If you’re reading this on Thursday morning, July 23, a determined group of your neighbors are at City Hall, demanding that City Council kill or delay the Dog’s Head deal by rejecting the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone which is a necessary part of the arr... See more
For City Council members, it’s the worst time of the year – budget season! Council will be hashing out the city’s 2026-27 spending plan over the next month, deciding whether to bump up the Austin Police Department’s budget and cut social services. City Ma... See more
Some Austinites have wondered in recent weeks if there is a connection between the rushed, controversial Dog’s Head land development deal that city leaders agreed to back in May and the city’s most prominent, yet roundly despised, businessman – Elon Musk.... See more
Lee Nudelman retired as a captain from Austin’s EMS department in the spring of 2024, but he hasn’t stopped worrying about the crushing workload his fellow medics struggle through. “Every single person in the field right now is living on some form of surv... See more
Residents living near I-35 and Oltorf continue to worry about a homeless navigation center that city officials are placing in the area. A group of them recently formed a nonprofit called the South Austin Neighborhood Safety Alliance, which is meeting regu... See more
