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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Home rehab loan saga continues
After the publication of the Austin Monitor story describing problems facing some homeowners who took out loans under the city’s Home Rehabilitation Loan Program, the city responded. Rosie Truelove, the director of the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department, said…
Thursday, April 26, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
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Libraries plan to designate areas for petitioning
After a month of consultations with the Law Department over the language of the rules governing petitioning on library property, the Austin Public Library may have found a compromise.Instead of limiting petitioning to sidewalks surrounding the libraries, which groups have…
Friday, April 20, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
Austin Energy troubled by hiring concerns
City jobs are notorious for having a prolonged hiring process. However, at Austin Energy, the process has become excruciatingly long, even by its own standards, and it’s starting to have repercussions.At the April 16 Electric Utility Commission meeting, Mark Dombroski, who…
Thursday, April 19, 2018 by Audrey McGlinchy
City Hall
Without final rules in place, Austin closes two fair chance hiring complaints
When Lewis Conway Jr. was released from prison in 2000 after serving time for manslaughter, the state required him to wear an electronic monitoring device. But nothing fit his ankles.“So they put the electronic monitor on my wrist,” said Conway,…
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
Will petitions be allowed on library property?
Since 2018 began, two individuals with IndyAustin who were gathering signatures for a CodeNEXT petition outside of Austin public libraries have been cited with criminal trespass warnings. Those citations have been rescinded as the city works to clarify their position on…
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Judge considers dismissing police union suit
Attorneys for the city sparred with attorneys for the Austin Police Association, its president Ken Casaday and police Sgt. Robert Miljenovich during a court hearing Monday over whether the police union’s suit against various city officials should be dismissed without…
