What do we make of the DPS data?

How do the racial demographics of DPS arrests compare to APD's?

A big whiff from Bloomberg

Who thinks it's easy to build in Austin?

Could we actually get smaller minimum lot sizes?

The Lege might achieve what Austin urbanists could never have dreamed of.

Can reason prevail on parking?

There's no good excuse for parking requirements.

What is the valid petition?

An explanation of the valid petition.

Good news, bad news for transit & housing at the Lege

State gets smart on housing, stays stupid on transit.

The YIMBY push at the Capitol

The pro-housing flavor of this session is real.

Council to APD: Show us the numbers

The ever-growing Austin Infill Coalition: Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking to members of the Austin Infill Coalition at El Mercado on S. 1st alongside Austin Sanders of the Chronicle and Emily Dove, a policy adviser for Texas 2036, which is supporting a number of pro-housing bills at the

A scary look at Daniel Perry's social media diet

It's depressingly normal in some ways.

Has crime dropped due to DPS? We don't know yet

APD is playing the media with misleading stats.

A compatibility waiver

A good idea to create a lot more housing.

Two Council members raising concerns about DPS

The two DPS skeptics: There has been relatively little public pushback from Council members about the partnership between APD and the state Department of Public Safety that Mayor Kirk Watson abruptly announced a few weeks ago. A number of Council members, including Chito Vela, the lead opponent of the police