Elections

Parks and Recreation Department contemplates a 2026 bond, two years overdue

Austin Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of developing its 2026 integrated bond, with the last one created eight years ago for a 2018 bond election. These bonds fund capital improvement projects for parks and recreation, including building…

Bonds & Propositions • By Hunter Simmons • Feb 27, 2025

Bond task force votes to roll climate-related projects into 2026 election

The city’s 2026 Bond Election Advisory Task Force has decided against pursuing a climate-focused bond election in 2025, opting instead to incorporate climate-related projects into a broader 2026 general obligation bond election. The decision followed discussion about funding availability for…

Bonds & Propositions • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 26, 2025

Austin's Ethics Review Commission dismisses complaints against Siegel and Faddis without prejudice

Two complaints about alleged campaign finance violations were dropped at a special called meeting of the city’s Ethics Review Commission, but they could be filed again in the future. Adam Haynes, a former member of the Planning Commission, filed the…

Elections • By Hunter Simmons • Feb 12, 2025

January reports show who’s got the money to run again

On Jan. 15, months after votes from the November election were tallied, all City Council members and candidates filed reports showing how much they had in their campaign bank accounts as of Dec. 31. Mayor Kirk Watson is clearly the…

Elections • By Jo Clifton • Feb 6, 2025

Task force delays decision on possible 2025 environmental bond package

The Bond Election Advisory Task Force has postponed making a recommendation on a potential 2025 bond election focused on environmental projects, citing the need for additional preparation and clarity from city staff. The decision to table the discussion until February…

Bonds & Propositions • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 28, 2025

City moving ahead with adjusted scope, schedule for mobility projects funded in 2016

The city expects to move forward with $146 million in construction projects on major vehicle corridors in 2025, with improvements to Burnet Road and Slaughter Lane expected to go to bid as the next steps using funding from the 2016…

Bonds & Propositions • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 27, 2025

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Laine, Ganguly to see no penalties for ethics violations over election filings

The Ethics Review Commission found that two candidates in last year’s City Council elections violated the city’s financial disclosure requirements, but commissioners opted to not pursue penalties for either infraction. At Wednesday’s meeting, the commission held final hearings for two…

Elections • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 24, 2025

City management cautions against 2025 bond election

A 2025 bond election would reduce available funding for a comprehensive bond election in 2026, according to a memo from Assistant City Manager Robert Goode sent to City Council through City Manager T.C. Broadnax. The memo offers reasons that Council…

Bonds & Propositions • By Jo Clifton • Jan 17, 2025

Bond task force sees timelines, budget constraints for possible elections in 2025 and 2026

The Bond Election Advisory Task Force will have to decide by very early 2025 if the city should move forward with a possible climate change and sustainability bond package next fall, in a process and timeline that would see no…

Bonds & Propositions • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 20, 2024

After a close race, Bledsoe and Siegel share perspectives on runoff results

After what looks to be a narrow victory in Saturday’s runoff election, Mike Siegel will serve as the next representative for North Austin’s District 7. Cinching the win over opponent Gary Bledsoe by around 200 votes, Siegel will be the…

Elections • By Mina Shekarchi • Dec 15, 2024

Ethics commission dismisses Watson and Greco cases and sets hearing on two other complaints

The city’s bruising election season comes to an end Saturday with a runoff in the District 7 City Council race, but the Ethics Review Commission’s work continues as it considers another round of the season’s ethics violation complaints. So far,…

Elections • By Amy Smith • Dec 13, 2024

Ethics complaints filed against Siegel, AURA

An ethics complaint has been filed against Mike Siegel, who is running to take the District 7 City Council seat in the Dec. 14 runoff. Adam Haynes also filed an ethics complaint against a major urbanist group that has been…

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