Tag Archives: Mayor Steve Adler
Austin leaders encourage peer pressure to get folks to wear face masks and avoid crowding spaces
Austin and Travis County officials are urging people to wear face coverings and to avoid large gatherings as the city and the state reopen for business. If that refrain sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve heard the song and it bears…
Austin • By Andrew Weber, KUT • May 29, 2020
Texas attorney general warns some Austin-Travis County Covid-19 orders are 'unlawful'
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to Austin Mayor Steve Adler and outgoing Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Tuesday saying some of the requirements in their local public health orders are unlawful and “likely to confuse residents.”…
Austin • By Marisa Charpentier, KUT • May 13, 2020
City 'continues to work through' governor's order to slowly reopen Texas
Texas’ statewide stay-at-home order expires Friday, but the city of Austin has yet to clarify how this might affect local residents, how it will enforce the governor’s new order and what, if any, additional requirements the city will enact. “The…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • May 1, 2020
Adler urges Austinites to stay at home despite state rollback
When Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that he would gradually begin to reopen the state, confusion began to mount about what that means for daily life. Is the stay-at-home order lifted? Should we begin to go back to life…
City Council • By Nina Hernandez • Apr 22, 2020
Austin, Travis County extend stay-at-home orders, which now require face coverings
Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt have extended stay-at-home orders until May 8 and have expanded those orders to mandate that residents wear fabric face coverings during essential work and activities. According to a press release sent out…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 14, 2020
Austin begins the week under new city restrictions
This week, Austin enters a new phase of public health preparedness, under a new order from the city that expands restrictions put in place last week as part of an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The new order, which…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 23, 2020
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Updated: Austin closes bars, prohibits dining in at restaurants and limits gatherings in response to COVID-19
Restaurants are limited to drive-thru and pick-up service, bars must close, and indoor and outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people are prohibited in Austin effective noon Tuesday. Critical infrastructure, like grocery stores, pharmacies, government buildings, schools and hospitals, are…
Public Health • By Andy Jechow, KUT • Mar 17, 2020
Minus a few hiccups, Adler says real estate community can expect great things for Austin
Despite how things may appear in this moment, in the wake of the cancellation of South by Southwest, Mayor Steve Adler believes the future could hardly look brighter for the city of Austin. With the city ready to adopt a…
Austin • By Ryan Thornton • Mar 12, 2020
Adler: 2019 saw action, and frustration, on city's long-standing issues
Looking back on 2019, Mayor Steve Adler sees a year where a series of major issues came to inflection points on which he and City Council had to take decisive action – and then face the criticism that often follows…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 3, 2020
Ethics Review Commission finds Frank Rodriguez in violation of city ethics rules
Justice has been a long time coming in the case concerning Frank Rodriguez’s continued ties to Latino Healthcare Forum, a nonprofit he founded while serving as a senior policy adviser to Mayor Steve Adler. After the Ethics Review Commission chose…
City Hall • By Jessi Devenyns • Jun 13, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Trees, fiber, petition
Heritage tree transplants see high success rates… Moving heritage trees within the city of Austin is no easy feat. It is, however, almost always successful. Out of the 20 transplant sites listed on the City Data Portal, all of the…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jun 3, 2019
Mayor Adler says more lanes on I-35 won't solve Austin's traffic woes – but it's a start
Austin Mayor Steve Adler wants you to know something. “I do not believe that adding lanes to I-35 … is the answer to congestion,” Adler said in an interview with KUT, saying that merely adding lanes will make traffic worse…
