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Austin City Council promised to revisit its water plans after members of an key advisory panel said they were not ambitious enough.
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A resolution passed Thursday would prevent city money and staff from being used to investigate or prosecute transgender people seeking health care.
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Since at least 2002, developers have built thousands of windowless bedrooms in the city, most of them in apartment buildings meant for university students.
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Broadnax resigned as Dallas' city manager last month. City Council will finalize his hiring at a meeting April 4. It's unclear how much he will make.
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The city is hosting a town hall for the public to meet the two candidates for the job, typically the highest paid city executive. Austin has been without a permanent city manager since Spencer Cronk was fired in February 2023.
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The City of Austin is buying the former Tokyo Electron campus to build 1,100 units — some of which will be affordable — with access to future public transit.
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Council members voted Thursday to amend the city's land use rules, allowing developers to build up to three homes where only one or two were previously permitted.
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The local air traffic controller union applauds the new measures while warning that staffing at Austin's control tower has not kept up with ABIA's rapid growth.
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The proposed changes include increasing the number of homes that can be built on a piece of land. The first of three public hearings is Thursday.
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The Council voted 7-3 to approve a resolution asking the Texas Department of Transportation and Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to hold off on any funding for the expansion until environmental studies are done.