Kimberly Reeves

At Travis County’s Democratic Forum Wednesday night, several local Democratic groups issued endorsements in races for Travis County Pct 3 Commissioner, Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and District Attorney.   If the Dukes v. Thompson challenge was the main item on the marquee, (See In Fact Daily, Jan. 17, 2008)  there were three more matches that are worth […]

Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) picked up no endorsements last night at a candidates’ forum hosted by seven of the county’s Democratic associations.   It was the surprising end to a marathon session that took more than four hours to complete. Dukes, who will face off in the Democratic primary against Brian Thompson, came out on […]

County Commissioners will begin planning a new county complex in earnest Tuesday, appointing committees to begin what is expected to be two years of work to include all potential stakeholders in a new complex for the county’s expanding services.   Commissioners Court briefly discussed, and then postponed, firm decisions on the committees’ membership at last […]

Despite the frequent hand wringing by both Council and commissions, the city still has no more than 176 affordable housing units downtown, and almost all of those units are located in the long-established Austin Housing Authority’s Lakeside Apartments.   ROMA Design Group has produced its first draft of the first phase of the Downtown Austin […]

Travis County Commissioners took the rather odd step of rescinding their support for the study of a trail system through the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve at yesterday’s meeting, leaving County Judge Sam Biscoe to say he was “stunned but abstaining.”   On the surface, it appears that Commissioner Ron Davis won enough support to vote down […]

The Resource Management Commission heard of some healthy gains in green building and water management during its final meeting of 2007, most of which came from revisions to code and impending development downtown and at the master-planned Mueller development.   On the green building end, Richard Morgan of Austin Energy predicted an impending increase in […]