On Monday, the Public Safety Commission heard a quarterly report from the Austin Police Department, an update on wildfire readiness from the Austin Fire Department, a briefing on the Austin-Travis ...

Given current conditions, the city’s budget analysts are projecting a $33 million shortfall in the city’s General Fund in Fiscal Year 2026, with that number increasing to $79.9 million by FY 2030.

Facing limited prospects for new water sources, Austin officials are advancing a broad strategy centered on water reuse, conservation and storage to meet the city’s long-term needs. At a recent ...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is cooking up a quinquennial update to its regional transportation plan, ...

Ahead of a planned rollout in May, the city is hoping a series of workshops this month will generate interest in its updated ...

The city has spent or encumbered a total of $188.5 million that it received from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act. According to a memo to the mayor and City Council, the ...

The Austin-Travis County Public Health Commission is fine-tuning recommendations on two initiatives aimed at expanding harm reduction services and protecting outdoor workers from heat-related ...

The plaintiffs in Rethink35, et. al v. TxDOT filed a motion for summary judgment last week. The move could result in a resolution for the case, which claims that the planned expansion of I-35 did not ...

When someone calls 911 for help in Austin, about 93 percent of those calls are answered within 15 seconds. But once those ...

Austin City Council members celebrated the resounding defeat of House Bill 274 on Wednesday, a bill that would have created ...

The Planning Commission approved several proposed amendments to an amendment of the city’s Technical Building Code during a ...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The city of Austin has garnered national attention for its prior failures to investigate cases and support survivors in their healing and, more ...