AUSTIN — “You cannot solve a public safety crisis by creating another,” Corby Jastrow, president of the Greater Austin Crime Commission, told the Austin City Council on Thursday. After a 12-hour meeting, the city council voted unanimously to partially defund the...
AUSTIN — After violent protests, cries for defunding the police, and now calls for removing the police chief, the looming question continues in Texas’ capital city: what will happen to local law enforcement? The Austin City Council had an emergency meeting Friday to...
Who are the “citizens” funding a campaign to sway Williamson County residents on an important half-billion-dollar decision? In a little less than a month, WilCo residents will go to the ballot box and vote on whether to approve an additional $447 million in new debt...