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TipSheet: Austin City Council 1.30.25

After a long holiday break, it’s time to turn our eyes back to local politics, with the first regular meeting of City Council in 2025. It’s also the first meeting for Council members Marc Duchen, Mike Siegel and Krista Laine.…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 30, 2025

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.12.24

Today’s City Council meeting is the last of the year, which always makes for a packed agenda. This Thursday is no different, so there’s a lot we have our eye on. It’s also the last meeting for Council members Alison…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 12, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.21.24

Austin City Council will convene for their regular meeting today and, per usual, there were a few things that caught our eye that we’ve detailed in this TipSheet. For more information, or to make your own decisions, the entire agenda…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 21, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.7.24

Well, the show must go on. After a momentous election Tuesday that will also see new Council members in Districts 6, 7 and 10 and probably the return of Mayor Kirk Watson, City Council members are dusting themselves off and…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 7, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.24.24

Austin City Council will convene today for a regular voting meeting at City Hall. To prepare, we’ve read through the agenda (which is available in its entirety here) and highlighted what is of the most interest to us and, hopefully,…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 24, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.26.24

Today, City Council will convene for its regular meeting, and we’ve taken a look at the agenda to piece together some educated guesses about what the most interesting things on said agenda are.  As evidenced by today’s edition of the…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 26, 2024

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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.12.24

Today, City Council will meet once again for its regular Thursday meeting. And we, in turn, have once again read through the agenda and compiled a list of the items that caught our eye.  After years of debate, an “agent…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 12, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 8.29.24

Today, City Council will convene to hold its regular Thursday meeting and, to celebrate the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of things that caught our eye while reading through the agenda. Behold! In February, Council approved a new density…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 29, 2024

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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 7.18.24

Though City Council members briefly reappeared to help unveil this year’s budget last week, they will have their first regular meeting this week after summer break. As one might expect, the agenda is somewhat overstuffed in an effort to make…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 18, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 5.30.24

City Council will meet today for the last time before its summer break. Because the next meeting isn’t until July 18, one might expect the agenda to be overstuffed, but it’s really not that bad. As usual, we’ve done our…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 30, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 5.2.24

City Council will convene for what looks to be a fairly fun meeting today. For those who would like to judge for themselves, the full agenda is, of course, posted online. We’ve also done some judging and our take on…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 2, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.18.24

City Council will once again honor us with a Thursday meeting, and we’ve done the work of looking through the agenda for you and picking out what strikes us as interesting from said agenda. There’s a whole bunch of interesting…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 18, 2024

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