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 ...

Downtown Austin leaders are increasingly focused on residential development as a way to stabilize the city’s core, as office vacancy rates remain stubbornly high and some buildings struggle to find ...

Ahead of this month’s budget workshops, city staff have released estimates that it will take more than $100 million in additional funding to sustain and expand the local homelessness response system ...

Paul Robbins said he had two main goals when he presented his water conservation ideas to the Resource Management Commission this month. “First is to convey a sense of urgency,” he said. “Austin is as ...