Elections always have big implications and this upcoming election is no exception for the Austin community. In this resource, we have assembled our reporting on the $350 million affordable housing...

City Council is anticipating a tight budget ahead and will have to balance funding for the Parks and Recreation Department as well as the Austin Animal Center, the Homeless Strategy Office and Human...

Voters will decide on 13 potential amendments to the city charter in November, with two of the most significant potential changes affecting the number of signatures needed to recall a City Council...

The Bicycle Advisory Council is calling on the city to protect ghost bike installations after a cycling safety group reported four bikes they put up in the last few months were removed. Volunteers...

City Council on Tuesday received its first briefing on what is expected to be a painstaking journey toward developing and implementing an investment strategy for funding Austin’s Climate Equity Plan....

The biggest obstacle to putting beds in place of desks and work stations comes from the far different space needs for the two uses.

Developers of affordable housing and permanent supportive housing units for unhoused people could soon receive financial assistance from a new Austin Community Foundation fund intended to fill gaps...

Even though Black people make up 7.5% of Austin’s population, they accounted for 15% of all traffic stops and 25% of arrests in 2018.

As of this month, new regulations dictate how scooters operate in Austin.  “I think it might be one of the biggest complaints we get in the office,” said Council Member Zo Qadri, who represents...

On Thursday, City Council unanimously approved a $3 million contract with HDR Engineering Inc. for a study to determine where the water utility might locate an additional new pump station and...

City Council on Thursday approved the renaming of the bathhouse at Barton Springs Pool in honor of the woman who, as a teenager, led the first “swim-in” at the segregated pool in an act of civil...

This month, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District will install two new scientific monitoring wells in Garrison and Zilker parks. The new wells will be used to collect information...

February’s near-miss incident at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was the subject of discussion at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing last week on nationwide airport safety concerns....

Music venues and some other creative spaces will have an easier time opening in all parts of the city as a result of City Council approving an update to the building code that lowers planning and...

The $1.6 million will help cover a portion of the club’s roughly $15,000 monthly rent over the length of its lease, and pay for improvements to the middle stage area and a rear building.

Smaller developers without years of experience in the Austin market are invited to participate in a new city housing program designed with the goal of creating more affordable housing throughout the...