Driverless Teslas & the BBB
What Austin reps are saying about the Big Beautiful Bill.
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A park fee?
And students buying condos for in-state tuition.
The saga of Sunrise
South Austin celebrates the impending departure of a homeless service center.
How should Austin spend its housing dollars?
Are we focused on poverty or building the middle class?
Lessons from New York?
Why Austin politics is so different.
What ADUs can & can't do
They're not an anti-displacement strategy.
Abbott weeds out Patrick
And a local race all about Tesla.
Cap Metro's police force
And how hard will it be for Paige Ellis to get 3,400 signatures?
A Dem v Dem battle in Southwest Austin
Paige Ellis faces Selena Xie in her bid for a 3rd term.
Take the dogs, APA!
The city is finally forcing Austin Pets Alive! to do its part.
Hacking Austin's code to build affordable housing
A builder in Austin makes two 4-bedroom affordable units possible.
Trying to pay Cap Metro
It looks like people are actually paying bus fares now.
Did the Lege make the DB90 debate moot?
This is not a time for "tougher" density bonuses.
Is preservation the way?
Marc Duchen wants a preservation fund. But we already got one.
Let's talk about "unintended consequences"
What exactly is Council trying to "fix" in DB90?
A tough time for police powers
With Trump in power, civil liberties are top of mind again.
What's happening in District 8?
Paige Ellis considers a third term.
Austin's third worst storm
The economics of storm prep are changing.
Austerity comes for Barton Springs
OK dear readers, I'm in the process of moving over the next few days, so the content may be sparse. The girls and the cats are flying up, while I'll be driving my dented Mazda 2 up with my dad. This is a sign of things
The NIMBY comeback?
And Project Connect lives another day.
The highway caps compromise
Still need to find a lot of money.
Huh?
A highly unusual letter from state legislators on highway caps.
The small caps win
Watson & Council will support two highway caps, not five.
Bad news for highway caps
There's no 'free money' available.