City Council
Thursday, January 31, 2019 by Andrew Weber
City Council
New city agreement with ARCH would shift focus to housing
The Austin City Council will vote Thursday on renewing the contract for Front Steps, the operator of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. The new agreement could bring systemic changes to the city’s homeless shelter.One of those changes would…
Thursday, January 31, 2019 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Who’s serving on City Council committees?
It’s finally time for the first City Council meeting of the year – and consequently, time to reconstitute Council committees. But anyone expecting big changes in the membership of those committees would probably be mistaken, though there will be some…
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Council considering emergency shelter resolution
The number of homeless people in Austin continues to grow, yet shelter for these people has not kept pace, according to data gathered by the city and the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO. On any given day, there were…
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 by Jack Craver
City Council
City proposes ditching Recycled Reads
Some City Council members are alarmed at a proposal from city staff to phase out Recycled Reads, a service operated by the library system that repurposes, recycles or sells books that are discarded by the library or donated by residents.Staffers…
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Political accelerator ready for next class of future Council hopefuls
Having been an active presence in Dallas-area Democratic and political organizations prior to relocating to Austin four years ago, Zenette Dorsey noticed some unique traits about local political discourse around big issues.“Austin is going through an identity crisis with the…
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 by Jack Craver
City Council
Adler calls on Council to do ‘big things,’ Garza elected mayor pro tem
Mayor Steve Adler began his new four-year term on an optimistic note, saying that the city is “poised to get some really big things done” when it comes to addressing Austin’s major challenges, notably housing and transportation.Adler, along with two…
