Former District 7 City Council candidates Adam Powell and Todd Shaw announced Thursday that they were endorsing Mike Siegel in the runoff election to fill the seat currently held by Mayor Pro Tem ...

Kirk Watson has officially won a new term as Austin’s next mayor. Watson led his four challengers on Nov. 5, but did not have enough votes to claim victory outright. He had to win a majority of the ...

On Tuesday, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to extend its opioid overdose crisis declaration to October 2026 and to authorize $100,000 worth of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose ...

After more than half a dozen community members took the dais to speak against an East Austin rezoning request, the Planning ...

Last week, approximately 60 percent of Travis County voters approved Proposition A – a property tax increase that will expand ...

The Tourism Commission has changed its stance from last month and approved a recommendation that City Council adopt the ...

The Planning Commission unanimously voted to postpone a rezoning request for Anderson Square in North Austin after the ...

The Music Commission has signaled it intends to ask the city to waive fees and streamline the administrative processes ...

Since 2020, Austin’s tree regulations and protections have preserved a total of 1,397,678 inches of trees within city limits.

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