Travis County District Judge Lora Livingston speaks with Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin and Monitor Politics Editor Jo Clifton about resources for County CPS cases. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/170280947″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Travis County
Travis County is the urban county that includes, notably, Austin.
Posted inDevelopment, Environment, Local Government, Resources
County seeks public input on development plan
Counties in Texas have few powers to regulate development in their jurisdictions, but that is not stopping Travis County from trying to make the best use of what tools they have. County officials are seeking public input on a Land, Water and Transportation Plan — developed over the past two years by the Transportation and […]
Posted inPublic Safety, Resources
Increasing child abuse/neglect cases strain courts
Representatives of Travis County children and parents involved in legal abuse and neglect cases have only 10-minute judicial hearings to present evidence of their safety and living situations, according to county civil court judges. County attorneys for indigent children and parents say their caseloads are to the point that they must hire private attorneys to help […]
Posted inDevelopment, Local Government, Local Politics
Austin Monitor Radio, Show 2
Travis County Chief Appraiser, Austin City Council Member Kathie Tovo, and Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Deece Eckstein join the Monitor‘s Mike Kanin and Beth Cortez-Neavel to talk property tax appraisals. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/154218203″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]