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- Former Council Member and dedicated environmentalist Jackie Goodman has died
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- A multi-family rezoning at the rugged edge of Northwest Austin
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Committee votes to close living wage loophole
City Council’s Economic Opportunity Committee approved a resolution at its meeting on Monday that would effectively close a loophole that allows some city contractors to avoid paying workers a living wage. Both Bob Batlan, of Austin Interfaith, and Emily Timm,…
Austin • By Vicky Garza • Dec 17, 2015
Both sides satisfied as campaign finance trial ends
Federal Judge Lee Yeakel gave no indication of how he might rule at the end of the trial on Tuesday. But he told the lawyers involved in City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s lawsuit against the city of Austin over its…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Dec 16, 2015
Travis County lends support to Planned Parenthood
A vote on an item that has little effect on Travis County policy managed to pack in several elements of high drama at Commissioners Court on Tuesday. County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Commissioner Brigid Shea co-sponsored a resolution proclaiming the…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 16, 2015
Council talks TNC regulations ahead of vote
After months of deliberation, City Council will consider a slew of new regulations Thursday for transportation network companies including Uber, Lyft and Austin’s newest arrival, Dallas-based Get Me. Council talked through the proposals – including a fingerprint background check requirement…
City Council • By Tyler Whitson • Dec 16, 2015
AISD hires marketing firm to tackle enrollment woes
Land purchases and resignation announcements aside, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees took additional steps to address the district’s enrollment issues Monday. In a 7-0 vote with trustees Kendall Pace and Edmund Gordon abstaining, the board decided to spend…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Dec 16, 2015
City campaign law on trial in federal court
On Monday, during the first day of trial in City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s suit against the city, the District 6 Council member told federal Judge Lee Yeakel that his First Amendment rights are being violated by Austin’s campaign finance…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Dec 15, 2015
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Mobile home rezoning wins praise from all sides
Last week’s City Council meeting ended on a high note when a once-contentious rezoning for an East Side mobile home park found agreement and praise from all sides. Council Member Greg Casar summed it up, saying, “This is how you…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 15, 2015
Animal Services chief responds to department audit
Austin is a leader in animal shelter and care, but the common metrics used for auditing animal care facilities have not kept pace with its no-kill policy, Chief Animal Services Officer Tawny Hammond told the Audit and Finance Committee on…
Austin • By Jack Craver • Dec 15, 2015
Filing deadline reveals twist in sheriff's race
Monday’s filing deadline for the Republican and Democratic primary elections in Texas has come and gone, and one name in particular is strikingly absent from the field seeking to replace Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton: Sheriff Hamilton himself. The incumbent…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 15, 2015
Cap Metro rolls out downtown MetroRail station plans
Capital Metro has scaled down its ambitions for a permanent MetroRail station in downtown Austin. The transit agency showed off at a public meeting on Friday its preferred concept for the station, a much more conventional rendering compared to the…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 14, 2015
Council negates plan for fewer roads, for now
A bid to throttle traffic in a District 7 development was wildly unsuccessful at City Council’s Thursday meeting. Council Member Leslie Pool led the charge to limit access into a neighborhood as a condition of a tract’s rezoning, but her…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 14, 2015
Changes to park renaming rules advance
It may soon be harder to name a park or facility in Austin after a person. At the Tuesday meeting of the Parks and Recreation Board, members voted 6-0 to recommend a draft ordinance that adds restrictions to rules regarding…
