Austin City Council to overhaul officeholder spending rules
The Austin City Council is moving to tighten its financial belt weeks after voters resoundingly rejected Proposition Q…
Austin firefighter contract vote delayed amid staffing petition
Contract negations begin between the Austin Firefighters Association and the City of Austin at the Permitting and Development…
Austin city clerk rejects anti-convention center petition
A petition that threatened to derail the city’s $1.6 billion expansion of the Austin Convention Center has been…
Austin council staff to get training after Statesman spending probe
The Austin City Council meets at City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman Austin City…
Austin City Council spends on politics, perks as it asks for tax hike
City Council Member Ryan Alter, left, makes a $100,000 donation to the Austin Parks and Recreation Department with…
Will Prop Q pass in Austin? 20% tax hike on Election Day ballot
A voter makes selections at a polling location at Randalls on Brodie Lane in Austin, Monday, Oct. 27,…
Austin Water program manager misspent $78,000, committed fraud: Audit
An Austin Water program manager resigned last summer after an investigation by the City Auditor’s Office found he…
Día de los Muertos in Austin: music, altars and remembrance
Attendee Laura Cavazos, in Dia de los Muertos makeup, listens to speakers during the Alma y Corazon Ceremony…
Austin wants to hike taxes. Houston slashed its budget. Who’s right?
Downtown Austin on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman In August, Austin City Council member Marc Duchen found…
What’s Prop Q? How Austin’s proposed tax hike could hit your wallet
Travis County election technicians Daniel Boyer and Angela Smith set up voting machines at a polling place at…
Could Austin’s $1.6 billion convention center expansion go to a vote?
A local group hoping to thwart the city’s construction of an expanded downtown convention center says it has…