Bipartisan coalition looks to 2023 after mixed success in 2021 Advocates who pushed for changes to Texas’s public information laws at the legislature this year are celebrating a handful of wins but ...

State Representative Celia Israel and former State Senator Kirk Watson are the runoff opponents to be the next mayor of Austin.

Senator Kirk Watson said to have admitted Central Health didn’t have legal authority to fund medical education A decade ago, then State Senator Kirk Watson, who’s now running for mayor of Austin, ...

Betsy Greenberg, a former member of the City’s Ethics Review Commission, is nevertheless still concerned with whether mayor and council candidates comply with rules for campaign finance reporting.

Weather and isolated Texas system created a disaster Editor’s note: The massive Texas power outages that took place in February 2021 left many people feeling insecure about reliable utility service.

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 ...

“It is the policy of the City that the proper operation of democratic government requires that public officials and employees be independent, impartial and responsible to the people; that governmental ...

A political action committee backing mayoral candidate Kirk Watson, Stand Together Austin, has sent text messages to voters accusing Celia Israel of blocking funding for crime victims in the 2021 ...

Mayoral candidates Kirk Watson and Celia Israel advanced to a runoff last night after an election season focused on Austin’s growing pains: the rising cost of living, the lack of affordable housing, ...

Progressives Against Project Connect and others opposed to hefty permanent property tax increase It’s a well-worn cliché in American politics that Progressives want to raise your taxes whereas ...

District 4 council candidate Jade Lovera is running a color-coordinated, green-themed campaign that matches the meaning of her first name. Her campaign mixes upbeat energy and messaging with a sharp ...