…by the Austin City Council. However, UT’s police chief is now calling on Austin’s mayor to retract the new law. Last week, UT Police Chief David Carter wrote an open…
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Austin Crisis: Is Spending $28,000 per Homeless Person the Answer?
You already read the headline, but that’s not even the worst part. Yes, Austin City Council is spending a record-high $62.7 million this year to try and solve homelessness, equivalent…
Bonnen Spokesperson Promotes Defense of Alleged Behavior
…Meisenheimer, Bonnen’s press secretary. Just hours after the investigation was officially referred, Meisenheimer shared an op-ed on Twitter entitled “Hardball politics isn’t a crime,” perhaps signaling the mentality inside the…
Commentary: Lone Star Exception
…crime control. Manley’s success is superficially anomalous. Other major cities in Texas experience much higher rates of violent crime (e.g., Houston) or property crime (e.g., San Antonio); Austin has a…
Texas Scorecard Radio (May 16, 2019)
Episode 85: The Texas Scorecard capitol bureau team is back to give an update on what is going on in Austin. Jacob Asmussen catches us up on the latest in…
Austin City Officials Building Wall to Stop Crime
Austin city officials are building a wall downtown to help deter crime. Amid the nation’s border security crisis, Texas’ liberal capital city seems to be following President Trump’s new slogan…
Tony Buzbee Announces Run for Houston Mayor
…on to say that Houston has made the list of the top five cities with the worst crime but failed to make the lists for best restaurants and places to…
US Attorney Directs RPT Criminal Complaint Against Gallego
…While Gallego claims to live in Alpine, which is in SD-19, he is reported to actually live with his wife in Austin, where he has worked as a lobbyist since…
Texas Business Groups Oppose Texas Lawsuit to End DACA
A coalition of Texas business organizations including the Texas Association of Business and the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, have declared their opposition to a federal lawsuit filed by…
Abbott Approval High, but Hurt by Gun Control Measures
…lawmakers back to Austin when they failed to enact enough of his conservative legislative agenda. On top of that, Abbott upstaged everyone’s expectations when he went on the warpath in…