Council members on trial for violating Open Meetings Act
Austin City Council members may avoid prosecution for allegedly violating the Texas Open Meetings Act by entering into an agreement with the Travis County Attorney’s Office.Mayor Lee Leffingwell and a...
View ArticleCity Council postpones implementation of Riverside development regulating plan
The Austin City Council voted to postpone the implementation of a new regulating plan for development in the East Riverside Corridor at its regular meeting Thursday.Citing the late hour and council...
View ArticleCity, transportation unveil transit plan to meet growing regional needs
City and transportation officials released a transit plan intended to unite the Central Texas region Friday. At a press conference, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said within 15 years, the city will link Austin...
View ArticleCity unveils transit plan to meet growing regional needs
City and transportation officials released a transit plan intended to unite the Central Texas region Friday.At a press conference Friday, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said within 15 years, the city will link...
View ArticleThis is Austin’s "Golden Era," Leffingwell says
With the University’s upcoming medical school and the city’s rapid expansion in several major industries, Mayor Lee Leffingwell spoke of Austin as being in a “golden era” in his State of the City...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber coming to Austin, city officials confirm
Officials from the city of Austin and Google announced Tuesday morning that Austin will be the next city to receive Google Fiber's ultra-fast gigabit Internet service.Mayor Lee Leffingwell made the...
View ArticleCity, Capital Metro partner to bring Urban Rail train system to Austin
Future students may bypass cars, buses and bikes in Austin and take a train to class that could leave them right in front of the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.The city of Austin, Capital Metro...
View ArticleFlooding prompts mayor to declare a state of disaster
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell declared the city a “state of disaster” Monday in response to last week’s flooding events, which severely damaged Austin neighborhoods. Three people were found dead in...
View ArticleMayor Lee Leffingwell discusses challenges and opportunities facing Austin...
Although Austin has experienced exceptional population and economic growth in recent years, growth creates a host of new challenges for the city, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a talk on campus...
View ArticleSteps toward urban rail continue with possible bond proposal
With both Capital Metro and Austin City Council endorsing Project Connect’s recommended route for urban rail, the council is expected to discuss bond language in August for the $1.38 billion project...
View ArticleCity Council approves plan for land development code rewrite
In looking at the land development code rewrite Thursday, the Austin City Council voted 6-1 to approve Approach 2, known as “The Deep Clean,” which reformats the code with a medium amount of rewriting....
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