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Mayor Steve Adler has issued a call for nominations for this year’s Disability Employment Awards, a program of the Mayor’s Committee for People With Disabilities. The honor goes to employers who recruit, hire and retain employees with disabilities, according to a press release from the city. The winners will be recognized during the annual Disability […]

Austin 311, the city’s help line for non-emergency city services, now has a Facebook page in addition to its traditional phone service, website and mobile app. The 311 request line receives “over 1 million calls per year producing over 200,000 service requests for City of Austin departments,” according to a press release from the city, […]

The recipients of the 2016 Outstanding Women in Texas Government Awards will be honored this Thursday at an event held by the State Agency Council to the Governor’s Commission for Women. According to an announcement from the council, the award is intended to “honor women in state service who have helped shape Texas by contributing […]

Musicians from Austin and its sister city Adelaide, Australia, are coming together tonight for a performance to benefit the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. Each of the two cities is officially recognized by UNESCO for its creative cred – Austin for its media arts, and Adelaide for its music. As part of HAAM Benefit Day, […]

Thanks to the Austin Public Library’s new online library card application, wannabe library patrons no longer have to go to the library in order to start going to the library. Instead, they can fill out a form, available here, from the comfort of their own computer. After that, they have 14 days to bring photo […]

A newly completed draft of an East Austin historic resources survey, commissioned by City Council last fall, is now available for public comment through the end of September. The survey, completed by Hardy-Heck-Moore Inc., includes an inventory of 6,596 structures throughout East Austin, each evaluated for its eligibility as a historic landmark or district at […]

It may not be anyone’s favorite holiday, but Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day is still much better than Go to the Doctor All Alone Day, which is something no one has celebrated ever. Meanwhile, everyone gets to celebrate the 11th annual Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day at this weekend’s […]

The entrance to the Govalle neighborhood pool is currently a blank canvas in need of an artist, according to the city. The Art in Public Places program, which is part of the Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department, is seeking to commission a local or regional artist to create “an iconic location marker” […]

Some downtown drivers will have to adjust their routes beginning today, according to an announcement from the Austin Transportation Department. Motorists traveling east on Cesar Chavez Street will no longer be allowed to turn left onto North Lamar Boulevard; instead, they can drive past Lamar, turn left onto Walter Seaholm Drive and double-back to Lamar […]

Voters will get the chance to take a close look at the City Council candidates in a series of upcoming forums hosted by the city, the Ethics Review Commission and the Austin League of Women Voters. Each forum will focus on a single district, starting tonight with a District 4 forum at 6 p.m. at […]

In celebration of election season, we are chopping 25 percent off the price of a Civic Enthusiast subscription to the Austin Monitor –that provides readers with unlimited access to all Posts and Whispers, plus the reassurance that they will be among Austin’s most well-informed citizens when they walk into the voting booth in November. Now […]

Austin Resource Recovery is relaunching a community outreach program this month to help the city reach its zero-waste goals. The Zero Waste Block Leader program enlists volunteers to act as their neighbors’ point of contact for information about recycling, composting and the zero-waste initiative. The program, which began in the 1990s, has been “a tremendous […]