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Animal Services chief responds to department audit
Austin is a leader in animal shelter and care, but the common metrics used for auditing animal care facilities have not kept pace with its no-kill policy, Chief Animal Services Officer Tawny Hammond told the Audit and Finance Committee on…
Austin • By Jack Craver • Dec 15, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Reporters' Roundtable
The Austin Monitor‘s Liz Pagano, the Austin Chronicle‘s Michael King, and the Austin American-Statesman‘s Lilly Rockwell and Andra Lim join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to look back on a year in Austin City Council coverage.
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Dec 14, 2015
Kanin on Council: Formula 1 Incentives & Next Week's 'Epic' Meeting
KUT’s Jimmy Maas sits down with the Austin Monitor‘s Michael Kanin to discuss Formula 1-directed jabs from council, a delay on short-term rental discussions, Rep. Elliot Naishtat’s retirement and the council’s “epic” agenda for 12.17.2015. Courtesy of our City Hall…
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Dec 11, 2015
Commissioners envision co-working space for musicians
The Music Commission would like City Council to consider creating a centrally located hub for the Austin music industry comparable to what Austin Studios is for the film industry. The resolution discussed at the Music Commission’s Monday evening meeting is…
Austin • By Vicky Garza • Dec 10, 2015
Is gentrification a human rights issue in Austin?
Over the past few months, the city’s Human Rights Commission has been taking a hard look at preservation and gentrification. Though such issues might seem outside the commission’s purview, onetime City Council candidate Fred McGhee has a different opinion. McGhee’s…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 7, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: The time she got to Arizona
Ghosts of resolutions passed… Though city officials’ trips to Paris may have garnered all the headlines last week, City Council Member Ellen Troxclair’s trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the American City County Exchange Policy Summit sparked the most interesting question:…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 7, 2015
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Committee recommends more home buyouts in floodplain
Property values are rising in Austin, even in areas at high risk of flooding. It’s a challenge that the Watershed Protection Department faces as it seeks to buy properties in the Middle Williamson Creek area threatened by flooding, city staff…
Austin • By Jack Craver • Dec 4, 2015
Are digital billboards coming to Austin?
To date, Austin’s billboards have remained as static as the code that regulates them. But some are calling for changes that could allow digital billboards in the city. On Monday, members of the City Council Public Safety Committee voted to…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 2, 2015
Public Safety Committee opts to welcome refugees
In news that will surprise roughly no one, the City Council Public Safety Committee has dismissed a resolution to stand with Gov. Greg Abbott and rhetorically ban Syrian refugees from entering Austin. The committee voted against the resolution and in…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 1, 2015
Where have all the children gone? Commission studies Austin's shrinking family share
Success has come at a cost for families with children in Austin. At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission took a look at how decreased affordability is impacting families in Austin and started a conversation about how it might address…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: The (early) impact of 10-1
Khotan Shabazi-Harmon of Leadership Austin’s 2015 Essential Class joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her impressions of the City of Austin’s new 10-1 system and the Leadership Austin report on geographic representation. The program is embedded below.
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Nov 30, 2015
Austin Habitat for Humanity celebrates new headquarters, CEO
2015 has been an eventful year for Austin Habitat for Humanity. With bright new headquarters and a new leader at the helm, the nonprofit has built itself up into a good position to further help with the issue of affordable…
