Austin City Council

The city allows residents to store RVs and tiny homes on their property. But this would allow people to live in them, which supporters say helps create more affordable and diverse housing options.

Police already provide information on crime statistics, but the dashboard would drill down on response times, overtime payments and block-by-block information on incidents.

The average Austin property owner will see an increase of about $172 a year for taxes, rates and fees.

Watson has had to make some controversial decisions in his first eights months in office. Some say he's doing too much, too quickly and without council input — as if he were a strong mayor. Austin's system doesn't allow that.

The plan prompted a huge outcry from some residents who said it would change the look and feel of the beloved park.

TxDOT is trying to sugarcoat the historic highway widening before getting a green light from the federal government.

Austin City Council members overwhelmingly approved the deal, but not without some initial reservation.

The City Council is proposing to lower the minimum home lot size by more than half in an effort to encourage smaller homes such as townhomes and fourplexes.

In the 1990s, Austin voters passed landmark protections for parts of Southwest Austin that sit on top of the aquifer that feeds Barton Springs. That set off a chain of events that had a profound effect on how the city would grow in the coming decades.

Austin has uncommonly strict rules on constructing tall buildings near residential homes. That could soon change.