John Lawler started his City Hall experience with the newly elected Council Member Greg Casar in 2015. Casar moved on to Congress but Lawler stayed in Austin, working for a variety of jobs, some ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) continued slashing of federal funding for critical services is ...

José Roig, who was appointed director of the Development Services Department in June 2023, is moving on. Council presented him with a Distinguished Service Award on Thursday at his last Council ...

The Parks and Recreation Department is moving forward with an effort to identify new funding options for the city’s park system, with a pair of outside consultants on board that have helped other ...

City parks in the U.S. may historically get the short end of the stick during budget allocations, but Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department continues working on its 2030 long-range plan with a fair ...

Some tenants of the Acacia Cliffs apartments in Northwest Austin held a press conference outside City Hall Thursday to protest proposed changes to their property, citing the likelihood that the ...

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