Worth getting up for… Sometimes in the course of covering events for the Austin Monitor there are moments when it seems like things are going to go off the rails. It happens pretty frequently during the public comment portion of a meeting – we still love you heavy metal egg lady! – when a citizen […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: City Demographer Ryan Robinson
City of Austin demographer Ryan Robinson sits down with Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano to talk about demographic shifts, trends and even a few predictions about the future of this fair city of ours. Join us, with the embedded audio below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330443364″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Reporter’s Notebook: What is equity, really?
There’s always a silver lining… If you only read the transcript of Mary Owens’ remarks to City Council during Citizen Communication on Thursday – and therefore could not hear the frustration and contempt conveyed by the tone of her voice – you might believe that she is hopelessly committed to believing the best about people. […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: County Commissioner Jeff Travillion
Travis County Precinct 1 Commissioner Jeff Travillion sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about affordability, transportation and other pressing issues facing the county’s northeastern quadrant. Audio embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/329593430″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Downtown bus lanes to get rehab
Yesterday, the city began emergency spot repairs of Guadalupe and Lavaca bus lanes between Second and 18th streets. Now, far be it from we modest journalists at the Austin Monitor to spike the ball, but you might remember our coverage on how bus traffic on this section of the road is causing the pavement in […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Best-laid plans
No two ways about it… yet… Like many, many other projects around town, the conversion of downtown’s Colorado Street to a two-way avenue will be delayed, albeit slightly. Crews have been reconstructing the street from the Governor’s Mansion on West 10th Street all the way down to Cesar Chavez Street in 2015. According to the […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Talking Texas Legislature with Deece Eckstein
Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator for Travis County Deece Eckstein joins Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk over the ins and outs of the 85th Texas Legislature on the verge of what promises to be a very special session for the region. Listen in below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328779789″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Reporter’s Notebook: This week in conflict management
Fighting for privacy in the nude… During a special City Council meeting Wednesday, John Miki, one of the consultants leading the proposed overhaul of the city’s Land Development Code, described some of the community divisions over development that he encountered not long ago during a tour of the Crestview neighborhood. After noticing a recently constructed […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Let’s talk about bikes
Bike Austin board president Hill Abell joins Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano and Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about bikes. Tune in to hear the latest on mobility bond bike projects, bicycling challenges in Austin and to check in on the bicycle state of the city. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/327619894″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Don’t knock it, or try it
Delay Red River… When the Austin Monitor published a sneak peek in April of the findings of a close-to-complete draft of Urban Land Institute’s examination of the precarious state of the Red River Cultural District, one of the key findings was that the entertainment district was in its “11th hour” and in danger of being […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Conspiracies
Think before you speak… As we reported, last week’s final meeting of the Visitor Impact Task Force was a marathon affair. After nearly six months of meetings, the group kicked off the final round of bargaining over the details of a potential Austin Convention Center expansion with rumors swirling that the final confab could last […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Art and other concerns
Austin artists aren’t good enough?… As part of its consent agenda on Thursday, City Council approved three contracts with firms and artists to provide artwork to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and an Austin Energy cooling plant. Council approved the electric utility to spend up to $202,500 for the cooling plant artwork, to be provided by […]