Austin’s elected officials are criticizing the very same principles they are practicing, and residents are suffering as a result. In a recent interview, Mayor Steve Adler spoke about how Austin…
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Austin's Paid Sick Leave Proposal Harms the People It Claims to Help
…out of Austin city limits, citing this as the final straw from a city they don’t believe supports them.” Austin employer Mark Turpin, founder and CEO of The HT Group,…
Texas Association of Business – No Longer Credible As the Voice of Business
…vote with TAB. HB 100 passed and was signed by the Governor. Empower Texans Comment: While the return of favorite rideshare companies Lyft and Uber to Austin was a conservative…
Austin Elected a Communist to its City Council
…is no wonder that tax bills go up, making it harder to afford living in Austin. Giving power to officials with these ideologies then asking why affordability is so difficult…
Amidst Declining Enrollment, AISD Seeks Additional $1B in Debt
…that problem in perspective, none of those entities are willing to take any responsibility and do so much as even discuss property tax relief while Austin’s affordability continues to worsen….
Austin’s Affordability Apathy
…Austin isn’t serious at all about the city’s affordability problem. If they were, city officials wouldn’t have even proposed – much less finalized – such an aggressive new maximum in…
“Never, Never, Never” – Behind The Rising Cost of Urban Construction
Dislocation and gentrification is hitting Austin hard. Despondent over an ever-increasing cost of living while on his watch, Austin Mayor Steve Adler recently created a task force to study the…
RPT Chairman Candidates, In Their Own Words
…the State Republican Executive Committee will elect a replacement for Mechler at their meeting in Austin on Saturday, June 3. So far, two candidates have emerged: Houston businessman Rick Figueroa…
Austin Kicks Affordability Can Down the Road
…burdensome regulations for businesses. Thursday in Austin City Hall, Councilmember Ellen Troxclair put forth her Affordability Austin initiative – a series of proposals intended to help reduce burdensome regulations on…
Local Regulations Are the Most Costly
…project needs to receive a variance from the written requirements. Each additional permit and paperwork barrier allows opponents of affordability to keep rent high.” Heritage notes that regulations should be…