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Quote of the Day “The 89th Legislative Session tested our collective resolve, but it also underscored the strength, strategy, and solidarity of the gun violence prevention movement in Texas.” — Nicole Golden, Executive Director of Texas Gun Sense, from Austin’s fight against gun violence: A public health-based strategy in uncertain times Austin’s fight against gun violence: […]

Quote of the Day “Austin has grown a lot over the past 10 to 20 years, and now the public infrastructure is trying to capture and keep up with that growth. It can’t all happen at the same time, so it is healthy for the private sector to have a slight pause and do some […]

Quote of the Day “Since the summer season is upon us and we prefer to provide residents with advanced notice on such changes, the City will not be implementing changes to pool hours at this time. However, as we prepare for next year’s budget, we must also prepare for tougher conversations across all department services.”  — City […]

Quote of the Day “This is not a condemnation of density bonus programs. We need greater density to achieve the goal of more housing. However, each week, we hear from community members concerned about the impacts of DB90 on their neighborhoods with no alternative. Density bonus programs are meant to better assure affordable housing and […]

Quote of the Day “I really hope that we can apply the same tenacity to finding the money to fund the needs of our residents who cannot afford to live this close to the city… We do not see a lot of opportunity in the coming years to find new funding.” — Council Member Krista Laine, […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Future of Downtown presented by the Downtown Austin Alliance on May 27th – learn more! Quote of the Day “Many of the recommendations that have been made in the past… are not data driven… When citizens come to the street and they demand reform, the reform that we put […]

Today’s newsletter is supported by the Future of Downtown presented by the Downtown Austin Alliance on May 27th – learn more! Quote of the Day “Council passed a resolution, city legal worked on a contract with a vendor, then we have a city auditor do an assessment of our contract to say it is not […]

Today’s newsletter dives into new stories about planning for new development near campus and an audit about how the city handles the uglier side of human resources.