Tag Archives: Greg Casar
Business groups sue to block city's paid sick leave law
An Austin-based conservative think tank has sued the city over its paid sick leave ordinance. The ordinance, which goes into effect Oct. 1, requires all private businesses to provide anywhere from six to eight paid sick days per year for…
Courts • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Apr 25, 2018
Council approves paid sick leave ordinance
Shortly after midnight on Friday, Austin became the first city in the South to require employers to provide workers with paid sick leave. The ordinance, authored largely by City Council Member Greg Casar, will require businesses and nonprofits to provide…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Feb 16, 2018
Casar reflects on a 'hellish year'
2017 was a big year for Council Member Greg Casar. Nevertheless, in an interview for the Austin Monitor, he described it as “hellish.” On Nov. 9, 2016, the day after he was easily re-elected to Council, Casar was in no…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jan 2, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Why not?
Wrestling with a tough decision… Austin’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America party scored a significant boost this weekend when Council Member Greg Casar agreed to sign up as an official member. The District 4 representative spoke at a…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Dec 11, 2017
Casar reports on SB 4 hearing in New Orleans
City Council Member Greg Casar attended Tuesday’s hearing on Senate Bill 4 at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The city of Austin, along with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, the small border city of El Cenizo,…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Nov 8, 2017
Casar issues call for citywide paid sick days
This Labor Day, a group of community advocates and leaders gathered to celebrate the holiday with a push for more progressive employment legislation in Austin. The group, led by Council Member Greg Casar, issued a call for City Council to…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 5, 2017
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Demonstrators arrested after staging sit-in at state office to protest 'sanctuary' bill
State troopers began arresting demonstrators who had staged an all-day sit-in at a state office building to protest legislation banning so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions Monday. City Council Member Greg Casar was arrested and cited with a Class B misdemeanor for Criminal…
Texas State Legislature • By KUT News • May 2, 2017
Legislation spotlights Austin's fair chance rules
Members of the Texas House Business & Industry Committee heard lengthy and conflicting testimony Monday on fair chance hiring regulations but did not take a vote on Austin Republican Rep. Paul Workman’s House Bill 577 – which would overturn Austin’s…
Texas State Legislature • By Jo Clifton • Mar 21, 2017
Democrats urged to join fight against SB 4
Matt Simpson, policy strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, told members of the Central Texas Democratic Forum on Monday that Senate Bill 4, the so-called sanctuary cities bill, throws out policies created by sheriffs and police departments…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • Feb 28, 2017
Immigration sparks Council fight
After a heated exchange between City Council members Ellen Troxclair and Greg Casar, Council voted 10-1 Thursday to approve $200,000 in emergency funding for immigrant legal services. Troxclair, Council’s only Republican, offered the only no vote and the only negative…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Feb 17, 2017
Casar cites work on labor issues for 2016
Greg Casar was re-elected to his District 4 City Council seat in November with only token, underfunded opposition – and that fact did not even make it onto the list of highlights he shared with the Austin Monitor. From his…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Dec 28, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Greg Casar
Austin City Council Member Greg Casar joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his reelection bid. The audio is embedded below.
