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It was billed as the first race on the Formula 1 track and the first chance for the public to see the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas facility. Instead, participants in a 3.4-mile fun run on Saturday…
The hotly contested race for Travis County Precinct 3 commissioner has produced at least one set of allegations about campaign ethics violations. According to records obtained by In Fact Daily, Austin attorney Robert “Lou” McCreary filed four complaints with the…
The Historic Landmark Commission put off approving the demolition permit for a long-abandoned Hyde Park house last week, hoping the delay would give rise to an alternative solution. In a unanimous 4-0 vote, the commission postponed the property buyer’s…
Officials with the City of Austin’s Planning and Development Review Department told members of the Austin City Council Thursday that they’ve targeted September 2015 as the delivery date for a total redesign of the city’s land development code – that…
After repeated delays, a heaping helping of controversy and continued pleas from partisans on both sides, members of the Austin City Council Thursday finally awarded additional franchise permits to the Lone Star and Austin taxicab franchises. The action came…
Solutions for the traffic woes along Interstate 35 through Austin continue to evolve, and a picture of short-term fixes has begun to emerge for often-crowded intersections such as Cesar Chavez, Riverside and Oltorf. Typically, when the traffic woes of…
Payday loan company Check ‘n Go, which has been the subject of criticism at City Hall for predatory lending practices, will close all of its Austin locations, staffers in the office of Council Member Mike Martinez told In Fact Daily…
Citing continuing low levels of Lake Travis, the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday formalized their support of another emergency drought declaration. Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution urging the Lower Colorado River Authority to ask for a reauthorization of…
Employees with the Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services system would routinely leave bags of cash and checks out in the open as part of their financial services operation. The office of City Auditor Ken Mory found this and a…
Austin Energy officials presented Council members Tuesday with a better-than-expected picture of the utility’s third-quarter revenues and, if their estimates hold, the utility could finish the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30 with a balance of $87.4 million more than…
In an appearance before the House County Affairs Committee last week, Travis County Commissioner Karen Huber asked state lawmakers to rein in the abuses of investor-owned water utility companies that are jacking up rates. Huber said the time had…
After no small amount of discussion over specific language as well as their role in the process, the members of the City of Austin’s Electric Utility Commission recommended Monday night that Austin City Council establish an independent body to govern…
