Stories by Audrey McGlinchy, KUT
To the limit: how Austin caps campaign finance
Candidates for the five City Council districts scouting for new or incumbent leadership filed their first campaign finance reports Friday. And while we’re still in the very initial months of fundraising, some races have begun to resemble the tale of…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 19, 2016
The investigations that begin when APD officers discharge their weapons
While investigations into the police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota have begun, a writer for feminist publication Ravishly wonders how each local jurisdiction investigates cases like these. Writer Ijeoma Oluo poses these questions: “Who reviews civilian complaints?…
Police • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 14, 2016
The day after Dallas police shootings, APD graduates 37 new officers
It’s been one week since Baton Rouge police officers shot and killed Alton Sterling, a black man selling CDs outside a convenience store. Just a day later, Philando Castile was shot and killed by police outside St. Paul, Minn. Then,…
Police • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 12, 2016
Why a little line on campaign websites might make a candidate look like a cheater
Natalie Gauldin’s backyard plays by its own rules. The grass tickles our calves and her almost 3-year-old daughter has left some toys scattered around. Dogs bark at us from inside her house in Austin’s District 7. But all these distractions,…
Elections • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 8, 2016
Hoping new music festivals will come to Austin? Look east, where the cows are
Steps past a motorized gate and calf-deep in dung-spotted grass, Rick Cofer looks upon the acres of land that make up John Treviño Jr. Park. The entire park, Cofer says, is 330 acres. Yards in front of him, a herd…
Music & Entertainment • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 5, 2016
APD response times continue to increase
According to the city of Austin’s latest annual performance review released on June 22, the time it takes Austin police officers to respond to high-priority calls has been steadily increasing over the past five years. During Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the…
Police • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 1, 2016
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By slim margin, Council approves an 8 percent homestead exemption
In a vote that pitted representatives of the city’s lowest-income districts against their colleagues, City Council members Wednesday narrowly approved an 8 percent homestead exemption — an increase of 2 percent over last year’s exemption. To a resident with a…
Budget • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 30, 2016
Advocates say bond funding for Bicycle Master Plan could diversify local biking community
Sharmar Mohamed Hassan doesn’t know the words in English to describe his bicycle. So he uses his native language, Somali, to tell me it’s a green road bike. And it’s his primary form of transportation in Austin — which, at…
Bicycles • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 23, 2016
The mayor's bond proposal is the "Smart Corridor Resolution." So, what makes a street smart?
Cars, buses and trucks idle at the four-way intersection at Guadalupe Street and West Dean Keeton Street. A horde of prospective students takes to the crosswalk, the timer counting down. Traverse this intersection long enough and you might soon understand…
Roads • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 22, 2016
County waits on long-term solutions to local flooding
April Marshall stood among the remains of her mother’s home last month in southeast Travis County, pointing out the new donated couch still wrapped in plastic. The family was still in the process of furnishing their home after it had…
Environment • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 17, 2016
Post Prop 1, city begins community conversations about citizen petitions
In a dark room usually reserved for musical performances in South Austin’s Strange Brew coffee shop, four Austin residents met on Monday to talk about the process of citizen petitions — the most recent of which resulted in Proposition 1…
City Charter • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 14, 2016
How an Austin taxi co-op would work
At Black Star Co-op in North Austin, workers take food and drink orders, doling out burgers and beers on a recent weekday. Ask who owns the place, and the response might confound you: the members, or a select number of…
