AAustin Read More Lake Austin disannexations cut at least $290M from city tax baseDecember 17, 2025 Multiple properties along Lake Austin have been officially removed from the city of Austin after the City Council…
AAustin Read More Employee routed near $1M to fictitious vendorsDecember 10, 2025 Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman file Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout A former Austin Energy employee routed…
AAustin Read More Austin airport audit finds major contract oversight gapsDecember 5, 2025 Austin’s airport is embarking on its largest-ever expansion but a new city audit shows the Aviation Department is…
AAustin Read More Austin homeless encampment sweep cost $830KDecember 4, 2025 James Ford is overcome with emotion Monday, June 14, 2021 as he sits on the sidewalk while city…
AAustin Read More Austin City Council spending rules begin to take shapeDecember 3, 2025 During a morning meeting, the Audit and Finance Committee reviewed the findings of a council-initiated assessment of Austin’s…
AAustin Read More Did Austin really cut $95 million from its budget? It’s complicatedNovember 25, 2025 Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax, left, and Mayor Kirk Watson discuss a new city budget at City Hall…
AAustin Read More Austin City Council slahes $95 million in revised budgetNovember 22, 2025 Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax, left, and Mayor Kirk Watson discuss a new city budget at City Hall…
AAustin Read More Austin City Council to overhaul officeholder spending rulesNovember 21, 2025 The Austin City Council is moving to tighten its financial belt weeks after voters resoundingly rejected Proposition Q…
AAustin Read More Austin firefighter contract vote delayed amid staffing petitionNovember 20, 2025 Contract negations begin between the Austin Firefighters Association and the City of Austin at the Permitting and Development…
AAustin Read More Austin city clerk rejects anti-convention center petitionNovember 15, 2025 A petition that threatened to derail the city’s $1.6 billion expansion of the Austin Convention Center has been…
AAustin Read More Austin council staff to get training after Statesman spending probeNovember 6, 2025 The Austin City Council meets at City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman Austin City…
AAustin Read More Austin City Council spends on politics, perks as it asks for tax hikeNovember 2, 2025 City Council Member Ryan Alter, left, makes a $100,000 donation to the Austin Parks and Recreation Department with…