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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) continued slashing of federal funding for critical services is ...
During the City Council Audit & Finance Committee meeting Tuesday, Kerri Lang, director of the city’s budget office, laid out ...
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday accused Austin ISD of using materials to teach critical race theory. His office plans ...
Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was ...
Vision plans for two major transit centers north and south of Downtown Austin are slated for City Council consideration later ...
Facing a deepening budget deficit as the state legislature tightens the reins on city spending, Austin’s City Council was ...
An assortment of arts organizations in Austin were among the hundreds across the nation that learned late Friday that their most recent round of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was ...
A city incentive program intended to produce “Safe, Mixed-use, Accessible, Reasonably-priced and Transit-oriented” housing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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