Last year’s meetings of the Texas Legislature must have done something to Austin’s elected representatives. After the last special session ended in September, half of our city’s six House members announced they would give up their safe seats, where they m... See more
Austinites shut down two mass surveillance programs last year, worried about how the technology threatens privacy and aids Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants. Advocates from over 30 state and local groups banded together in a coalition called No ALPRs t... See more
“I know, I’m a downer,” Christine Maguire told the Council members on the city’s Mobility Committee this past December. “I’m a buzzkill. Nobody invites me to meetings anymore. “But from the financial services point of view, the city’s risk profile has inc... See more
Texas prison officials will attempt to execute their first death row inmate of 2026 next week. Charles Thompson, who was convicted of killing his former girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, and her companion, Darren Cain, in April of 1998, is scheduled to ... See more
Does City Manager T.C. Broadnax believe that Austin is employing too many workers? Carol Guthrie, a longtime leader of the union representing the city’s employees, AFSCME Local 1624, fears he does. Guthrie told the Chronicle last week that she is in commu... See more
