Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan

A budget is born

"...Cronk before voting to approve the $4.5 billion spending plan. The city's fiscal year begins Oct. 1...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...COVID-19, so it's unknown precisely how many Austinites who've contracted the virus are experiencing homelessness. But there has been..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW EDU Takes on School Board Wars and Mental Health on Campus

Speakers take on top educational problems, March 7-10

"...days of the COVID pandemic, the conference's school-focused opening act is back to discuss the main challenges facing education..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

As 5 million Texans Lack Health Insurance, Lege Still Says No to Medicaid

The state's dismally large gaps in health care access have grown even wider during the COVID-19 disaster

"...has since the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act more than a decade ago. Yet as on so..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Rosemont Residents Forced to Temporarily Relocate for Winter Storm Repairs

More woes for residents of Rosemont complex

"...weeks, by which point the mess at Rosemont had attracted attention from the Travis County Com­mis­sioners Court. Rosemont is..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Set to Offset High-End Tax Break With Rent Relief

The ol' homestead

"...for him has been how a higher exemption would impact city services. Because the tax cut can now be..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Growing Program Creates Green Jobs, Maintains Underserved Parks

Building a sustainable future

"...and dark-purplish berries. It may look pretty – in fact, people plant Ligustrum in their yards for landscaping. But..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

ARPA Grants Help Austin Public Library Bridge Digital Divide

Council approves $450K for accessibility and outreach programs

"...that will direct $450,000 in grant money from the American Rescue Plan Act to the Austin Public Library system's..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development

OK, how about here?

"...opportunities. Staff wants more guidance on some of the factors cited by CMs as they rejected locations on the..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...Medicaid to all low­-income adults, as the Affordable Care Act was designed to do before the U.S. Supreme Court..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

ACA Open Enrollment: More Options as Dec. 15 Deadline Nears

Prosper Centers have already helped more than 1,000 get insurance

"...enrollment period for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, Foun­da­tion Communities' Prosper Centers have already helped more..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

AISD Copes With Post-COVID Life

With falling enrollment, budget woes, and “behavioral events” maybe the kids aren’t alright

"...Central Texas high school bathrooms were in the spotlight..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net

Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan

"...relief funds (augmented by local reserves) toward services and plans to address the city’s shelter crisis...."

June 11, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say

Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court

"...his condition, and asked for help that jail administrators acted...."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Everything’s a Priority Now

Council lines up its asks as a boom-time budget season nears its liturgical climax

"...looming fiscal hit of the yet-to-be-determined new public safety contracts did not give Cronk and his budget team pause..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...for that purpose. Regardless of where Forensics is budgeted, plans to organize it under civilian control outside the APD..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Women’s Jail 2.0: Diversion or Expansion?

Travis County Commissioners Court mulls a long-term overhaul of the correctional complex in Del Valle

"...Travis County Commissioners Court heard a presentation from county planners and the Sheriff's Office on the long-term overhaul of..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

New AISD Budget Leans Into Boosting Enrollment

The school district is nervously eyeing the numbers looking for signs of recovery

"...its starting salary for teachers. The union and district plan to form a joint compensation committee to tackle teacher..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (LFRF) provided under the American Rescue Plan Act. Residents struggling to make ends meet..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...attacked from the left by community advocates with big plans for the county seat. The March 1 Democratic primary..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Manager Presents $4.5 Billion City Budget

2021-22 FY proposal earmarks funds for police, parks, homelessness response

"...about $310 million, marking the launch of a multiyear plan to "reimagine public safety" following a tumultuous summer of..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Bartender-Turned-Activist Jeannette Gregor Amplifies Her Profession

Mohawk's new venue manager on her "messy and fickle" industry and getting back to live music

"...up shifts behind another bar. Uninsured, she worried about contracting COVID-19...."

June 25, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Graduations Presage AISD's Return to In-Person Learning

As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall

"...AISD has hosted in more than a year. As planning for this fall begins, the district has not yet..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

East Austin Residents Need Resilience Hubs Sooner Rather Than Later

City looks to fill in some of the gaps of inequity during times of crisis

"...in February that the city is still in the planning phase for resilience hubs, but that it plans to..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Heather Stewart

Opinion: Austin Can Do Better Than Crypto

As a city that values equity, we shouldn't prop up an exploitative scam

"...government, we need to rein in crypto's devastating environmental impact. In Texas, where our electrical grid is in constant..."

March 18, 2022 Column by Mike Siegel

Applications Are Now Being Accepted for Austin Music Disaster Relief Grants

Find out more and apply by January 28

"...music industry who have been affected by the economic impact of COVID-19. This round of relief will be funded..."

Jan. 18, 2022 Music Post by Robert Penson

Faster Than Sound: Delta Variant Leaves Venues Between a Rock and the Governor's Orders

The latest on music hubs, festivals, and relief funding

"...will receive public funds through any means, including grants, contracts, loans, or other disbursements of taxpayer money" from enforcing..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Congressional Delegation 3-1 Against Bailout

Their votes, with comments

"...heard by now, the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan went down in flames in the House Monday morning...."

Sept. 30, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows Indeed

Do AJC, SAN, really see eye-to-eye on homeless policy?

"...out with impassioned press releases demanding that City Council act faster to address the homelessness problem now that Proposition..."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, which is designed to prevent another Jan. 6-style insurrection...."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature

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