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24 Jul 2008, 5:47 am
Criminal justice cost increases and rising fuel prices account for most of the increased expense in the proposed $620 million City of Austin budget, reports KEYE-TV:Many of the budget increases include hiring 24 new police officers and buying 61 new cruisers. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 7:37 am
Austin attorney Ann del Llano authored a report on their behalf assessing the impact implementing HB 2391 could have on the city budget and public safety. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 9:37 am by Jose Medina
Although Fayette is around 70 miles southeast of Austin, its NOx emissions contribute to ozone pollution in the city. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 5:30 am by Eric Quitugua
As Austin continues to grow, the number of minority attorneys increased during the past year at some of the city’s firms, according to a report released August 9. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
A Texas-based organization of churches has filed suit against the city of Austin claiming that the city's non-discrimination ordinance violates member churches' federal and state constitutional rights and Texas' Religious Freedom Restoration Act. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 9:12 am by landuseprof
Next week the National Trust for Historic Preservation holds its annual National Preservation Conference in the weird city, Austin, Texas, from Oct. 27-30. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 10:56 am by Susan I. Nelson
Austin American Statesman by Tim Eaton A panel of state lawmakers today is expected to consider reducing the scope of the sanctuary city bill, a piece of immigration-related legislation that Gov. [read post]
18 May 2016, 8:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Your correspondent along with a handful of allies launched the political action committee back in the '90s which successfully campaigned to create the Austin Police Monitor's office as part of the city's first "meet and confer" agreement. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 11:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Central east Austin has one of the highest ratios in the city of children with incarcerated parents. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 1:07 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A local Austin activist posted on YouTube some of the testimony from December at the Austin City Council against the police union contract on YouTube. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 7:24 am by Tom Smith
His involvement in last year's Travis County district attorney's race helped lift Jose Garza to victory over incumbent Margaret Moore.Soros' son, Jonathan Soros, also has recently been involved in Austin elections, contributing $25,000 earlier this year to a PAC that tried but failed to move the city to a strong mayor form of government. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 7:38 pm
" Elizabeth Findell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, "Former City Council Member Don Zimmerman's mixed victory in his fight against Austin campaign finance rules will stand, an appeals court ruled Thursday. [read post]
4 Nov 2020, 9:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
These proposed changes deserve support both from Austin's city manager and its City Council.See also Grits' earlier discussion of OPO recommendations related to Austin police supervisors who inject their personal opinions into the disciplinary process in lieu of departmental policies. [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 8:54 am by Scott Grabel
The investigation spanned several cities in the Austin area, and resulted in the seizure of about 2,500 grams of cocaine along with more than $60,000 in cash. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 5:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Austin Police Department has decided to make secret more police disciplinary cases by ordering training-only punishments instead of suspensions, which under law make a summary of the event a public record - the only window into police misconduct the public has in cities that operate under the state civil service code for police and firefighters (Ch. 143 of the Local Government Code).The problem is LGC 143.089(g), a secrecy provision added to state law decades after most… [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 8:07 am by brooks
  As the City of Austin and the Austin Police Department have cracked down on drivers who were unsafely texting in cars, Austin Police Department officers have continued to face driving distractions inside their own vehicles — primarily their on-board mobile computers. [read post]