Ethics complaint filed against HLC commissioner

Less than one month after the first meeting of the new Historic Landmark Commission, ethics question are flying and a formal complaint has already been lodged. Kent Anschutz filed a complaint against Commissioner Arif Panju earlier this month, alleging conflict…

City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 25, 2015

Cap Metro delays hiring service plan consultant

After hearing conflicting advice on which firm to choose, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors voted unanimously Monday to postpone selecting a consultant to head up the development of the organization’s 10-year service plan. The board will take…

Transit • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 25, 2015

Plans for expanded Convention Center laid out for Council committee

As design consultants laid out the plans for an expanded Austin Convention Center to members of the Economic Opportunity Committee on Monday, they emphasized the inability of the current center to accommodate a growing city with a growing roster of…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 25, 2015

Affordable housing project loses momentum

A proposed affordable housing project in northern Travis County is facing stiffening political headwinds thanks to tenacious lobbying from neighbors whose efforts have brought county commissioners to the brink of yanking their support for the project. Acting in their capacity…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 25, 2015

City to file suit, announces cooperation with TCAD

The city of Austin will file suit in state district court this afternoon against the Travis Central Appraisal District challenging what the city calls the undervaluation of commercial and vacant properties in the city of Austin and seeking a declaration…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Aug 24, 2015

AISD hears final budget draft

On Monday, the Austin Independent School District’s chief financial officer gave trustees the good news first: AISD will have more revenue than it expected to have in June’s version of the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget. But most of it will go to…

AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Aug 24, 2015

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ZAP recommends County Line rezoning

Last week, the city’s Zoning and Platting Commission unanimously approved a compromise that will allow County Line on the Lake to operate its patio legally, though it will prohibit outdoor amplified sound. Commissioners voted to recommend requesting a zoning change…

Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 24, 2015

Reporter's Notebook: Precious moments

ICYMI, a rebuttal… On Friday, we mentioned City Council Member Sheri Gallo’s unusual callout of City Manager Marc Ott, who wasn’t physically present on the dais for the conclusion of the short-term rental discussion. As a refresher, Gallo concluded her…

Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 24, 2015

Austin Monitor Radio: The Huffington Post's Jason Cherkis

Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin sits with the Huffington Post’s Jason Cherkis to talk about Cherkis’ work, and the state of media in general. Show is embedded below.

Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 24, 2015

Video: Council rundown, 8.21 (KXAN)

Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin heads to KXAN for his weekly Council wrap. This week: Short Term Rentals.

Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 21, 2015

Minus occupancy limits, new STR rules approved

City Council Member Don Zimmerman and Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo have finally found something they can agree on: The city’s current regulations of short-term rentals and their enforcement are, as Zimmerman put it at Thursday’s Council meeting, “a train…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Aug 21, 2015

Minorities, low-income residents top budget amendment requests

With city budget season in full swing, dozens of Austinites took to the podium at City Hall during a public hearing Thursday to ask City Council to amend the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year to include more services…

Budget • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 21, 2015

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