Development

Construction started Tuesday on the first of eight road projects funded by a 2022 bond. Hays County is asking voters to approve a $440 million bond this fall that would overlap with some of these projects to help improve safety and congestion.

The city will start using artificial intelligence to assess applications for new homes next year. The council approved a multimillion-dollar contract over the summer.

The Save Our Springs Alliance alleged council members violated state law by not properly notifying nearby residents about exactly what they were voting on.

The biggest obstacle to putting beds in place of desks and work stations comes from the far different space needs for the two uses.

Author Megan Kimble argues that expanding highways only makes traffic congestion worse, while tearing communities apart.

Lawyers argued the city violated state law when it created a tax increment refinancing zone, or TIRZ, across several South Austin neighborhoods. The city's plan would have used property taxes to fund, in part, the former Austin American-Statesman site.

Last summer the City Council approved the plan that would allow a developer to build 1,400 apartments, 220 hotel rooms and hundreds of thousands of square feet of offices, shops and restaurants.

Hill Country Studios can begin the first phase of construction on the 800,000-square-foot project as soon as Feb 4. Activists had protested the development when it was announced in 2022.

The City of Austin requires developers to dedicate a certain amount of land to parks or pay a fee, but a new state law will significantly gut the progressive rules.

Bethany Cemetery was founded in the late 1800s when the segregated section of the nearby city-run Oakwood Cemetery no longer offered burial space for Black residents. Today, community members help preserve its legacy.