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Council calls for revisions for proposed MoPac South expansion

City Council is pushing for changes to the proposed MoPac South expansion to make the project fit with the city’s mobility, environmental and sustainability goals. Last week, Council passed a resolution that emphasizes refining the project, overseen by the Central…

Roads • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 16, 2024

After a close race, Bledsoe and Siegel share perspectives on runoff results

After what looks to be a narrow victory in Saturday’s runoff election, Mike Siegel will serve as the next representative for North Austin’s District 7. Cinching the win over opponent Gary Bledsoe by around 200 votes, Siegel will be the…

Elections • By Mina Shekarchi • Dec 15, 2024

Council approves requiring safety bollards at new medical facilities

City Council agreed unanimously on Thursday to require installation of safety barriers, called bollards, at the pedestrian entrances of medical facilities when a new facility is being constructed. The new rules are intended to prevent the kinds of tragedies that…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Dec 13, 2024

Ethics commission dismisses Watson and Greco cases and sets hearing on two other complaints

The city’s bruising election season comes to an end Saturday with a runoff in the District 7 City Council race, but the Ethics Review Commission’s work continues as it considers another round of the season’s ethics violation complaints. So far,…

Elections • By Amy Smith • Dec 13, 2024

City Council approves nearly $7 million to keep Marshalling Yard shelter open

The city of Austin has identified the financing it will use to keep the Marshalling Yard emergency shelter open indefinitely. In September, City Council agreed to keep the shelter in Southeast Austin open until a more permanent location could be…

City Council • By Luz Moreno-Lozano, KUT • Dec 13, 2024

Critical volunteer hours for the Austin Animal Center are not being tallied

According to the Austin Animal Center website, there are about 100,000 free-roaming cats in Austin. That number is a conservative estimate, noting that cats can be impregnated as young as 5 months old and have one to three litters a…

Austin • By Hunter Simmons • Dec 13, 2024

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Austin's airport has a critical shortage of air traffic controllers approaching the holidays

Retired librarian Carolyn Foote was craving an easy, three-hour flight home to Austin on Sunday after a weekend library conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Instead, she found herself stuck in a cramped terminal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, surrounded by crowds…

Transportation • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Dec 12, 2024

Ethics complaints filed against Siegel, AURA

An ethics complaint has been filed against Mike Siegel, who is running to take the District 7 City Council seat in the Dec. 14 runoff. Adam Haynes also filed an ethics complaint against a major urbanist group that has been…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Dec 12, 2024

Reflections and celebrations with outgoing City Council members

The city honored outgoing City Council members Mackenzie Kelly, Leslie Pool and Alison Alter with a special event in advance of their final Council meeting this Thursday. City staff, former Council members, local elected officials, plus family and friends gathered…

City Council • By Mina Shekarchi • Dec 12, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.12.24

Today’s City Council meeting is the last of the year, which always makes for a packed agenda. This Thursday is no different, so there’s a lot we have our eye on. It’s also the last meeting for Council members Alison…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 12, 2024

After a decline last year, Travis County homeowners should expect a return to rising property taxes

Lee esta historia en español As Austin-area homeowners receive their latest property tax bills this winter, they should expect to see an increase. According to an analysis by the Travis County Tax Office, the average property tax bill this year…

Housing • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Dec 11, 2024

Landmark commission strikes compromise on former summer camp

In a departure from its typical focus, the Historic Landmark Commission voted to preserve a local landmark without focusing on its architecture at all.  Instead, commissioners voted unanimously to preserve a portion of a former summer camp in Northwest Hills,…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 11, 2024

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