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The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...

Allan McMurtry first got involved in 1977, when the since-relocated Allendale Baptist Church wanted to expand. They began buying up houses around their property and tearing them down, while also ...

Austin’s next city council elections are 21 months away but two incumbents elected in 2022 have wasted no time in building campaign war chests to boost their reelection campaigns in 2026. This early ...

Adam Haynes on December 10 th filed a 19-page sworn complaint against District 7 runoff candidate Mike Siegel with the Austin City Clerk for consideration by the Ethics Review Commission. He also ...

Travis Central Appraisal District’s Board of Directors on September 5 th committed a blatant violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA). The board voted 7-1 to countersue 23 Travis County ...

A Travis County court issued a ruling to halt the use of future property taxes to subsidize luxury development of 118 acres of land within the South Center Waterfront District. The plan approved by ...

Right now local voters are of course focused on the Super Tuesday primary elections of March 5th, but another election two months later should be of interest to all Travis County property owners. On ...

Ashika Ganguly and Marc Duchen are the first two candidates running to succeed District 10 Council Member Alison Alter.

These City Council members have helped lobbyists avoid meeting disclosures and hide the influence they have exerted on public policy This story was updated at 2:45pm October 17th to add documentation ...

Home City of Austin Boards and Commissions Battle raging over Zilker Park’s future triggers skirmish over commissioners’ conduct ...

Staff could remain on the payroll for 4-5 years despite closure of the Convention Center itself, according to departmental plans.