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
Mayor Kirk Watson definitely does not want a bond election this November. It looks like it might happen anyway. In one of its last votes before heading out on summer break, Austin City Council approved a measure on May 28 that changes city policy to make ... See more
Several Austin City Council members have told the Chronicle in recent weeks that they expect this year’s budget negotiations, which begin in earnest this July, to be the most difficult they’ve ever seen. A central question in the negotiations will be whet... See more
It’s not just schoolkids who get summer breaks – City Council gets them too. Our local representatives sprinted through a 100-plus-item agenda last week and are now off until mid-July, when they can begin wringing their hands over next year’s budget. Here... See more
