At its meeting last week, the Community Development Commission learned about a newly-launched $5 million grant opportunity aimed at combating displacement and promoting economic mobility near Austin’s ...

Today’s newsletter is supported by Austin Energy and the Value of Public Power Quote of the Day “The current system supermajority requirements have historically blocked needed housing projects and ...

Austin and Travis County are facing new federal roadblocks to their work to respond to sexual assault. However, local progress continues. On Monday, the Public Safety Commission convened their second ...

As Austin moves full steam ahead with plans to nearly double the size of its Convention Center, city staff are scrambling to ...

One of the richest men in the world just won a fight against a handful of his neighbors in Texas. On Wednesday evening, the ...

One of the richest men in the world just won a fight against a handful of his neighbors in Texas. On Wednesday evening, the West Lake Hills City Council voted to allow Elon Musk to keep most of the ...

The Urban Transportation Commission wants to see narrower Austin roads, and they have research to back the idea up. Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution recommending that the city adopt a 1 ...

Over this summer, the Bond Election Advisory Task Force will begin to evaluate a narrowed list of capital needs for the City ...

City staff told members of the Music Commission on Monday that nearly all recipients in the current cycle of the city’s Live Music Fund grant program are in compliance with reporting requirements — a ...

Since the passage of the voter-approved Austin Police Oversight Act two years ago, the mission of the Community Police Review Commission has been continually thwarted and delayed. It wasn’t until in ...

Sixty recipients of Austin’s Live Music Fund grants are currently in non-compliance with the city’s reporting requirements, leaving more than half a million dollars in hotel tax funds unpaid and ...

Austin is getting older, and its growing population of residents aged 65 and up is living proof. In fact, those between 65 and 74 represented the fastest-growing age group between 2010 and 2020, ...