City Hall Hustle

How powerful should an independent Austin Energy board be?That’s the question the Austin City Council is asking itself. Right now, the council governs the…

Last week, the Austin City Council got its first look at the numbers for next year’s budget.The financial outlook? Well … we’ll get back to you about…

After seven tries and several decades, geographic representation is finally coming to the City of Austin. And as the city prepares, the vortex of activity…

They’re baaack!With a relatively thin 57 items, the Austin City Council should make short work of this Thursday’s agenda. But rising, zombie-like, once…

In a few days, downtown Austin will be overrun with crowds for South by Southwest – so why is the city practically doing away with downtown parking…

The Austin City Council convenes this Thursday to a 78-item agenda. And one item – on first glance – might strike fear into the heart of even the most…

It isn’t everyday that citizens stay late into the evening to tell the Austin City Council what a good job it’s doing. But that was the case last…

What’s $14 million between friends? Grounds for argument, if the Austin City Council is any indication.On Tuesday the council wrangled with how to spend a…

There’s no City Council meeting this week: Instead, City Hall watchers’ eyes were on Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s 2013 State of the City address, delivered at…