Process liberalism & its casualties
PLUS: new podcast interview with Vanessa Fuentes
Jack Craver
The sprawl apartment boom
Affordable apartments in Austin are often barely in Austin.
Cars on 6th Street seem to be working
And DOGE teases the Austin real estate world.
More housing ≠ more flooding
Should drainage be a private or public responsibility?
Austin's hotel tax problem is a national problem
The hotel industry has captured & duped many other cities & states.
Council passes STR reform
Finally, we'll start collecting taxes.
In defense of public employees
And when did Austin adopt a 40-hour workweek?
How many Airbnbs is too many?
And can urbanists be NIMBYs?
Hooray for earmarks
Federal earmarks are good for Austin, bad for Trump.
Cautious optimism for the Statesman
The embattled daily gets a new owner.
Another piece of Project Connect rolls out
Two new bus routes.
2nd podcast episode with Selena Xie of Austin EMS
Episode 2 of Urban Affairs, my new podcast, is here! Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or here to listen on Spotify. And please make sure to follow the podcast on either podcast and, if you think it deserves it, leave a good review! Similar to my guest last