The city’s Aviation Department faces a variety of risks, particularly related to insufficient staffing, according to a report ...

It’s election season, and it’s a big one for us. We’ve aggregated our local coverage and created this page to give you an in-depth resource in the leadup to the polls. This is a dynamic resource and ...

As City Council weighs approval of a proposed police contract expected to cost $218 million over five years, city budget staff on Tuesday presented a brighter financial outlook compared to the dire ...

The Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward on historic zoning for the building at 1500 East 12th St., which is estimated to have been built near the turn of the 20th century.

Not many people wake up on the day of the filing deadline for mayor and decide to throw their hat in the ring. But that’s ...

The Office of the City Auditor has found widespread issues within the Austin Parks and Recreation Department related to ...

If you happened to be near Austin’s Lady Bird Lake on Monday, you might have noticed it looked different. The lake level, ...

Mayor Kirk Watson leads all other candidates for mayor in terms of contributions received and political expenditures, ...

Leaks and inefficiencies throughout the local water system cause Austin Water to lose more than 8 billion gallons per year – ...

Clad in a “Vote for Greco” T-shirt – a style that evokes “Vote for Pedro” from Napoleon Dynamite – Doug Greco may be an ...

Council Member Alison Alter announced via email Tuesday that she is endorsing her former colleague on the dais, Kathie Tovo, for mayor. “I served with Kathie for six years on the Austin City Council ...

Urban Alchemy, a national nonprofit, has been awarded a $2 million federal grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The ...