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Tax rate election seems likely this November

During the City Council Audit & Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, Kerri Lang, director of the city’s budget office, laid out the steps the city would take in deciding whether to submit a request to voters for a property tax increase…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • May 7, 2025

ACME previews grant updates, community plans at Music Commission meeting

The city’s newly formed Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) is moving forward with a restructuring of cultural funding programs, with plans to complete new grant guidelines by mid-summer, launch applications in August, and distribute funding by early…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • May 7, 2025

Austin arts groups facing budget cuts after cancellation of NEA grants

An assortment of arts organizations in Austin were among the hundreds across the nation that learned late Friday that their most recent round of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was being withdrawn. The Austin Monitor has confirmed…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • May 6, 2025

New Austin program helps connect residents with jobs as city begins major construction projects

Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was making about $16 an hour and raising two boys, which meant money was tight. She had to rely on…

Austin • By Luz Moreno-Lozano, KUT • May 5, 2025

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Homelessness strategy plan calls for $101M in spending from city, partner groups

Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office is proposing a funding package totaling just under $101 million for homelessness response efforts in the city’s next budget, with about one-third allocated toward maintaining existing programs, one-third for new city investments, and one-third for initiatives…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 29, 2025

City leaders have renewed hope for federal funds for local projects in the 2026 congressional budget

An array of local projects that lost millions of dollars in federal funding in March may secure a second chance in the next congressional budget cycle. That’s the word from the city’s intergovernmental relations office, which notified the mayor and…

Budget • By Amy Smith • Apr 29, 2025

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Austin Energy General Manager Bob Kahn retiring

Bob Kahn, who has served as general manager of Austin Energy for nearly two years, is officially retiring at the end of June, but he will be leaving his post on April 30. City Manager T.C. Broadnax has announced that…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Apr 25, 2025

TipSheet: Austin City Council 4.24.25

The Austin City Council will convene today for their regular Thursday meeting. We’ll be watching and, after reading over the full agenda, here are a few things that we’ll be watching closely. The Council will consider its second artificial intelligence…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 24, 2025

Council looks to expand AI policies, examine energy and water needs for data centers

Later this week, City Council will consider a substantial expansion of the city’s artificial intelligence oversight, incorporating detailed guidance on workforce protections, public transparency, and the environmental impacts of growing AI infrastructure. The resolution on Thursday’s agenda builds on a…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 23, 2025

Animal Center gets interim leaders to help with five-year improvement plan

The city is moving forward with new leadership at Austin Animal Center, following a memo from city manager T.C. Broadnax announcing the appointment of an interim leadership team. As of last week, Rolando Fernandez took over as interim chief animal…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 23, 2025

Downtown Commission looks at partnerships, philanthropy to address homelessness

The city is establishing new partnerships with homelessness relief organizations and could announce new philanthropic partners later this month, while continuing to improve programs already in place to address the needs of the area’s growing homeless population. The most recent…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 18, 2025

Fed spending cuts delay city's workforce, infrastructure training plans

City staff are seeking additional time to develop a comprehensive plan for funding and implementing the city’s workforce development program, in part due to federal funding delays and broader budget uncertainties. A recent memo to City Council from the city’s…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 17, 2025

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