin MUD No. 1, Northtown MUD, Wells Branch MUD and Travis County WCID No. 10 claiming Austin Water is again overcharging their…

Water • By Jo Clifton • Jun 9, 2016

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Group pushing toward $220 million chain of parks downtown

For once, a discussion of Waller Creek at City Hall was almost entirely upbeat. City Council members were delighted during a work session Tuesday to hear an update on an ambitious $220 million project to create a long, narrow public…

Parks • By Jack Craver • Jun 9, 2016

CodeNEXT leader: City adding costs to code rewrite

The chair of the citizens group advising the city of Austin on the rewrite of the city’s land-use regulations has voiced concerns that the contract for the project, known as CodeNEXT, is being used as a “mothership on which to…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jun 8, 2016

"Pork chop" battle continues between districts

At the intersection of Morrow Street and Lamar Boulevard, a concrete barrier prevents District 4 residents to the east from heading due west into District 7. But the divisions between those who want to see the barrier removed and those…

Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 8, 2016

Lonesome whistle blows for Lone Star Rail

An ailing effort to run passenger rail from the Austin area to San Antonio might only have two months left to live. On Monday night, the head of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Policy Board suggested that he…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 8, 2016

Council to consider dark money ordinance

Independent political groups that spend money to influence elections will be required to disclose much more about themselves and their donors if City Council approves a proposed ordinance. At a Council work session on Tuesday, Assistant City Attorney Cynthia Tom…

City Hall • By Jack Craver • Jun 8, 2016

Commissioners OK support for more APD racial profiling data

After delaying a vote for several meetings, the Public Safety Commission on Monday supported a resolution asking for more racial profiling data from the Austin Police Department and a more rigorous analysis of it by the Office of the Police…

Public Safety • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 7, 2016

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