Voters will decide on an all-or-nothing transportation bond in November, after Austin City Council gave final approval for the debt package earlier today. If approved by voters, the bond would constitute the largest transportation bond in the city’s history – five...
The city has advanced the massive transportation bond package one step closer to the November ballot.
Despite declining enrollment, the school district is seeking the maximum allowable tax rate, triggering an election – which they want to flood with district employees.
Forbes lambasted the very concept of passenger rail as a taxpayer-funded item in major cities – and pointed to Austin’s as one of the worst offenders.
The bill to allow handgun licensees to carry concealed in public university buildings went into effect today.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the City of Austin for their violation of government code in banning handgun licensees from carrying within city hall.
A taxpayer funded hospital district in Austin is seeking to expand a nanny-state regulation that will burden businesses and further dilute the character that defines the city.
The City of Austin is ramping up it’s efforts to stop those who are offering a much-needed service in a city whose burdensome regulations have created a market void.
Despite not knowing where they even want to put the thing, City Council approved spending more than a quarter of a million dollars on what amounts to essentially two portable toilets.
Attorney General Ken Paxton determined that the civilian ban on carrying firearms within City Hall is a violation of the state’s government code.