The City Auditor’s Office has released an Investigative Report accusing Nico Hauwert, probably the best- known geoscientist in Central Texas, of misusing city resources and committing fraud when he ...

Janet Marie Jennings-Doyle was making $170,000 a year as chief appraiser of Montgomery Central Appraisal District. On April ...

The City Auditor’s Office has released an Investigative Report accusing Nico Hauwert, probably the best- known geoscientist in Central Texas, of misusing city resources and committing... Requests for ...

Elected officials do a variety of things to carry out their official duties but more than anything else they go to meetings—lots and lots of meetings. They attend City Council meetings. City committee ...

The municipal legal career of Mark Sokolow has seen its ups and downs: Up: In 1991, Sokolow was hired by the City of League City, Texas. Down: In February 1996 he was fired as city attorney of League ...

Did the City of Austin “defund” the police? Did it cut its police budget by 5 percent or by one-third? What’s the truth behind these conflicting claims? Those are hot-button issues that play into the ...

Kirk Watson, the highest-profile Democrat running to be Austin’s next mayor, has long ago been there, done that, and yet he wants another crack at leading city government. Which raises the question: ...

Two long-time members of the Travis County Commissioners Court face progressive challengers this year in the Democratic primary scheduled for March 1 st, with early voting available through February ...

The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...

District 10 incumbent Council Member Alison Alter is running for reelection against five opponents and stands ready to defend her record of accomplishments since first elected in 2016. “It is good for ...

A Travis County court issued a ruling to halt the use of future property taxes to subsidize luxury development of 118 acres of land within the South Center Waterfront District. The plan approved by ...

Jimmy Flannigan has a long history of avoiding financial responsibility and he isn’t the small business owner he claims in campaign material Jimmy Flannigan serves on the City Council’s Audit and ...